Happy Birthday, Sammy Hagar! In honor of the 71st birthday of one of the most powerful voices in Rock ‘N’ Roll, these are the ten greatest high notes delivered by the Red Rocker himself - Sammy Hagar. Note - This is not a list of "Van Hagar's" best songs, or Sammy's best vocal performances, overall. This is one man's opinion of Sammy's greatest high notes ever … [Read more...]
30th Anniversary Roundtable Discussion: Did Van Halen Bite Off Too Much With ‘OU812’?
30 years after the release of Van Halen's OU812, our friends at Ultimate Classic Rock hosted a roundtable discussion about the album. Featuring UCR staff, along with VHND's Jeff Hausman, and Van Halen Rising author, Greg Renoff, they tackle five big questions about the album. Read everyone's answers to question #1, below, and continue to read the rest at UCR. From … [Read more...]
Sammy Hagar On the Good Times, Bad Times, and Breakup of Van Halen
Sammy Hagar sat down with Dan Rather to discuss his successful career in rock ‘n’ roll and his life outside of music. The 90-minute interview (filmed February 10th) premiered tonight on Dan Rather’s AXS TV’s The Big Interview. Three video highlights are embedded below. VIDEO #1: Sammy Hagar explains how the death of Van Halen manager, Ed Leffler, led to the breakup of the … [Read more...]
Sammy Hagar: ‘I was really as big as Van Halen’
Sammy Hagar sat down with Dan Rather to discuss his successful career in rock 'n' roll and his life outside of music. The 90-minute interview (filmed February 10th) premieres this coming Tuesday, February 23rd at 8PM Eastern on Dan Rather's AXS TV's The Big Interview. Set your DVRs! In the 3-minute sneak peak video above, Sammy compares the success of his solo career to Van … [Read more...]
World premiere video for “LOUD”
Sammy Hagar's official video for "LOUD" debuted today. From his Cosmic Universal Fashion CD. Hot chicks, cool cars, and of course, LOUD music from Sammy! Sammy on vocals, Mikey on bass, Billy Duffy on guitar, and Matt Sorum on drums. … [Read more...]
“Being Sammy” Interview
From TheRecord.com: "Being Sammy" by Gary Graff NightLife news services "This is all about a lifestyle, mine and my fans," Sammy Hagar says. "We have a direction and a lifestyle and a way we want to live: It's beach by day and dancing all night, tank tops and flip-flops. "Everything I do is . . . kind of like a manual to the way I live," says the 61-year-old singer, … [Read more...]
Sammy Hagar “Loud” Fan Video
The following music video shows people from around the nation performing "Loud," the new single from Sammy Hagar off of his latest release Cosmic Universal Fashion. The video was directed and compiled by Jason Michael Brescia, (here's his Myspace page) who encourages you to send him your own personal footage of you performing "Loud" to further enhance the video and make the … [Read more...]
Sammy Hagar “Drive-through” video
Come along for the ride with Sammy as he walks, or "drives" you through his new album, Cosmic Universal Fashion. Click the photo above to watch the video promo made by Roadrunner Records. Sammy hops in his Ferrari and describes each track on his new album. … [Read more...]
Sammy’s new CD ships this week / VHND’s review / Hear the CD
Sammy Hagar's new CD, Cosmic Universal Fashion is being released next week, on Nov. 18th. Want to hear some of the album RIGHT NOW? Then click here to listen to Sammy's interview on Rockline last week, where he plays some of the album and takes phone calls from fans. It's about an hour long, and it's great! OUR REVIEW: The album is fantastic! It's "classic-Sammy" enough … [Read more...]
Sammy plays Fresno’s Cabo Wabo / video interview
Hagar plays first free concert at his cantina in Frenso park. By Mike Osegueda / The Fresno Bee Finally, Sammy Hagar got to see his new Cabo Wabo. And finally, Fresno Redheads got to see their beloved Red Rocker. After months of anticipation, lots of rumors and weeks of is-he-or-isn't-he-coming, he landed in Fresno on Tuesday to play a free concert at his third Cabo … [Read more...]
Three recent Sammy Hagar interviews
Sammy interview from 8/30/08 (posted last week): Sammy interview from The Tour Bus, 8/30/08: Sammy interview from the National Post, May 2008: … [Read more...]
Rockin’ Cabo!
Sammy Hagar's Birthday Bash 2008 "Where the land ends and the party begins"... Written by: Jeff & Beth Welcome to the Van Halen News Desk's HUGE "Cabo Wabo Birthday Bash" write-up, which features our review of the bash, as well as PHOTO galleries, VIDEOS of Sammy and Van Halen playing the bashes, and newly imported Cabo Wabo merchandise! Enjoy! For those of you who … [Read more...]