Sammy Hagar: “I always got blamed for the keyboard songs in Van Halen. It was not me - Eddie wanted to do that!”

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The debate over the musical merits of Van Halen vs. Van Hagar will likely rage on for time immemorial.

But here's some new information that might lead electric guitar players to reconsider their feelings on the matter: Sammy Hagar is not the one responsible for all the keyboards.

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Richard Bienstock

Rich is the co-author of the best-selling Nöthin' But a Good Time: The Uncensored History of the '80s Hard Rock Explosion. He is also a recording and performing musician, and a former editor of Guitar World magazine and executive editor of Guitar Aficionado magazine. He has authored several additional books, among them Kurt Cobain: Montage of Heck, the companion to the documentary of the same name.