Quoted: I look like Sammy Hagar and i approve this message.

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Quoted: Quoted: Quoted: I heard that Sammy got tired of being in Van Halen because he was the only one working, writing new songs. Sammy Hagar - VOA I don't see someone who wrote that song and made that video, voting for Obama! I think EVH fired him, in a drugged, drunk state of mind. EVH went off the deep end for a period there in the late 90s, early 2000s, search for his videos of the pron music he did, he looks like shit in them, like a drunk does. ETA: Here is one, there are others, mods delete if CoC violations, I don't think there are any. www.youtube.com/watch?v=S7b_-rRht9I Did Michael Anthony leave VH after that?  I seem to remember him playing on Sammy's tour at the same time VH was touring.

Michael Anthony tours with Sammy.  Eddie fired him, to make room for his son in Van Halen.

Eddie treated Michael like shit in the last few years he was in the band, from what I have read.  

ETA: I won't hotlink this one, not sure if any CoC violations in it, but Eddie looks like shit in it.  This is around the time he hit rock bottom, IMHO.  This is also from the porn movie he wrote the music for.  I don't think his brother Alex even wanted to be around Eddie for this.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iBDNL6cs5nA

I love Sammy Hagar.  I saw him with Cabo Wabo here in Phoenix a year ago.  He's so good live.. Adrenaline Dump!

Mr. Hagar just earned a bunch of respect.

Quoted: Quoted: Quoted: Quoted: I heard that Sammy got tired of being in Van Halen because he was the only one working, writing new songs. Sammy Hagar - VOA I don't see someone who wrote that song and made that video, voting for Obama! I think EVH fired him, in a drugged, drunk state of mind. EVH went off the deep end for a period there in the late 90s, early 2000s, search for his videos of the pron music he did, he looks like shit in them, like a drunk does. ETA: Here is one, there are others, mods delete if CoC violations, I don't think there are any. www.youtube.com/watch?v=S7b_-rRht9I Did Michael Anthony leave VH after that?  I seem to remember him playing on Sammy's tour at the same time VH was touring. Michael Anthony tours with Sammy.  Eddie fired him, to make room for his son in Van Halen. Eddie treated Michael like shit in the last few years he was in the band, from what I have read.   ETA: I won't hotlink this one, not sure if any CoC violations in it, but Eddie looks like shit in it.  This is around the time he hit rock bottom, IMHO.  This is also from the porn movie he wrote the music for.  I don't think his brother Alex even wanted to be around Eddie for this. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iBDNL6cs5nA

I didn't know about Michael Anthony.  Eddie's quite the guy.  It looks like everyone who comes in contact him has, or will have a knife stuck in their back eventually.

While Eddie looks bad, healthwise, Sammy sure looks good.

Sammy Hagar on rock and politics

Is the Red Rocker GOP-rouge inside? Sammy Hagar isn't saying, preferring to keep his personal political leanings to himself. But in an airborne telephone interview en route to St. Paul Sunday, where he'll play a private gig paid for the Southern Delegate Party, Hagar hastened to note that he had no issues with his Van Halen-era hit "Right Now" being used by the McCain campaign.

''You write music for the people, and I wrote that to motivate people to get up and do something,'' says Hagar, who'll perform at First Avenue in Minneapolis. ''If it was used by McCain or Obama, the point would be the same. To get people to act.'' (Van Halen publicist Janie Lisweski was less enthused, noting that permission to use the song was never sought by the McCain camp, and "had they asked, permission would not have been granted.") Hagar recently updated that Van Halen tune with a new change-oriented riff called "Cosmic Universal Fashion." Hagar tours frequently with his own band, the Wabos.

Hagar says he's putting his money where his mouth is. The rocker-entrepreneur, who started and sold a large percentage of Cabo Wabo tequila to Skyy, has just launched a new venture: airport-based restaurants called Sammy's Beach Bar and Grill. "We opened one in the Maui airport and all my  proceeds get sent to a local children's hospital through the  Hagar Family Foundation," he says. "We'll have another one in Las Vegas soon with the same mission. It's the Buddhist theory, do good things and good things will happen to you."

As for the gig tonight, "it's for some Republican guy and his friends," Hagar says with a cackle. "But if they want to hand me a chunk of change, fine, I'll just put it in my foundation and give it away."

Despite the overt political pitches made by some of his musical peers, Hagar says that being outwardly non-partisan is the only way to be for someone in his shoes. "For a brand-owner like me, I can't take the stage and preach to people, because unfortunately there will always be folks out there who'll say, 'Oh, he thinks that, then I'll never go to his club again.' So I just do what I do, and hope I don't insult anyone.'' That said, he does feel that change is not only in the American air, but an imperative regardless of who wins the presidency this fall.

''We're at a crossroads, for sure,'' he says. ''If we don't make the right changes, right now, we'll have an even bigger depression and more wars. The best thing we can all do is not wait until the government does things, but instead just get involved in our own communities to help those around us.''

Updated, 11:59 p.m.: Sammy and his crew kicked out the jams at the club made famous by local hero, Prince, playing tunes that touched on all facets of the singer's career.

From his early Montrose days in the '70s (''Back when I was seven,'' joked Hagar) he dished up ''Rock Candy,'' while his solo days were represented by ''I Can't Drive 55'' and ''Three Lock Box.'' And of course there were Van Halen numbers, including ''Dreams'' and ''Right Now,'' which John McCain recently used after a rally.

The crowd intially was a bit reserved in demeanor and dress, standing around in suits and party dresses while Hagar leaped around in shorts and shades like a madman. But once he had a chance to get them revved up, the champagne flowed, and a bottle made its way to the stage and into the singer's grateful hand.

''Hey, I know we got a hurricane coming down south, but we'll get through this,'' he told the crowd as he left the stage. ''We're Americans. We'l take care of things.''

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