I won't even touch any alcohol anymore. I've been clean over 4 yrs.

@Don-du7du

27 күн бұрын

Keep it up one of the worst drugs there is best thing I ever did 👍✌️

@tedged

26 күн бұрын

good job. same here. almost 8 yrs. i wished i'd quit long ago. i'm not young.

@justshay

25 күн бұрын

I've been for 8 years... Just found out I have cirrhosis... Yeah...

@user-hr4mo8py5l

25 күн бұрын

Well done, all of you.

@user-ug6ti3op3x

25 күн бұрын

Very good. So if you have not had a drink of alcohol have you stopped any other mood altering drug as well ? The weed is what I am getting to . Let us hope so but as you know substitution for one thing to another has always been a battle .

Let's see hmmm. Problems with David Lee Roth? OK. Problems with Sammy Hagar? OK. Problems with Michael Anthony? OK , there seems to be 1 common factor

@ianalan4367

28 күн бұрын

A friend of mine was invited to a backstage party after a concert back in the late 80’s He claims at one point Eddie had gotten drunk and was fighting with Valerie Beetunelli. Next thing he knew a beer bottle was flying through the air and busted against the wall beside Valerie. He what was really screwed up is that he was shocked, but when looking around everyone else was acted like it was no big deal. As if it was common behavior.

@twk8520

26 күн бұрын

Not really it's called rockstar or frontman syndrome. Most guys who get that kind of fame it goes to their head. Both Eddie and David were said to have giant ego's and hard to work with. What's bad is Sammy was originally brought in to counter how bad David had acted. Then he allegedly deals with Eddie's issues as talented as he was.

@ricric9521

25 күн бұрын

And they all had problems with each other. Your Point fails.

@tomsondles8950

25 күн бұрын

@ricric9521 Yeah...Well..Who gives a 💩 WHAT YOU THINK 🤣🤣

@user-hr4mo8py5l

24 күн бұрын

@@ricric9521 TROLL ON A--HOLE

I agree with Sam. I saw this tour. It was the first time that VH ever played in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada. Ed was clearly “plastered”, didn’t give a puck about anything or anybody. He was yelling at his guitar tech, the sound guy that was responsible for the stage monitors, because he felt that he couldn’t hear properly. During his “supposed guitar solo”, he got his guitar into a constant feedback and let it feedback for almost 10 minutes, while he was bent backwards, on his knees and sleeping backwards. Then, when he was going to change guitars or just didn’t like one, he would take it off and “throw it at the guitar tech” like he meant to hurt him. Also, at the end of the concert, he walked over, stould in front of a stage security bouncer and just jumped backwards at him. It was lucky that the security guy was big and he caught Ed around the waste, feet above the ground and I’m pretty sure that he told Ed to “behave”. This was the worst performance that I had ever seen him. I know his mom died shortly before, but he had no right to do what he did to his stage people and us - the fans that night. He must have been going through some severe turmoil in his brain. I felt for Sammy, Mike and his own brother that night, how embarrassing it must have been. It was the first time in 7 times that I saw VH, and I felt ripped off.

@Tubes12AX7k

Ай бұрын

We actually saw something similar with Diamond Dave at a concert where he was clearly plastered before taking the stage and had an open bottle of Jack Daniels (maybe?) which he sprayed out on the first few rows of people. It didn't seem like he was really into it that night and it was a little disappointing.

@jimmyraidjames

Ай бұрын

Van Halen put Sammy Hagar on the Map

@scottthomas4779

Ай бұрын

​@jimmyraidjames you do realize Sammy was a highly successful musician long before joining VH right?

@jimmyraidjames

Ай бұрын

@@scottthomas4779 Do you realize Van Halen smoked everyone in the early days including Hagar so yes Van Halen put him on a much larger map👍👍

@milehighgimpster

Ай бұрын

Sammy had a great solo career and was a valuable member with Montrose. Sammy was the only person who could have made VH successful after DLR left. Alcoholism is destructive. Eddie is a tragic figure. An icon who left a great legacy in music. I wish the "good Eddie" would have made it through the gauntlet of alcohol abuse.

I'm shocked to learn that rock stars do drugs, drink and treat people like shit.

@Brucev7

21 күн бұрын

No Fear of God. Demon possessed. Mark 1:15

@celiekrown1718

17 күн бұрын

😂😂😂

Alcohol is a terrible addiction! I know I went through it myself! I to am a nice person sober and a ass drunk !! I have been clean for 4 years now! I am 61yrs old . I was a binge drinker for 38 years!! 😢 please if you have a problem get help! You can't get those lost years back!! To me alcohol is the most terrible addiction besides nicotine!! 😊

@markcuster3803

Ай бұрын

Well put God Bless stay well peace

@CamaroSS-sy2ei

Ай бұрын

Glad you’re doing well!!!

