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Title: EVH as seen by Sammy Hagar
Post by: hunter on March 07, 2011, 04:09:36 PM

Hoooo, some tough stuff in here  :x

http://www.rollingstone.com/music/photos/exclusive-excerpt-surviving-eddie-20110304
Title: Re: EVH as seen by Sammy Hagar
Post by: gordiji on March 07, 2011, 04:35:06 PM
perfect beginning, very sad ending , it would seem.
Title: Re: EVH as seen by Sammy Hagar
Post by: JacksonRR on March 07, 2011, 06:43:15 PM
That's just depressing, really. Eddie makes his choices poorly and that's just about it. Could have everything in the world if he wasn't so self-centered and lazy.
Title: Re: EVH as seen by Sammy Hagar
Post by: shobet on March 07, 2011, 06:46:48 PM
Nuts, but it would be interesting to hear all 4 sides of the story.
Title: Re: EVH as seen by Sammy Hagar
Post by: FELINEGUITARS on March 07, 2011, 07:20:49 PM
i suspect EVH and Charlie Sheen have a few things in common at times
Title: Re: EVH as seen by Sammy Hagar
Post by: Telerocker on March 07, 2011, 07:25:30 PM
This is Hagars story, but nevertheless lot of (sad) rock'n'roll.
Title: Re: EVH as seen by Sammy Hagar
Post by: MrBump on March 07, 2011, 08:25:47 PM
I'll definitely be buying the book.

Hagar is one of my fav vocalists.
Title: Re: EVH as seen by Sammy Hagar
Post by: James C on March 07, 2011, 08:36:15 PM
I got into Van Halen via Sammy Hagar (he did guest vocals on "amnesty is granted" by Meat Loaf)

reading the bio excerpts paints the picture of a man controlled by his demons.
Title: Re: EVH as seen by Sammy Hagar
Post by: Catalyst77 on March 07, 2011, 10:31:19 PM
Looks like roth and hagar can finally agree on something !
Title: Re: EVH as seen by Sammy Hagar
Post by: FELINEGUITARS on March 08, 2011, 12:58:52 AM
This was filmed by a friend of mine who flew to Las Vegas just to see VAn Halen
He was in for a disappointment
Video and audio have not been altered- this is a straight upload of what he filmed

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UgwWR1TzJkE (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UgwWR1TzJkE)
Title: Re: EVH as seen by Sammy Hagar
Post by: mecca777 on March 08, 2011, 03:11:31 AM
This was filmed by a friend of mine who flew to Las Vegas just to see VAn Halen
He was in for a disappointment
Video and audio have not been altered- this is a straight upload of what he filmed

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UgwWR1TzJkE (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UgwWR1TzJkE)

Ouch. I couldn't make it past 0:49 where he drunkenly trips on his cables and almost takes a header into the drum riser. That's pretty painful to watch considering the heights he reached in his early career. :(

I was never much of a Van Hagar fan, but despite my apathy towards the music he made with them I don't for a second doubt that Sammy Hagar's version of events is accurate.
Title: Re: EVH as seen by Sammy Hagar
Post by: Antag on March 08, 2011, 08:25:47 AM
perfect beginning, very sad ending , it would seem.
+1

From #10 onwards is just horrible to read - and these are only excerpts.  I dread to think what the whole book reads like...
Title: Re: EVH as seen by Sammy Hagar
Post by: Alex on March 08, 2011, 08:51:47 PM
Sadly, I believe Hagar is probably 98% right and accurate in his description. I happen to have a rather reliable source in California who was involved in, uhm, "medical stuff" concerning Eddie. 'Nuff said. The guy basically destroyed his body with alcohol. He was in his mid-fourties when he needed the hip-replacement.
Title: Re: EVH as seen by Sammy Hagar
Post by: Afghan Dave on March 08, 2011, 10:51:05 PM
This was filmed by a friend of mine who flew to Las Vegas just to see VAn Halen
He was in for a disappointment
Video and audio have not been altered- this is a straight upload of what he filmed

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UgwWR1TzJkE (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UgwWR1TzJkE)

Damn! I wrote that piece.. I want my royalties. :lol:
Title: Re: EVH as seen by Sammy Hagar
Post by: Ian Price on March 08, 2011, 11:43:49 PM
Just watched some youtube clips of the 2004 tour. He looks seriously f@cked. I had no idea he was in that bad a state. There was one clip where Hagar took a bit too much of an obvious detour around him.

I may well have to get myself this book. Everything I read about Hagar tells me he would be great to hang out with and have a few beers with. Not that I'll ever get the chance of course.
Title: Re: EVH as seen by Sammy Hagar
Post by: JacksonRR on March 09, 2011, 12:01:48 AM
This was filmed by a friend of mine who flew to Las Vegas just to see VAn Halen
He was in for a disappointment
Video and audio have not been altered- this is a straight upload of what he filmed

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UgwWR1TzJkE (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UgwWR1TzJkE)

The best part of this is the comment on the video: He needs better gear!!!!