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Gary: Wait, where'd everyone go?

Sammy WHO??

Sammy's song was about a woman. Dave's song was about a dude 🤔

Sounds about right.

pretty sneaky to post it as if it were a new video. shame on your AXS TV.

Sammy is 76 in 2024, so he looks great for the late-60's he is here. Must be the tequila.

And it was added to youtube yesterday... what a joke. This is whats lame about KZfaq.

AXS should be putting dates on their videos. This is just poor reporting

Couldnt imagine paying money to go see a band and then spitting on them. What goes through people’s minds, i have no idea.

Saw the Nuge lugie on his own roadie. Class act huh?

​@@jcruisioso5975Ted Nugent?

A P08 Luger? That’s impressive.

@@jcruisioso5975 Ted is definitely a spitter.

Eddie was a D---k. Valerie Bertinelli said that in her 1st book

He obviously has class

Your story although somewhat well contrived is made up. You know it is. They would not have been on a commercial flight and you would nor have been able to just walk up on Van Halen and Sammy would not have apologized on Eddies behalf. Cool story though.

Why would Van Halen be at an airport terminal?

With the crazies out there, stars probably have to blow alot people off plus they just get too much attention

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I can't/won't disagree with you...however, Roth is top 3 head men of all time.

@@america1st721 head men? lol, sure, pal. kremlinbots everywhere.

@@america1st721 but yet not an great singer ,I put Stephen Tyler way ahead of Roth whom was an Showman as well

Dave's range wasn't consistent. He could hit some high squeals, but not the notes approaching those squeals. Cool sounds, but more a special effect than a musically usable "singing" that could carry a tune or a lyric. Skillwise, he was never impressive, but he made up for it with attitude and flamboyance. I think his more impressive "range" is his musical range; Running with the Devil to Lady's Night in Buffalo to That's Life to Hot for Teacher. Can't think of another hard rock vocalist at the time that sung such diverse songs.

Dave quit Van Halen.

@@Shadowman-1960 Yeah, I think everyone knows that.

@@jeffreystayman375 My comment was in response to the original post and the comment "I wish Van Halen had kept Dave beyond 1984,"

Ya thanks.... been said a million times since the 90's.

His personality comes through in this interview. I'd never seen him interviewed before, and i was impressed. Seems like a great guy

One foot on the break and one on the gas lol who the fuck drives like that

Just say you don't like Sammy.

@@sgarza0866 was what I said not obvious enough 🥴

Thank you! Finally, someone said it. I can't stand that song.

@@psylad8088 Formula 1 drivers do... What would they know about driving though?

Agreed.

Spammy sings like any gay metal singer from the 80s, not that he is seen as special, well there are many with much more powerful voices, and this guy can't get enough of talking about Eddie and Roth?

​@@juanpabloperez9063Roth is gay, & he acted like it on stage

@@gizzy2403 The gay is Spammy aka the pink balladeer, with his stupid ballads cheesier than a Nelson song🤮🤮🤮🤮

@@juanpabloperez9063 Spoken like a true idiot.

One screen different movies, I guess. Dan Rather is an incompetent, deep state hack. His narratives follow exactly what the MIC wants you to believe. Facts do NOT matter to him. He doesn't even know what Sammy is talking about in this interview. There's no interaction. He's just reading a script. He's as clueless to reality as Joe Biden.

No, he lied about George Bush, lied through his teeth, he was a crazy leftist lunatic.

Lying Dan Blather.....

It sounded like his voice was different. Was it electronically altered?

He was a shady in the news business. He's great at interviewing Rock musicians. I respect him for these Rock interviews!

Right! Must be some great tequila 😅

This is from at least 10 years ago

I thought this was 2016??​@@mtb_3930

Another commenter mentioned this interview was filmed in 2016 ... so, yeah

But he still looks great. Far better than DLR.

Dang

Ed wanted to beat you up because you didn't recognize him?

Sounds like E spot on, too pompous and self-indulgent for his own good. Aging does that to quite a few media people when they realize they're not as relevant as they once used to be.