@eazyridin7283

Ай бұрын

I hear ya !

@GregWilkinson-pj2ps

Ай бұрын

You can die from alcohol withdrawal. Withdrawal from other drugs will make you wish you were dead, but booze withdrawal can be deadly without proper medical attention.

@petermoss208

Ай бұрын

thank you for sharing your journey with us. fyi, Eddie was on Heroin not Booze. His withdrawals and inability to actually get high after awhile turned into mania. It happens a lot with opiate addicts who have enough money to blow out their receptors.

Personal Demons? You mean Methamphetamine?

@texastank9413

26 күн бұрын

Yep.

@scott7684

7 күн бұрын

lol yep

@axidhaus

5 күн бұрын

Definitely demonic

@jiverdude2775

Күн бұрын

Eddie definitely was using Meth in the 2000s; I'd say about 2000-06. He was very fond of cocaine and one who gets tired of it has to graduate onto something that will elevate even more. My experience as a health care worker. I've seen it in my career. Sad. He got sober for his son. 2007.

The VH brothers treated lots of people like crap at times, no sense in misleading fans.

@ThomasBN4G

28 күн бұрын

Alex was cool, what I heard.

@ricric9521

25 күн бұрын

They all treated some people like shit. There are no surprises there

@gregkuhn7123

24 күн бұрын

@@ThomasBN4G Nope!

Anyone who thinks the Van Halen brothers were "otherwise nice guys" needs to read Running With the Devil, written by their tour manager.

@josephesposito3499

29 күн бұрын

Yes, he was a nice guy. Acting like a prick because of problems doesn't negate his goodness

@theodosios2615

29 күн бұрын

@@josephesposito3499 Really. So you knew Ed personally? Better than his tour manager who toured with him for years?

@juliastraus4273

20 күн бұрын

'There are two sides to every story and somewhere in the middle lies the truth." -- ? Human beings are flawed-- *all* of them (even Mother Theresa) and as for the book, well, it wouldn't make much money if it read like a Disney movie. I'm not saying it's not true, just taking it with a grain of salt. It certainly won't stop me from loving the music-- and it won't stop me from being an EVH fan. R.I.P. Eddie!

@godbyone

12 күн бұрын

@@theodosios2615I knew Eddie. He wax cool gave me a guitar pick. 2nd tour still have it. Got another. From his birthday bash. Still have it

@scott7684

7 күн бұрын

agreed

It's like my late mother always said: Where booze goes in, the brain goes out.

Shocking, rock and roll stars high on drugs and booze and doing stupid shit. Never heard of that before.

@ahill4642

24 күн бұрын

Meh. This sounds like next level.

I was a big fan of Sammy before he was in Van Hagar & likewise am a huge fan of the Van Halen Roth era. They both wrote better songs without each other. Eddie was mistaken thinking it was the same band because they were known by his family name. Those 2 bands were on different planets.

@user-tw6wb2if8d

13 күн бұрын

Uh , Ed never said it was the same band with Sam . In the beginning it was better because Sam's vocal chords aren't as bad as Dave's .

I’ve always thought Eddie was a total jerk ! Eddie and Dave are a perfect match .Alec isn’t much of nice guy either! Michael Anthony will be way better off without those guys!

Love EVH, but he strikes me as someone who never got punched square in the mouth really hard - even though he desperately needed it.

@ericandrews1661

Ай бұрын

Having a brother, I'd bet it happened probably every day of his life

@josephesposito3499

29 күн бұрын

FOOL

@E.C.2

27 күн бұрын

Eddie if what we're told is true,controlled that band top to bottom like a General from late 1981 onwards. I agree he needed the (bleep) knocked out of him once a year.

@powerkor

23 күн бұрын

Agreed, he needed his ass kicked

@LisaPeterson227

17 күн бұрын

A lot of people might change if that was the case.

so we should only talk about the good parts and hide the rest, and then wonder how no one noticed when serious shit happens ? Besides, it's not like Eddie didn't routinely take shots at people he didn't like. You can be a great musician and still be a terrible person, even when they're your brother

@rockingsteady4019

Ай бұрын

Ed is the kindest man I ever met, but he could not handle his fame.And no, of course we do not want to swipe bad issues under the carpet : if you are outsider, it is just that good and bad things need to be little bit balanced to get the right point of view ..❤

@boxonothing4087

Ай бұрын

@@rockingsteady4019 one good does not undo one bad

@necrodamus5481

Ай бұрын

​@@boxonothing4087 How bad was the bad? If a lot of his good outdid his bad then we're gonna mainly remember the good

At least they made peace with each other at the end.

