The "beautiful" 1986 song Sammy Hagar needed to make

The "beautiful" 1986 song Sammy Hagar needed to make

Sammy Hagar didn’t really want to sweat being in a band like Van Halen when he first joined. He knew that he was comfortable with his solo career, and even if anyone would have given their left arm to play with Eddie around that time, he knew that he would be fine whether it worked out with the band or not. And while there were some tunes that were clearly written with David Lee Roth in mind, ‘The Red Rocker’ knew when they needed to run down a …

The “Van Hagar” Era of Van Halen Began With This Massive Hit Album in 1986

Sammy Hagar and Eddie Van Halen of Van Halen at the Rosemont Horizon in Rosemont, Illinois March 15,1986. (Photo by Paul Natkin/Getty Images) When David Lee Roth left Van Halen, many music fans wondered if the band could ever again hit their previous heights. Not only did they reach those standards on the 1986 album 5150, but they also surpassed them, at least in terms of commercial success. The debate might still be raging about whether the art…