Yeah, Eddie was not a decent human being. So many people idolize him but off stage, he was a fucked up man that just happened to be an incredible guitar player. What he did for lead guitar can't be denied and will forever be remembered. But that was his only contribution. He was a fucked up individual.

@@samcoon6699 He had his demons....and his demons dominated his life. There was most certainly a good man in Eddie despite all the horrible things said about him. Eddie maintained most relationships with his closest friends and family members in the end. Horrible people burn the bridge with everyone but man, addiction and alcoholism brings out the worst in just about everyone.

Montrose, 1st album and they were hitting on all cylinders with original lineup. Ronnie Montrose was indeed one of the great guitarists.

I just went and listened to that album after Sammy mentioned it. That was a strong album!

"Montrose" is better than any album Van Halen produced. Every track is kick arse, with no filler. I still listen to it regularly.

Have you head Sammy play guitar? not good

@@mauharley I would not go that far comparing VH 1 and 2 are a tie with Montrose. There is no question Montrose was a big influence for Eddie.

I don't think so. He wasn't very skilled as a singer, and he was supported by an amazing band, and the backing vocals of Mike Anthony, which were amazing. They were able to piece together some decent vocal tracks on the albums, where they could take 1,000 takes and punch in line by line the best take, but he never sounded near as good live. Great vocalists like Halford or Tate sound as good or even better live compared to the studio recordings. I don't dislike Dave though, but he charm as a vocalist comes more from attitude and personality than skill.

@@jeffreystayman375 Personality and attitude what Hagar lacked and he looked awful on stage. I'm someone who would sooner listen to Roth in his prime or Joey Ramone anytime than Hagar or Steve Perry. I'm talking about oomph and soul. Dance the Night Away isn't my favorite VH but I get why it was a hit, Roth's vocals make that song.

@@walkerstark4564 Don't know why you brought Steve Perry into this, but I guess I'm old fashioned. I mostly care about how a musician sounds, with style and dance moves a distant 2nd. At least there's a VH for everyone though.

I'm Sorry but David Lee Roths Vocals were a Much better fit for VH his voice is what made the band for me. Obviously the songs and rest of the band. Micheal Anthony was replaceable not the other 3.

​@@walkerstark4564 -- Sammy brought up Mick Jagger... Mick is probably the only front man I'd put ahead of David Lee Roth. He did have the swag and attitude that worked, and David Lee Roth did know music well. I've heard him give detailed explanations of different genres and songs. 6/22/24, 12:00 p.m.

Was never impressed by Sam's voice. Liked some of his music, some are classics but nothing like DKR Van Halen.

💯 correct!

5150 is a monster album. You can deny it, but it absolutely is.

Van Halen 2 is my favorite. The first 4 albums are some of the best r&r ever made!

yeah, his take on Dave is a tad too harsh. but a lot of stuff went down, i'd probably have the same attitude if i was him.

I'm thinking 8yrs or so...

2016

It 's from the Dan Rather tapes. Rather interviewed dozens of rock musicians.

Hagar pays for these to come up...its the only way he can keep his name in the lights

@@TheOceanMan-xc7qp Shut the fuck up. Van Halen/Mammoth were covering Sammy when they played in clubs and backyards. He has been touring and making music since 1972. He never needed them nor does he need them now.

In the studio, where his vocals could be mixed just right he’s a legend. Live, he was just above average vocally. 10th row center…Indianapolis.

Same here. I couldn't wrap my teenage brain around the fact that this was actually an entirely different band, and their albums didn't sound the same anymore because they didn't want them to sound like that anymore. Thinking about Hagar's run as a completely different band makes it easier to judge them on their own merits.

Agree

Diamond David might have done well to take care of his voice as obsessively as he took care of the rest of his physical fitness, but even THAT would not overcome his inability to concentrate on singing the words to the songs in live shows. By the time of the Van Halen reunion tours in this century, Dave's voice was weak and wobbly, with virtually no range or power screams. Sure, what he had wasn't going to last forever, but it didn't have to all go to trash without a fight. Sammy Hagar's screams, however, always sound like the noise a cat makes when it gets a rude awakening for having fallen asleep with its tail under a rocking chair rocker.