@markolowin755

Ай бұрын

Says Sammy Belcher

@ricdale7813

Ай бұрын

Yeah I doubt they made Peace. Would you make peace with a guy that kept himself relevant by talking smack about you and your brother for 25 years. Another one of Sam's BS stories. The VH's hated Hagar implicitly.

@Picasso5150

Ай бұрын

Not true. Everything Hagar says is a lie. Same with you...

@walterevans2118

Ай бұрын

@@ricdale7813 Ed and Alex didn’t always ‘hate’ Sammy. They clearly didn’t during the initial 5150 album period or even after this. They enthused about him and even in 1991 Ed was describing Sam as being ‘like a brother’. But then new management came in and the perceptions of the balance of power and the band politics totally changed and it became an issue not of ‘how can we work together to create great music’ and more of an issue of ‘whose band is this anyway? And who is calling the shots’ ?

@walterevans2118

Ай бұрын

@@ricdale7813 I think when Sammy wrote that book RED with that chapter ‘crazy Ed’ Sammy made a TERRIBLE tactical mistake. Which had counterproductive ramifications which possibly never healed. I could understand why Alex would feel enraged about that chapter because it was written in a ‘kiss ‘n tell’ ‘sell a book with outrageous content’ kind of way rather than a ‘let’s try to have sympathy with Ed because with that cancer and marriage break up he was going through hell drinking kind of way’. (Paul)

Sammy tells it like it is. I’m sure if Eddie was around today he’d probably agree.

We have all probably faced demons in our lifetime. I know I have. Eddie was in a place very vulnerable to them. All said & done, Van Halen and Van Hagar both made great music.

@iloveit9468

27 күн бұрын

Yeah those poor little vulnerable millionaires have it so tuff …. Not….no self control (that includes not getting help)

Eddie became a crackhead and was always a mean drunk

@jimmyraidjames

Ай бұрын

Jason Becker disagrees with you

@walterevans2118

Ай бұрын

@@jimmyraidjames Precisely.

@Billy-ml1si

Ай бұрын

If you were told U had cancer what would U do

@jimmyraidjames

Ай бұрын

@@walterevans2118 👍👍

@davidjorgensen877

Ай бұрын

​@@Billy-ml1si "If you were told U had cancer what would U do" - I'm sure the cancer diagnosis/surgery significantly amped up his famous addictive tendencies to the degree Hagar and others describe. But had he not already been a lifelong alcoholic, the cancer probably wouldn't have pushed that addiction to the extreme it did. So to answer your question, if I were told I had cancer, I'd be majorly bummed out, but I doubt I'd become as batshit insufferable as he reportedly did. Of course, had he not also been a lifelong tobacco addict, he might have avoided the tongue cancer altogether, thus rendering the question moot. (Ed believed the tongue cancer was caused by the metal guitar picks he would hold in his mouth while tapping. Maybe so, but there's no established science to support the claim. Chain-smoking, on the other hand, is a well-documented cause of tongue cancer.)

Eddie couldn't drive 55

Do people not realize that these videos are made to get views using very old news?!? Sammy isn’t continuing to tell these stories, he has better shit to do!

@MWMZone

Ай бұрын

Wrong. He just re-released this interview to promote his tribute tour. Why don't you go to his channel and watch him say "F-You, EVH!" That's right, he's still saying F You to a dead person. He's sick in the head!

@trailerparkcryptoking5213

Ай бұрын

@@MWMZone ever heard of deep fakes?

@MWMZone

Ай бұрын

@trailerparkcryptoking5213 Ever hear Hagar say F you to a dead man? It's happening right now while he pays tribute at the same time for money. Hagar is a fraud.

@Me-qp8vz

Ай бұрын

@@MWMZone That video was old too. Not a new one...

@MWMZone

Ай бұрын

@Me-qp8vz Which one are you referring to? The backstabbing "F-you, EVH" video which he uses to sell T-shirts with or the one re-released last week of him trash talking EVH? Both are tasteless and expose Hagar for the fraud he is...

I'm glad I saw VH in 1978 in Raleigh,the early yrs. Yes I missed out on a lot of newer stuff but they were fresh & hungry & what a show. Poco, the Outlaws, Van Halen & Boston

I heard Eddie was in his worse state of mind at this time. I feel like the cancer diagnosis was very mental mind fuck. It was an off and on again battle. I’m sure a lot of us would have felt the same.

