Sammy Hagar believes “the best was yet to come” from Van Halen.
Van Halen could have reached new heights, according to former singer Sammy Hagar
The 77-year-old rocker – who was frontman of the ‘Jump’ band from 1985 to 1996, before returning in 2003 until 2005 – was in touch with late guitarist Eddie Van Halen before his death in October 2020, and was keen to work with him again after learning he was playing the cello and experimenting with different instruments.
Speaking on Detroit’s WRIF radio station, Sammy was quoted by Blabbermouth as saying when asked if he has any regrets: “Oh, hell no. Oh, no regrets whatsoever.
“I regret that we broke up, just to see what else we could have done. I would’ve loved to have made another record or two with Eddie writing.”
Sammy loved his songwriting partnership with Eddie.
He reflected: “Eddie and I wrote some great songs together, and I think the best stuff was yet to come; it could have been yet to come, because Eddie was really reaching out on instruments.
“Last time I talked to Eddie before he passed, I said, ‘Man, what are you playing?’ He said, ‘Oh, man, I’ve really been playing a lot of cello.’ And I’m going, ‘Cello? Holy shit.’ [Laughs] ‘Play me something, dude. I’m ready to write a song with you on cello.’”
The Red Rocker went on to claim that his arch-nemesis, David Lee Roth – who Sammy replaced as frontman in 1985 and had three tenures with the legendary group from 1974 to 1985, 1996, and 2006 until they disbanded in 2020 – wouldn’t give Eddie the space to experiment like he did.
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