Wish more people would admit this. I agree 100%

@@MichaelJohnson-184 Thanks! VH is an amazing band, each version offered something unique and cool. Dave rocked back in the day, he was a total frontman and the songs were amazing. Sammy is a true singer/player and can also perform like no tomorrow. I love all the music, everything was so good and the band as a whole was dialed in. Sadly a lot of things got out of hand over ego and all, but in the end I feel the media blew a lot out more than it was. Sad Ed is gone but we have the music still and both frontmen are still around to sing some songs as they desire.

Ratt?

Dave cloned his entire act from Jim Dandy of Black Oak Arkansas, right down to the hair, white with red striped pants and no shirt. If you had seen VH when they still doing clubs to live the Oakland clips in '81, it was obvious as could be. Was Dave a great showman and frontman, absolutely. But a good or great singer? Nada.

He had no true style, Roth used what limits he had to try and fool his fans. He is not a singer. He was no way a 'crooner'.

@@laidbacktraveler2580 He sure did clone Jim Dandy's physical style... He had a much better voice than Dandy... I challenge people to go listen to his vocal on "Just a Gigolo" then go listen on KZfaq to songs by great crooner bebop singers, to pull out a track, go listen to Mel Torme's "Comin' Home Baby". People criticizing Roth would probably trash Torme's vocal as well.. That shows tunnel vision ignorance on voice, narrow mindedness on style, which is fine to each their own, I guess... There's also audio from several live performances of Roth in his 80s Van Halen days and his voice was very close to the recordings before he trashed it sometime in the 90s.

Ian Gillan

I think Dave was a much better songwriter, while Sammy was a better vocalist.

Dave a better song writer? OK, that actually made me snicker out loud.

@@laidbacktraveler2580 Right?

@@blanketjackson8075 Hagar, as a solo act, was hot on the heels of Van Halen. People forget that. Sammy is a great song writer.

@@bbb462cid Montrose is comparable to VH w/ Dave in quality but, Sammy solo is not. Also, neither were as popular as VH w/ Dave. Remember, both VH I and 1984 sold over 10M in USA. Sammy solo and Van Hagar never hit those numbers.

I Liked Them both but sammy should shut up

VAN HALEN

I seen a lot of people looking for a moonbeam 😆

As a vocalist, Dave has never been the best singer in the room in any room he's ever been in. Reminds of when The Beatles were asked if Ringo was the best drummer in the world, and one of the guys joked that Ringo wasn't even the best drummer in The Beatles. He was a good performer though, and he had a unique voice that worked well with their music. And more than his fair share of personality.

@@jeffreystayman375you have no clue what you are talking about and the Beatles were either being sarcastic or that never happened. David and ringo are both great musicians.

@@ExcitedAnacondaSnake-hg8ec I saw the clip myself. They were definitely joking. They were famous for cracking jokes like that during interviews and making the interviewer laugh.

@@jeffreystayman375 I’m a studied musician. Paul McCartney is definitely not a better drummer than ringo. Your mistake is you perceive music like it’s baseball or athletics. And even that isn’t coherent because there is nothing superior about a soaring tenor to a low baritone, yet you would rate a tenor as “better” because it’s a higher note, likewise with drums, someone plays faster so it’s “better”. Music is an art not a race.

@@ExcitedAnacondaSnake-hg8ec I never said he was. I said that Paul (or maybe Jon) said that, during an interview. The clip is on KZfaq. And it was a joke. Everyone laughed. "Studied musician" doesn't mean anything at all in this context. Reading comprehension is all that's required.

yuck Dave was embarrassing to watch with those disco pants

@@biancadevino And you were digging on those Sammy "Hammer Time" balloon pants, bruh? LOL!!!!!

I disagree, but they were a very different band, completely different musical style. People will obviously prefer one over the other, but both have fans.