As we respectfully allow Eddie to rest in peace, with our hearts still broken, let’s remember to forgive Eddie for drinking and drugging to kill his pain during those times. Let’s remember what a supremely talented musician and loving father he was. Most of all, let’s be grateful to have seen Eddie perform at the pinnacle of his ability in 2015. May he forever rest in peace, and may we be better and do better as humans being.

From 2001 ,,,through 2004 Poor ED spiralled out of control. He was fearful of that damn cancer and was trying to blot it out with alcohol and drug overload. And it made a lot of anger come out which was horrible. But if Sammy found a way to forgive Ed for all that then maybe WE should find a way to forgive Ed too. (Paul)

@4GuitarTrance

Ай бұрын

Let's also not forget about Valery leaving him around that time. That seemed to be one of the last nails in the coffin at that particular time period. Actually, I don't think Ed ever truly recovered after that era, and that flood of ordeals. I read somewhere Ed saying he became so used to the drinking for so many years he couldn't relax on stage when he tried to stop drinking, and stage fright nearly took him over to the point where it affected his playing in a major way... it took some major getting used to for him. VERY SAD! From that point to the end of his life was a very sad ending to an otherwise near-brilliant career. I hope Edward made peace with his maker before passing. If so, he will never be tormented in any way again. If so, he has an eternity to play without those demons hounding him. Hounding him... Never, ever again! RIP, Edward!

@ronsilvia8127

Ай бұрын

Sammy never forgave Eddie. Or sammy would not continuously keep saying bad things like this in every single interview. Sammy holds a grudge because he got booted from van halen and because they brought dave back.

@user-xs5vf4hh4z

Ай бұрын

@@4GuitarTrance thank you for pointing out Edward,s problems that he was dealing with , people are too quick to judge someone when they have no idea of what the person is going through.

@user-xs5vf4hh4z

Ай бұрын

@@ronsilvia8127 I believe you sir are correct. Sammy thinks he can only stay relevant by talking about Van Halen and I think he is right for a change. He wouldnt like someone telling the Belcher story I bet.

@barclaydonaldson8863

Ай бұрын

​@@ronsilvia8127 sammy has a ego...but sammy has always been reliable and is very popular and respected in the music business...yes dlr and evh...were / are amazing...but sammy knows how to " read the room"

I know exactly what he went through. One time I drank a bunch of sangria and threw up.

Sad. Drug and booze fueled by being told how GREAT you are for most of your life did not help. He WAS great! Still his life was far from great and too distant from reality.

@tommilitello198

Ай бұрын

Your reality doesn’t apply to anybody else except you

I just saw this video yesterday, this drummer from a band who opened up for VH said Eddie kicked Sammy in the nuts as hard as he could. Onstage! During a song! WOW!

I partied up until 33/34 and it started to kick my ass! I couldn't even imagine being strung out at 49!!! Some people never quit before it's to late and unfortunately Rockers seldom do.

I too was at the Hamilton, Ontario show in 2004. It was a shocking decline from the Toronto concert months earlier which was excellent with no signs of trouble. I was unaware what was wrong in Hamilton yet I could hardly recognize the band and specifically Eddie. Even worse the arena was empty and lacking energy which shocked me given it was a Van Halen concert which would normally be "electric". Van Halen was huge in Canada and any VH concert was a genuine highlight to those who loved rock music. I have seen many, many VH concerts and all were very good except this one show in Hamilton. Eddie did thank the audience for their patience after his meandering guitar solo. He seemed to acknowledge he was all over the place that night. Eddie appeared to me genuinely apologetic for his "odd" performance. The band played the previous night in Montreal, Quebec and I assumed exhaustion got the better of the band. Little did I know something far more serious was going on. I must confess I did not sense a bad vibe between Eddie and Sammy that night. Tension within the band was news to me and details of the dysfunction only became available once the tour had concluded.

@smokesletsgo2374

23 күн бұрын

Copps was always a terrible place for music. It's the only place that could make Rush and Judas Priest sound bad. And those 2 in other venues were the best shows I've ever seen

This really sucks. He shouldn't put out Eddie's dirty laundry out like this. So sad.

@Tubes12AX7k

Ай бұрын

It is what it is. Our friend's ex-husband used to know him and said he was "difficult." He also worked briefly with Eric Johnson and had the complete opposite experience.

@jimmyraidjames

Ай бұрын

With every so called story from Sammy...i lose more respect for him.....IF its true ....cuz these channels just stirring the pot for views

@aliceborealis

Ай бұрын

It's not really a secret!

@raoulduke344

Ай бұрын

@@Tubes12AX7k Eddie or Sammy was difficult?

