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[ron]

http://www.knac.com/article.asp?ArticleID=5845

KNAC.COM: I know you love playing music with Michael Anthony, so that being said, what does a Van Halen reunion mean to you without Michael Anthony....or David Lee Roth's original hair?

[click the link to read the answer]

[theshooter666]

Thanks For The Link Ron :thumb:

[radikal]

Further this subject

http://www.roadrunnerrecords.com/blabbermouth.net/news.aspx?mode=Article&newsitemID=81094

KNAC.COM's Jeff Kerby just finished speaking to Sammy Hagar for a feature interview scheduled to appear on the site this coming weekend. To pique your interest, Kerby thought this candid reaction from Sammy regarding the curent VAN HALEN reunion tour would do the trick:

KNAC.COM: I know you love playing music with Michael Anthony, so that being said, what does a VAN HALEN reunion mean to you without Michael Anthony….or David Lee Roth's original hair?

Hagar: I wouldn't do it without Mike. On the last reunion, and I'm telling you this straight up — this is stuff I've never really said actually — they wanted to throw Mike out then. Why? I don't know. I still can't understand why Ed [Van Halen] has it out for Mike. Mike is the nicest guy in the world, and he's an unbelievable player. He's also an incredible singer and a professional. Mike is a guy who goes out every night and does a perfect job — a 10 every night — it's not even a 9.5. Why would you want to get rid of a guy like that? I don't know what happened between them somewhere when I wasn't around, but I just said, "No, I won't do it without Mike." My manager said, "You put a gun in Mike's hand to negotiate with these guys." I said, “you're damn right because I'm telling you, the agency, the promoters and the band that I will not go out and do a VAN HALEN reunion show without Michael Anthony." Obviously, someone else doesn't feel that way because Mike isn't there. Honest to God — it's none of my business. If Eddie wants to play with his son, fine. I love my son too, but I got him a different job. (laughs) I just think that it should be Mike. They will do good without him, and it's a shame. At the same time, I just think the fans are gonna walk away with a little bit of a disappointment because Mike's a big part of that band."

[macdon22shipp]

Thanks for posting the article. :thumb: :thumb: :thumb:

[Mike Wick]

Great post. Sam makes some good points.

[thatartguy]

Honest to God — it's none of my business.

That's the most true statement in the whole interview.

[Reddutchie]

Mike Wick wrote: Great post. Sam makes some good points.

I agree! Basically he says what most of us think......nothing wrong with mentioning your own opinion...IMHO ;) :thumb:

[theshooter666]

2 Dorks.Com

Sammy On The Radio Show This Morning(I Think)

http://www.twodorks.com/gallery/2007/0924-sammyhagar/sammy1.mp3 - Part 1

http://www.twodorks.com/gallery/2007/0924-sammyhagar/sammy2.mp3 - Part 2

http://www.twodorks.com/gallery/2007/0924-sammyhagar/sammy3.mp3 - Part 3

[bettyboop]

Thanks for the mp3's!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!1

[PT5150]

KNAC.COM: Do you think that Van Halen just got too lucky when you replaced David Lee Roth? Do you think they deluded themselves into thinking they could just trot anyone up there and have the same type of success?

HAGAR: I don’t know, when you say Van Halen here, what you’re really talking about is Eddie. Alex sticks by him because that’s his brother, and I love Alex for it. I would never try to come between those guys. Those guys are brothers, and they are the end of a line in a way. Their parents have passed, and it’s tough. Mine have too, but I’ve got other brothers and sisters and uncles, but they are pretty alone. They are very close, and I think that’s awesome, but I think it’s Eddie that makes those kinds of decisions. In the old days, it wasn’t like Eddie was going, “it’s my band this is what I want!” When I was in the band, it was our band, and everyone did what they wanted. For the good of Van Halen, I wasn’t looking to be a solo artist, and Eddie wasn’t looking to control everything. Instead, everyone did whatever they wanted to do in that band and it worked. When it stopped working, it broke up. Since then, its like Eddie says, “this is my band,” and it is, so he can do whatever he wants, but I think if they wouldn’t have got Dave back, they would have been in trouble. The only thing I can say that may sound like sour grapes is that without Dave or myself, Van Halen isn’t going to be the big, mighty arena act, and that’s all there is to it. If he wants to go out there and just be an instrumentalist and just get whatever singer he feels like, he’s gonna be down here doing what I’m doing playing theaters in most cities and be lucky if he’s selling them out. For him to keep rolling with the mighty Van Halen, he needs either Dave or myself. They’ve been trying to get with Dave, since they threw me out in 95’. Then, they hadn’t done anything until I came back. Now, they have Dave again, and I wish them the best because I think it’s their only hope. It’s the right thing.