Sammy Hagar was able to reconcile with Eddie Van Halen before his death in 2020: 'I was mad. I was hurt ... it's very important that we connected.'
, with “Hot For Teacher” and their No. 1 rock anthem, “Jump.” But with Hagar anchoring songs with his gravelly voice and high range and Van Halen ripping his signature guitar riffs, the band nabbed its first No. 1 album with “5150” in 1986, and would go on to record five other chart-topping albums.
Hagar told Fox News he “wouldn’t be able to talk” about his fond memories and successful days with Van Halen if not for their reconciliation. “And it means a lot, I think, for me to feel good about talking about being in Van Halen now,” he said. “Because I feel like we buried the hatchet. Otherwise, I’d be saying, ‘Well, those guys.’ Because, you know, I was mad. I was hurt. And it’s very important that we connected.”
The recent revelation about his rebuilt friendship with Eddie Van Halen confirms a note allegedly written by Hagar thatafter Van Halen’s death. Stern read the note on his SiriusXM show in 2020, revealing the pair’s texting “love fest,” in which the two rockers “both agreed not to tell anyone, because of all the rumors it would stir up about a reunion, et cetera, and we both knew that wasn’t gonna happen.
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