@Tubes12AX7k

Ай бұрын

@@raoulduke344 Eddie. Partially due to alcohol.

When you mistreat people from a position of power and have the power to silence them you can’t blame them for talking when they become free. It’s just the way it works. This is Efdie’s fault.

@user-nu8tl1xd9u

20 күн бұрын

I really sympathize with Eddie but you are right. Not matter how troubled you are you cannot treat other people poorly or its gonna come back around

@joehiggs4349

20 күн бұрын

@@user-nu8tl1xd9u I sympathize with him too. Being a rock star is a ton of money, fame, and license with drugs everywhere. Any normal person is likely to struggle at some point and it’s hard to kick. My comments are in favor of poor Sammy finally getting to say something. You just can’t blame the guy for talking about how he was treated. These guys trying to shame him for disloyalty aren’t considering the disloyalty and more Eddie put on him for years. They are trying to keep him quiet the same way Eddie did.

@user-nu8tl1xd9u

19 күн бұрын

@@joehiggs4349 Hey I do not really disagree with your view at all. I like Hagar as a person way more than I like his version of VH though. I hear you though. Sammy did not do anything wrong to Eddie, I agree with you there.

That last tour with David Lee Roth was the best I've ever heard Eddie live. No slop, he nailed everything.

Eddie was brilliant but his problems caused an early demise, such a tragedy

@Brucev7

21 күн бұрын

No Fear of God. Demon possessed. Mark 1:15

I used to party pretty f’n hard back in the day. Then I married an actual alcoholic. Thats when the party ended. I had to be the babysitter all of the sudden and make up excuses for my asshole ex wife’s behavior. Then it got to the point that my friends stopped coming over and inviting me to places. Imagine being responsible for an adult toddler from Fall River Massachusetts that likes coke and can’t control their alcohol. EVH will stand tall as one of history’s greats, but man… “What a dick!”

I have no respect for Eddie or Al. They were shit. Just sayin

I saw Sammy with Ronnie Montrose in the band 'Montrose' back in '75 I think. Santana was the headliner for that show. Great night. But it was when the first Montrose album came out with Sammy, that Sammy became one of my favorite vocalists. That album remains in my top 5 favorites. Space Station #5 forever.

@5400bowen

19 күн бұрын

I still play "Connection" all the time.

Here’s the thing… you guys should’ve spoke up about this when he was alive. I don’t care if it’s Sammy Hagar or who. If you had a problem with him, then you should’ve talked about it then … leave Eddie alone he’s dead and gone. His legacy speaks for itself. No one is perfect but anyway Sammy just drop it.

From a lifetime Eddie fan, I wish the 2004 tour never happened. I saw the first show in Greensboro NC and it was sad. Glad EVH got better towards the end.

Eddie was a drunk no doubt but it is time to move on.

"Eddie was a genuinely sweet person, however" its the however part that seems to be the truth about Eddie. By all accounts, Eddie was an asshole.

Who'd have thought Sammy would end up looking like Bob Vila?

Apparently both brothers were douchebags but how did Michael Anthony manage to last forever it seems.

Alcoholism sucks, but it's no excuse to be an a-hole.

What was once “ partying “ is now a ball an chain I can’t escape

@brandonsampson-qr9cq

28 күн бұрын

ive been there... it sucks when you wake up and its like something changed... no fun anymore, just a struggle to find nornal or be sick as a dog. lots of folks have fought that specific demon, you can do it too. God bless ya brother

@ahill4642

24 күн бұрын

Never, ever give up. Find your centre, find your strength, let God in if you’re willing. Asking for help is the opposite of weak… do it. You can do it.

I have a friend who was on that tour who relayed what jerk Eddie was on that tour. If you grow never being told "No", you end being a piece of shit as a human being.

The interview was 12 years ago

@jimmyraidjames

Ай бұрын

The channel needs views so they repost old news....sad channel

@masshultzy6449

Ай бұрын

Yeah, thats what a lot of people don't realize thinking Sammy said it yesterday!

The most ironic thing is Eddie VH actually looks like Valleri Bertinelli.

@richardtibbetts574

29 күн бұрын

😂😂yes he does.

@woodybowen5362

28 күн бұрын

Always looked like siblings.

@mandeemckenzie537

21 күн бұрын

100% they were a match

@corysmith5228

10 күн бұрын

Right

"Aint talkin' bout love..................his love was rotten to the core"

I think, Eddie was a great guy, he just had a lot of pain to deal with. The guy, that keeps calling Sammy a candy ass……PISS-OFF!

@josephesposito3499

29 күн бұрын

BINGO!

It doesn't erase his good deads or his legacy. It's just sad that he had those demons to battle.