I agree. The band chemistry, regardless of how much they hated each other, was phenomenal. Just like the Beatles or any great band, it's not how well they got along, it is how well they played together and the magic that is created. Sammy was a terrific musician and singer, but their songs together were (mostly) too predictable, designed to sell records. It's funny that Sammy mentions 'Jump' as one decent song--cause DLR hated the keyboards on Jump, he wanted guitar. So why have keyboards when you have EVH?? The rawness and emotion of songs like Running with the Devil or Aint Talking bout Love crush the fluff of the later VH songs. That is the timeless, groundbreaking stuff.

Nah couldn't stand the screaming, screeching that Roth did...that is if you could get around the disco pants & boas. 🤣

Why can't both be bands that we'd all dream of being in? That's how I see it.

neither was a "vocalist" but both were "showmen" and Roth reigns supreme.

@@america1st721 lmaoooo, Ross doesn't have half the vocal talent that sammy had... roth was a frontman that could sing, in his early days. Sam could always sing and still Sounds way better in the seventies than dave did in his 50s when he came back with van halen over a decade ago. And sam didn't need to bounce around like richard simmons lol.

Sammy could have Jumped around a bit more😂😂😂😂

@@DidntDoo He didnt have to, he was there to sing not look like a superball

@@barbalato5 a little Showmanship never Hurt....lol.hahaha. Hargar could also 👗 better...like a rock star

Always with goosebumps

@@ddobrien1 And genius. The Internet's go-to for defining "above average"..

Sammy is a politician who writes corny love songs

Nah

Early VH with Roth was Amazing Sammy gave them more pop type music .

if you are a woman @raulcastro925

They became Journey 2.0

5150 was good, but got progressively worse after that. as mentioned by others, great vocals doesn't necessarily mean great music.

I remember feeling the same way. And i feel the way you feel now....

I have been a Hagar fan since Montrose. When i started touring with my band we would occasionally cover Sammys songs. Like planets on fire. Awesome jam. Of course his music career has gone much better than mine 😆

They always felt like two very different bands to me, linked by the Van Halen brothers' playing. When people would get into the "Who's Better?" debates, I always thought it was pointless. Both rock bands, but with noticeably different musical directions. Apples and oranges. Cheers!

Hell yeah! Chills!

Hell yea!!! Dave had ATTITUDE..and damn it sounded GOOD!

That’s my favorite album. It was dark. It was heavy, and I had a realism to it that you just can’t manufacture.

@@jamescaron6465 Damn right, James! Sammy’s good, but he never had Dave’s flavor for bad ass lyrics. Fair Warning!!

@@toddvanwinkle7777 I’m not a hard-core Van Halen fan to be honest but damn fair warning was their hardest rocking most powerful album by far. That one rocked everybody’s ass off especially mine.

Indeed, “Mean Street” is phenomenal poetry

Sorry bro, he was terrible live at least a couple times that I saw him with Van Halen. Great on the albums though.

Yeah. I think VH live was sometimes just for the party.

@@jimmansi9046Saw Dave 8 times and he was phenomenal….Sammy is a flat out better singer and love him but Dave is my guy!

@@jimmansi9046that’s fine. He didn’t need to be a good singer to be good.

Original journey was fantastic, totally under rated. Lucky you to see those shows

Who was the best?

That's how I remember it going down. Honestly, the Van Halen brothers have always been full of shit about everyone they played with.

@@MaggieKeizai Also I don't think Eddie appreciated that much(not all) of the band's success came from DLR and his showmanship. Not saying DLR didn't have his faults but he never intended on leaving Van Halen. He just wanted to do some different stuff on his own.

I kind of heard DLR wasn’t down with adding keyboards also.

@@skipdog9912 I could see that. Remember synthesizers were all the rage with New Wave bands in the early 80's. Maybe he felt like Van Halen should keep it's rock roots. I can't dispute your claim as I truly don't know.

@@skipdog9912 DLR didn't want synths on Jump but but he admitted he got that wrong when it hit. Sure seem like Eddy kicked Dave out. If you listen to Vai talk about Dave, Vai talks about what a professional Dave was and how hard he worked to stay in shape so he could put on a great show. I'm not sure what to believe other than I preferred Dave to Sammy in VH by a lot BUT Sammy kept that thing going and Dave never really came back on his own in a big way.

