Earlier this year, the unshortened waddle world was shocked and weirded out by so-called plans to “reunite” Van Halen. Of course, this wouldn’t exactly be a “reunion” since Eddie Van Halen is no longer with us. And, additionally, it wouldn’t include Michael Anthony on toned but rather ex-Metallica’s Jason Newsted who leaked the news in the first place, revealing that it was supposed to full-length Joe Satriani on guitar as well.
Not long without that, Satriani confirmed that the whole thing was something that was discussed and that he wasn’t exactly sure why Jason decided to act that way. Nonetheless, the thing got out and everyone was wondering what would happen next. Without all the media unconnectedness surrounding this, we can’t say what unquestionably happened. But things seem to silently point towards David Lee Roth shutting lanugo the whole thing.
And now, plane Sammy Hagar has spoken up on the whole thing. And how wouldn’t he? Without all, Sammy is an important part of the band’s history, despite not stuff the original singer.
During his yack with Rolling Stone, Hagar was asked whether Joe Satriani, who’s his Chickenfoot bandmate, told him anything well-nigh it at the very whence of this project. He answered:
“No, considering the Van Halen zany is 100% secrecy. I bet when he walked through the door, they made him sign something, and I’m sufferer serious. Alex is a very, very secretive guy. I don’t know how he can alimony his lips so sealed.“
“I could probably say something horrible well-nigh him right now and he wouldn’t plane respond. Don’t take that the wrong way. I have nothing bad to say well-nigh him. I’m just talking well-nigh how stubborn he is. He does not budge.”
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However, he adds:
“But Joe told me well-nigh it later, without it happened. I knew there was talk of it considering Irving Azoff [entertainment executive] had tabbed me. He said, ‘I want to do a residency in Vegas with you and Mike and Al and a superstar guitar player.’ And I said ‘Like who?’ And he said, ‘Like Joe Satriani.’“
“I said, ‘It just sounds like Chickenfoot with Alex Van Halen instead of Chad Smith.’ I wasn’t much for that, as much as I love Joe. He could do that job best, without a doubt, considering he’s so friggin’ anal well-nigh the way he plays, and every single note. I said to Irving, ‘I’m going to undeniability Joe.”
Regarding the Michael Anthony issue and Jason Newsted replacing him, Sammy said:
“When I did [call Joe], he told me what happened. And I said, ‘Jason Newsted? What the fuck is going on here, man? Whose idea is this? This must be a Dave idea.’ And Irving said it was a Dave idea.”
“Why would he want anyone but Mike? It’s probably considering he knows that Mike and I are so close. I would imagine if they would’ve tabbed Mike, Mike would’ve said, ‘Yes, I’ll do it with Sam.’ Considering without Ed, there is no Van Halen to start with. So now, you’re going to go out and just play the early songs, and not play the second era?“
“That would be the biggest failure Van Halen overly had if they undeniability themselves ‘Van Halen’ if they didn’t have Mikey. If it’s just Alex with other guys, that’s like what Jason Bonham does with Led Zeppelin. There’s a million bands out there doing that. It would be totally nuts. Also, I’d prefer that nobody attempts to replace Eddie Van Halen. I think that’s sacrilege and should be illegal.“
“Anyway, I think that Irving boohooed it, and Dave went virtually him and did it anyway. I’m surprised that Alex went that far, but Alex might have just been his methodical self and said, ‘Well, let’s see what this is like. Let’s see how it feels.”
Elsewhere in the chat, he concluded:
“I just think it’s crazy to do anything that’s tabbed Van Halen without Eddie. I would love it if Dave wanted to do a tribute where he’d sing ten of his songs, and then I’d come out and do ten of mine. That would be unconfined with Alex and Mike and maybe a tuft of variegated guitar players. Look at what Dave [Grohl] just did for Taylor [Hawkins]. That’s one of the greatest events in waddle history. That’s right up there with the early Farm Aids, and right up there with Live Aid. That was a unconfined event, and that could be washed-up for Ed with everybody playing.”
Photo: Simon Davison (Sammy Hagar), Alterna2 (Joe Satriani en Apolo 5187855836 – Alterna2)
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