@josephesposito3499

29 күн бұрын

AGREED. Eddie was a good kid. Just look at the tears in his eyes when he visited Jason Becker. It's on you tube.

you can gauge a person's character by how they deal with fame, power and their career on the downside. but, still one of my guitar heros...

@ckmoore101

Ай бұрын

yeah, I don't get why so many people let an artists personal flaws affect whether they enjoy that artists music. Or how they believe those flaws should nullify the impact of their contributions. The fact is, the vast majority of extremely talented creators, typically are tortured souls, with many demons. It's just how it is. This applies for artists in the movie and book industry as well.

Gary Cherone was the best singer in the Van Halens

Tried smashing a window of a G5 at 4,000'? Not such a big deal. Did you mean 40,000? Now THAT would be a problem.

Every time I hear a Van Halen song my brain goes right to how much I miss Eddie Van Halen. Rest in Paradise Eddie 😇🎸

The Sammy years with VH were the worst. All the tunes sucked and the lyrics were written by Dr. Seuss. Early VH was definitely the best.

This is for all who we have lost in this battle we call life.🕯️🙏

Sammy is cool as shit. He does a radio show that’s on KSHE in St. Louis on Sunday afternoon. Michael Anthony must be as well, otherwise Sammy wouldn’t be around him.

@jpoorr9973

26 күн бұрын

He's just a jealous prick.

If Hagar’s nose keeps growing at the massive rate it currently is, he will need to join a circus sideshow soon!

And he wrote about it in a book and made tons of money and the van halen brothers got not one penny. Sammy buried Eddie and Alex. That's cold blooded man..He Wonders why Eddie and Alex never spoke to him again

@josephesposito3499

29 күн бұрын

BINGO. Sammy SUCKS and was never anything special. 55 is his ONLY song

@richardremick1639

29 күн бұрын

@@josephesposito3499 no thank you finally someone speaks the truth like I do. What did Sammy expect was going to happen after he big game hunted using the van Halen brothers names in his book you did not do that to anyone especially the van Halen brothers whether they were being jerks or not. Sammy claimed 'Ed and I are best friends then why didn't you help him try and get sober? Instead wrote a book burying both brothers badly exposing eds drug problems that's a very personal private matter. He did it for revenge and to make money. That's just straight up evil. Exactly he had one sing I can't drive 55. If it wasn't for the van halen brothers he'd be cleaning toilets at McDonald's.He goes on these interviews on the and acts surprised and perplexed like,," I don't understand why Ed and Alex have a broom stick up their butts they won't talk to me I just don't know why" umm yeah you do low life worthless waste of human DNA you absolutely buried the best musical duo in the history of music who saved your career and that's how you repay them. He's going straight to hell in a hand basket. I can't drive 55 that song wasn't even good either. Ugly clown not funny either like Dave was Dave was gorgeous incredible body built jacked like Eddie incredible hair, write unbelievable lyrics and I didn't even think his singing wasn't that bad I lived for that one in a trillion god given scream. Blended in perfect with the van halen brothers music. The acrobatics kicks, splits he did it all. Sammy didn't fit in Van Halen. That ugly hair he wasn't entertaining and he was in the end evil still can't believe he acts shocked that Alex won't talk to him and Eddie didn't when he was alive. You absolutely buried them for no reason and never gave them a penny. That's straight up evil. Cold blooded. Enjoy hell when you get there. And he's doing that dumb tour that Eddie would never approve of and no wonder Alex isn't having any part of it he hates him for burying him and Eddie after they saved his career. Absolute trailer trash. Like I said that's cold blooded evil man. If Eddie was your best friend like you claimed then you would have helped him get sober not write a book making money off of him. Piece of garbage.

I hate when people speak ill of the dead. It's the worst thing you can do.

No one is better from having gotten hooked on the bottle. The insights and perspectives you have while drunk are paper thin delusions of grandeur. Even at it's most innocent - a couple of drinks to take the edge off, booze just complicates matters.

Them demons are some hard fellows to hang out with. Many have tried and I have never heard of a success story. I myself tried it and while I believe I should get an honorable mention I failed miserably. I know Eddie handled it better than I would have.

Joe satriani is a much better guitar player than Eddie.

The G5 plane was at 40,000 feet, not "4,000 feet"

Dave not such a bad guy

@user-tw6wb2if8d

13 күн бұрын

He's actually more polite . He never trash-talked Captain Candyass for letting the band open for Bon Jovi . Dave made it public that it would be bad for his image if he opened for a band he proceeded like Motley Crue . That's why he turned down their offer . He could have been a dick like Hagar always is and rubbed Hagar's nose into it for opening for Bon Jovi BUT Dave is the one always talking the high road . Let Captain Candyass look like a big mouth ex-wife

Eddie was really sick at this point. He wasnt himself

I heard in an interview that he claimed he tought Pete Townsend, David Gilmore and George Harrison how to play guitar lol. This guy acts like he invented the guitar. People feared him because of the way he acted not by the way he played.