I don't think it's BS at all. Unlike DLR, Sammy gives you a down to earth, honest answer and opinion. DLR is most always full of crap! You can see it in his lyin' eyes. He's not sincere at all...

​@@kellykarcher7179the problem is, Hagar is being sincere. He actually believes his own BS.😂

Same, though this time I stopped listening at :09 - lesson learned.

😂 same

​@@balisaaniI got to 1:05

Guitar genius but a complete jackass.

Saw them twice...With each....And Sammy was great, But @ the 1984 concert...Dave would stop songs right in the middle & start telling a cutesy 'about him' story. Like WTF? Then Eddie went on waaay too long 20-25 minute guitar solos & people would leave & go to the bathrooms in the middle of them. ..Very disappointed that time. We all left in silence.

Amen. You can’t hate on Dave for what he did while with VH.

the first 6 VH albums are my all time favorites...The Sammy stuff was a different time. Different band. Different attitude. Good, but not as good. By the time Sam came, they were all millionaires , sort of changes the dynamics. I will say that Sammy can still sing..Dave can't, But Sam never captured the magic of the original line up...I think Sam just had his 75th(?) birthday...still sounds good..I still miss the great EVH

@@raymo6795 Certainly Sammy's voice aged better than Dave's. But I agree those two line ups were very different bands, Van Halen 2.0 with Sammy was actually kind of a pop band. a very good pop band, but nonetheless. I am partial to the original line up with Dave up front.

I think Sammy did give him credit. He basically stated VH wouldn't of been discovered if it wasn't for DLR. His lyrics and music were spot on, but it's not the way Sammy would of lead the band. I think both versions of VH are great, but unfortunately greedy people from outside the band destroyed them.

you are dumb.

I felt like Dave's persona matched the playing from the rest of the band at that time...There was tremendous precision from the playing, but the vocalist/front man had the job of balancing that precision with swagger and attitude. I think it worked out REALLY well.

Do you like elevator music more now too? ;)

yeah Dave screeched & screamed thru his songs & was too full of himself @ concerts

that's YOUR opinion.

I think the Roth Era had better singles but still enjoyed Hagars hits as well.

Van Halen died when Dave left.

Exactly 💯

Amen. Dave fit like a glove. All that energy. All that skat. Sammy hagar was a basic singer.

DLR was an obnoxious loudmouth. But I'm gonna have to agree with you.

@@asmith8947 I’m going to have to agree with you as well.

I know everyone has their own opinion but van hagar sucked in comparison with old Van Halen. Who cares if DLR's voice sucked later in his career!! Early Van Halen couldn't be topped as a band and that included David!!

I'm a Hagar fan from way back..79 I'm thinking...and I agree..

Agreed.

Rock star interviews are just entertainment. None of it matters.

You forgot the masterpiece lyrics… Red Red I like it Red! 🤣

Agreed

I dunno 3 Lock Box always sounded shitty to me.

Have you really heard Dave's solo stuff?

sammy was writing pop songs for VH dave put on a complete rock Show

Every cover song that Van Halen did was because of Dave’s laziness. Supposed to come in to record an album and didn’t have the lyrics to do it. The cheesiest song they ever did was Jump and that was supposed to go on Diver Down. The music was done, no lyrics from Dave, which is why they covered Dancin’ In the Streets.

I think he gave Dave credit. He called him out as a showman that demanded the attention that got Eddie noticed. In a world full of great guitar players it was never a sure thing that Eddie would be "discovered". Today we can argue over him as a potential "most significant" guitarist in Rock's history but that might never have happened had the band not been "noticed". As for "Dave was Great"? That's always subjective opinion and while Dave was important for Van Halen it's as easy to find people who loved Dave in the band and they just don't see it the same without him as it is to find people who would say, "great band, great songs but why the lousy vocals?". These people, you can count me among them, saw the band as greatly improved for having Sam replace Dave. When 5150 hit the radio I didn't suddenly hate the Dave stuff. Those are still great songs but I was thinking, "Wow!! Finally the Vocalist this band always needed. A guy who can hit the notes!"

