READ MORE: The 75 Best Hard Rock + Metal Guitarists of All-Time But, you know, from my time in Van Halen, there was always some stuff that gets in the way from just making music and having a good time. It’s just guys having fun making music and just having a good time. After being in Van Halen for a long time, I really have strived to have an environment where there is no walking on eggshells and there is no personality that you have to deal with. But, you know, I don’t like to speak negatively about people, but there are some people that make it very difficult to do anything when it comes to Van Halen. He elaborated, "What I can say is that there was an attempt at doing something. Last year (July 2022), Wolfgang Van Halen alluded to some dysfunction when it came to the idea of putting something together musically to honor his late father that featured prominent members of the band, telling Rolling Stone that "some people" are making it "very difficult" to move ahead with plans of any sort. But the thought of a Van Halen reunion without Eddie, no, there's no such thing." I would like to go in the studio and jam with Al. I said it recently, that I would love to play music with Al. But Mike and I are like this, and if Al wanted to come and play with us. Only good news about that is that I could sing his songs just fine. If I go out by myself without him, it's a half a Van Halen reunion. The singer then explained, "So if goes out by himself, that's not a Van Halen reunion that's half a Van Halen reunion. Dave and I are still alive, but there's no way he would cooperate with me," added Hagar. I've already said it a million times - Wolfie is doing such a great job with what he's doing, and he would be the perfect guy, so that's out. He then ran down a list of reasons why it's not happening. I haven't done it in a long time now, 'cause it's, like, 'Hey, you wanna talk to me? Call me.' But there's not going to be a Van Halen reunion," stated Hagar (as transcribed by Blabbermouth). All rights reserved."It's the same old story. Sammy and bassist Mike Anthony are still close and perform together Sammy says he’d love to have Alex come play with them as well, but “the thought of a Van Halen reunion without Eddie, no, there’s no such thing.”Ĭopyright © 2023, ABC Audio. “Only good news about that is that I could sing his songs just fine.” If I go out by myself without him, it’s a half a Van Halen reunion,” Hagar explains. “So if goes out by himself, that’s not a Van Halen reunion that’s half a Van Halen reunion. When it comes to the band’s other frontman, David Lee Roth, Hagar says, “there’s no way he would cooperate with me.” If it were to happen, Sammy says Eddie’s son, Wolfgang Van Halen, “would be the perfect guy” to be a part of it, but he’s too busy now with his own band Mammoth WVH. I haven’t done it in a long time now, ’cause it’s, like, ‘Hey, you wanna talk to me? Call me.’ But there’s not going to be a Van Halen reunion,” he continues, adding, “it’s too late.” It’s the same old f***** story,” Hagar says. Sammy Hagar is putting to rest any talk of a Van Halen reunion to honor the band’s late guitarist Eddie Van Halen, who passed away in 2020.Īlthough there was talk of some sort of tribute in the past, Hagar discusses why a reunion of the band can’t really happen during an appearance on the That Rockspodcast.
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