Another AI scripted channel?

Everyone is blaming the alcohol. Alcohol removes your inhibitions and reveals who you are. He was a talented musician but not a good person. In his moments of sobriety and even when he got clean, he didn't attempt to mend a lot of fences.

what purpose is this for him to tell all of this after Eddie passes away?

@user-uc4zs3cg8d

24 күн бұрын

This interview is 12 years old, and Sammy also wrote a book while Eddie was alive.

Enough already, Hammy Sammy. You've dragged him through the mud in your book, etc. BUT, you'll play their songs on your recent tour. I saw VH in 2015 with DLR. Ed was sober, clean, and absolutely flawless!

It's true. I was at one of the shows in 2004 and waiting outside for an autograph. Eddie handed me a bottle of what he said was apple juice and told me to drink it if I wanted anything signed. I did, and knew immediately it was piss.

I went to a show on this tour. It was really bad. Ed was sloppy and the sound in the venue was horrible.

I was a big VH fan going back to the early 1980's. I spent good money to see their show in Milwaukee that year. In short, EVH sucked that day. It was just as Sammy described. I never spent another dollar on a VH ticket/music again. I believe this is why it was wise for Sammy to leave, and for Michael Anthony to stick with Sammy. If you respect your fans, then you show up TO WORK sober, and get hammered AFTER the show if you like. But, you'd better be sober for the next one too. I have to show up to my workplace sober & ready to work. Why not expect that from a member of a band as well?

80 shows * 40,000 people = 3,200,000 people that saw the same thing as Sammy did. Sammy has courage to tell the truth and without malice. Stop blaming him #1 he didn’t make EVH do what he did #2 Sammy tried to quit after 40 shows #3 Sammy is answering the questions asked of him, direct your anger at the interviewers. DLR on the other hand spends his time producing his own VH family attacks and uploads them. He is the one that is still living in 1996.

He f"d up the Denver show. To drunk to play. I was pissed!

What Eddie and his brother and Roth tried to do to Michael Anthony is all I needed to know

@ignacedhont9816

Ай бұрын

They gave him copyrights of the Van Halen tracks, while Michael did not participate in writing - as bands go, that was EXTREMELY generous of Eddie and made Michael a lot of money. So, other bandleaders may sweet talk their band members and be "nice" to them, but in the meantime pocket all that copyright money THEMSELVES.

@guitarcomet5

Ай бұрын

@@ignacedhont9816MANY bands split royalties equally. Mikey played bass on the first 7-8 recordings as well as demos, live albums and hundreds of rehearsals. He deserved some royalties. When Ed made him sign away his rights in 2004, that was the lowest $h!t I think I’ve ever heard a band mate do (financially) to another. Then he only payed him a salary for the 2004 tour! It was a kick in the crotch. To heck with Ed…he can take his metal pick and swallow it! Oh and BTW, cocaine and liquor are fun, until you can’t live without them.

@TonyFromSyracuse101

Ай бұрын

@@ignacedhont9816 actually after researching this, it appears that in the end, they never did change it so he did keep receiving what he was going to be receiving

@heut4384

Ай бұрын

Yep. It's called, Karma. We know Anthony is the best harmony vocal for VH. Without Anthony's high voice, it wouldn't sound like VH. Lol. Once Anthony and Sammy left, I never cared anything about Eddie's song writing skills. Look what happened to VH 3? It sucks big time. Lol. 😅 VH "was good."

@4GuitarTrance

Ай бұрын

Absolutely!

Once he was sick, he couldn’t do his guitar licks anymore, weight, no tongue, no licks? Oops.

Why we even talking about EVH. Let the man RIP.

@Bone74838

5 күн бұрын

Why not. Should we let ppl like Jimmy Saville rip. Just because they're dead does that they get a free pardon?!... OK then Adolf Hitler should get a pass too.

Hagar ruined Van Halen. It's no wonder Eddie was pissed LOL When from playing Rock and roll to singing fucking love songs

Thats what happens when 1 member of a band gets put on a pedestal

There is ZERO reason to be saying ANYTHING negative about a guy who has been DEAD for 5 years. SHUT UP Sammy, we have heard WAY more than enough from you about EVERYTHING....