He Sucked Perfectly

@@Dogboy1960 When Sammy came to the band they never had the Fire of VH Earlier Work with sammy they were More like a pop band doin more Love Songs and thats Fine just Different not my cup a tea.Dave All The Way.

@@markvanderstelt8999 When-ever I hear that comment it makes me realize how many "Dave only" fans really do completely tune out anything from the Sammy Hagar Era. Go back and listen to songs like Judgement Day, Pound Cake, Best of Both Worlds and no small number of others and try to sell that argument to yourself again. What is true though is the band continued what it had started toward with "Jump". Eddie, as the band's main song writer, clearly wanted more radio hits and a more diverse play list. With Sammy Hagar this was possible because he has vocal chops to pull it off and the big conflict with Dave not wanting any part of it was no longer an issue. (though I do wonder if Dave hadn't left would he still be as against it after scoring his own biggest ever "hit" with Jump? We'll never know because he did choose to leave). I'll never tell you that you're CRAZY for preferring the Dave Era that's the subjective opinion part each of us is going to have our own opinion on. Yet, I will argue that when Sammy Hagar belts out a hard rocker his vocals are far better than Dave here too. He's simply got a range and ability Dave doesn't have and never had. That last reunion tour without Mike Anthony backing him and hitting those notes that Dave never could was very revealing. I'm pretty equally split on both eras of Van Halen. I like 'em both but I also know a lot of folks who see this as you do. They are DIE HARD Dave only people. No small number of them were very disappointed with Dave in the reunion. In fairness to Dave I think it's a bit unfair to blame it all on him. I think most all of the difference can be found in Mike not being in the mix. Dave fans that really want to vilify Sammy as the end of the Van Halen they really liked might want to look at his friendship with Mike and taking Mike with him when he was gone. Though in reality.....Eddie probably deserves most of the blame for that piece of the puzzle.

@@Dogboy1960 do not get me wrong i love Sammys Voice and his Solo stuff and loved montrose and i never said Dave Had a Better Voice i said i Prefer him in VH . i like the showman and the Attitude and Edge he Brought those Early Records and i will say i Hate the song JUMP it was the Biggest Piece of crap they ever Did .

February of 2016

And Ronnie Montgomery committed suicide

This one is, but look at Keith Richards, he looks like he’s 102

​@@rustonburst2976I thought he was 102 tbh.

Because Alex was a raging alcoholic at the time

"Am I my brother's keeper?"

@@DEADRABBIT8 not sure about that in 2004

@@asmith8947 apparently not

Take another look at that picture. I'm sure it's DLR! DLR was an absolute egotistical tool! The world revolved around him and thankfully, we don't have to hear him any longer. Sammy is still going strong though!!

@@kellykarcher7179 I just checked again….it most certainly is Sam.

@@therinchilnsford777 You better get your vision checked...

His only minor hit😂

This is also on the interviewers. DLR was specifically asked about like 4 times here.

He really is ex-wife #2 .... that needs a tampon changing even

@@princeofpcos9804 I like Sammy's music. Both VH and other. So I am not just saying stuff because I am a DLR fan. Over the years interviewers know they will get a reaction out of Sammy whenever Dave is mentioned. So they purposely do ask. If Sammy gave a casual answer they would stop asking. So I don't blame the interviewers. They won't ask Michael Anthony these questions because he is always complimentary towards Dave.

Taking piss,,, David was better Sammy is jealous,, he even brought the word up,,, hagar couldn't touch Roth,,, I was there all these days in the 80s, so fuck up,,

Well said.

Sammy annoying Hagar is overrated as a singer. There are more people that dislike his style. There are also better singers in rock but none of them would fit in Van Halen. David was soulful,original and organic and gave the brown sound personality.

@@tubewrestler59 And David can no longer sing more shit. Because he doesn’t know how to sing. I’m a singer when you have technique you do not lose your voice like Dave has.