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Sammy Hagar plays a red Explorer [left] in 2025; Alex Van Halen in action behind the kit during a Van Halen show in 2015.
Sammy Hagar responds to Alex Van Halen calling him a “complete idiot”

By Jonathan Horsley Published

Hagar makes an impassioned play for the Van Halen co-founder and drummer to clear the air, and insists whatever he wrote in his book, it was all true

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Sammy Hagar and David Lee Roth performing with their respective solo bands
Sammy Hagar sends David Lee Roth support after sudden tour cancellation

By Phil Weller Published

Hagar has rallied behind Roth after the latter quietly cancelled a string of US dates

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Van Halen on 3/15/86 in Chicago, Il
Sammy Hagar reveals the Eddie Van Halen-produced track that could have been on a Van Halen album

By Janelle Borg Published

Alex Van Halen largely preferred his brother Eddie to remain the band's chief songwriter – but couldn't resist this Hagar-penned track after it appeared on the frontman's solo album

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Sammy Hagar and Eddie Van Halen jam it out onstage as Van Halen perform live in 1986
Out went David Lee Roth and Frankenstein, in came Sammy Hagar and Kramer – the story of Van Halen’s rebirth

By Chris Gill Published

It was the end of an era. Roth’s exit, Frankenstein's last hurrah. But it was the start of a new one as Eddie Van Halen got experimental on 1986's blockbuster, 5150

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LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA - MARCH 07: Guitarist Stevie Salas performs onstage during the 7th Annual Adopt the Arts Benefit Gala at The Wiltern on March 07, 2019 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Scott Dudelson/Getty Images)
Stevie Salas on Bill & Ted, playing arenas with Rod Stewart then opening for Joe Satriani, and turning down both Van Halen singers

By Andrew Daly Published

The ahead-of-his-time guitar great recalls starting a trend followed by Steve Vai and Tosin Abasi, why he had to quit a Joe Satriani tour, and why he sometimes aimed to be the worst player in the room

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A comped image of David Lee Roth, Stevie Salas playing guitar live, and Sammy Hagar screaming into the mic with Van Halen
Stevie Salas on being asked to join David Lee Roth and Sammy Hagar’s bands – and why he turned them down

By Jonathan Horsley Published

For a “Van Halen nut” like Salas, it was all too weird

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Rock musicians Michael Anthony and Eddie Van Halen (1955 - 2020), both of the group Van Halen, perform onstage.
The lead single from Van Halen’s 1991 album with Sammy Hagar combines a thunderous bassline with a revved-up power drill

By Chris Jisi Published

Michael Anthony’s 16th-note bass grooves remained as much a part of the “Van Hagar” sound as Eddie Van Halen’s guitar pyrotechnics

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(L-R) Sammy Hagar and Joe Satriani perform onstage during the 2025 iHeartRadio Music Festival at T-Mobile Arena on September 19, 2025 in Las Vegas, Nevada
Sammy Hagar is touring the UK for the first time since 1996 – and bringing Joe Satriani and Van Halen's Michael Anthony with him

By Janelle Borg Published

Hagar will bring his Best of All Worlds tour – a celebration of his five-decade career and musical legacy – across the pond in 2026

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David Lee Roth - Eddie Van Halen - Sammy Hagar
Sammy Hagar believes David Lee Roth’s story about being visited by the ghost of Eddie Van Halen

By Phil Weller Published

Roth seemingly tried to troll Hagar with his comments, but Hagar isn't letting it get to him

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David Lee Roth, Eddie Van Halen, and Sammy Hagar
David Lee Roth trolls Sammy Hagar over his ‘ghost of Eddie Van Halen’ claims

By Phil Weller Published

The Red Rocker claims his former bandmate’s ghost showed him a lick in a dream, and he used it to write his latest single. Now Roth says he’s been paid a visit, too

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