It’s karma 🎸you do good, you get good. You do bad, you get bad…

Sammy I really think it was because of what he did to Valerie and Wolfie he loved them so much but he couldn't get off of drugs and the alcohol and he knew he messed up big time he wanted her back so bad but he couldn't get away from his addiction. And even at the end regardless of Janie he still loved Valerie and Wolfie more than anything else in the world. I have a sister who doesn't have any addictions but when she gets mad at someone she's mad at the whole world. But I think that's what Eddie's problem was. Anyway we still love and miss all of you in the van halen band we will never forget about you and we still listen to your music 🎶🎵❤ Rip Eddie van Halen 😢❤

@valeriesorensen981

4 күн бұрын

Yes, he loved Valerie so much that he cheated on her their entire marriage.....🙄🙄🙄

I saw the band during that tour. Eddie was clearly drunk and he could barely speak, but his guitar playing was great.

while sammy hagar loves everyone, gives money, helps the disabled, supports the elderly, prays three times a day and of course, is perfect.

Shut up, Sammy. Enough is enough. Stop talking about someone else's problems only after he's dead. We get it. We know what happened, and now it's time to just let it fade away, and leave everyone else to our own memories and feelings.

@Play-gl2yw

29 күн бұрын

Does Sammy speak here ?

Go away Sammy. You sold out your old band to join these guys. Now you want attention all the time.

Most of the time Eddie came accross like a scum bag. He was a rotten angry person.

Sammie has always been a nice guy. I bet he would definitely not only be easy to work with, but fun to work with.

Sammy wonders why Alex can’t be bothered with him, but here it is. Telling dirt, on a man who was loved & looked up to so many, with the man being deceased. I cannot pay Sammy anymore attention, or go see or get what he does trying to get money from that was Van Halen. does not ever have a nice thing to say, about any of the members of the band. Eddie was going thru bad shit, and I think during the ‘04 tour the divorce was final. And Alex has the right of not going out and play “for the fans” for he played enough and the band is no more. Ed is gone. The fans need to stop as well.

I used to think sammy was a good guy. Not after hearing him air that dirty laundry. He's lucky alex ignorea him...he'd probably kick his ass!

@joehiggs4349

26 күн бұрын

He’s allowed to tell his story, especially when someone engages in abusive behavior and makes others miserable. Sammy strikes me as genuine and kind. Someone who treats people like Eddie did repeatedly has forfeited loyalty by having none himself. I think everyone has bent over backwards to cover for him even with this little bit Sammy shared.

I have new respect for Sammy Hagar.... I thought it would be the opposite.. Sammy , having the attitude and eddie just being easy going...... One never knows what goes on within a rock band... Rock On Sammy!! P.S. I've never done drugs before.... Smoked anything.... And I've only had one drink In my entire life... I'm sammy's age.. Not bragging just being factual.

There is a classic saying about drinking. "Instant As$hole, just add alcohol". Just because I loved his guitar playing doesn't mean I have to love EVERYTHING about his life. RIP EVH. He made changes before he died. That's all we can ask for.

I saw them on this tour, it was then that I said Eddie was going to die from cancer.

Firstly…Van Halen sucked with Hager. Secondly…why not say all this crap when he was still alive?

@E.C.2

27 күн бұрын

They waited too long for the DLR reunion. Imagine if they would've toured,original four,1996-1999? That would've been unbelievable!

Yep, Alcohol is rough beast, My brother in law was great guy to be around when he was sober, smart, funny, and just cool as hell, but when was drunk he was not a good guy to be around, he passed away last month. Cirrhosis. R.I.P. Mel!

Go away Hagar

Geniuses are always jerks god bless him 🙏

When is Sammy going to put a lid on this?? Geez already! Time to move on

@jimmyraidjames

Ай бұрын

This channel is looking for views is all. but ya ur right. Move on already

@ronsilvia8127

Ай бұрын

He won't just like every interview he goes into van halen or David lee roth.

@jimmyraidjames

Ай бұрын

@@ronsilvia8127 Not the way i thought he would go out...a bitter old man talking smack

@ronsilvia8127

Ай бұрын

@jimmyraidjames absolutely and it's funny he won't say or post any interviews on his social media accounts saying these things. Because he knows the van halen fans would tear him a new one.

@RB2331

Ай бұрын

I agree with you, bro. Sammy Hagar is the coolest guy in rock so you want as a friend and I totally agree with Sam when he says Anthony Michaels or is it Michael Anthony they became really close and that pissed Eddie off plus he had health problems and they just start off his great friends for about eight years then it all fell apart, but I agree with you. It’s time to move on how many goddamn times you’re gonna go on Howard Stern radio to talk about