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Sammy Hagar speaks out about former Van Halen frontman David Lee Roth.
On a recent episode of “Steve-O’s Wild Ride Podcast,” Hagar, the lead singer of the band who replaced David Lee Roth, claimed that Roth “isn’t like his character.”
“He’s not a nice guy. He doesn’t play well with others. I’m not sure what his problem is,” Hagar said.
“He’s just always thinking, ‘How can I make this guy look bad?’ And not just me… He’s a breast throbbing motherf —– And God bless him, because the early stuff is great.”
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Sammy Hagar slammed David Lee Roth in a recent podcast appearance. (SGranitz/WireImage)
Hagar continued to beat the original Van Halen singer and spoke about the current state of his singing.
“(He) doesn’t care about singing. If he did, he’d take care of his voice, or he’d take singing lessons and warm up and do something. The guy sang so badly the last time he did shows ‘It was embarrassing’ ‘ said Hagar.
The musician continued to argue that Roth’s solo career was not as lucrative as Hagar’s.
David Lee Roth and Sammy Hagar both stood for Van Halen. (Kevin Kane/WireImage)
“I was selling out arenas. I was selling out amphitheatres,” Hagar said. “Dave, he had such a big album, kind of a big album, but he didn’t have a solo career. He played small places.
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“So when he came in with me, he was making like $25,000 a night, I was making $150,000 a night, and they were like, ‘Oh, you’re going to make the same money. Dave can make 150.'”
Sammy Hagar and guitarist Eddie Van Halen during Van Halen’s 1986 “5150” tour. (Fox Nation)
Sammy Hagar and Eddie Van Halen (Ron Galella/Ron Galella Collection via Getty Images)
Recounting his initial reaction to Steve-O, Hagar said, “‘He hasn’t made 150 in his life, except in Van Halen!’ But I said, ‘I have to do this.’ So I leaned over. And he was still trying to follow the rules.”
Hagar and Roth have been at odds for decades. In 2021, Hagar said in an interview that he “has no problem with Dave,” according to Loudwire. Their initial feud started in 1984 when Roth left the band and Hagar took his place.
In 1985, Eddie Van Halen told Rolling Stone, “The band as you know it is over. Dave left to be a movie star. He even had the balls to ask me to write the score for him.”
Sammy Hagar and Eddie Van Halen in 1986 (Ross Marino/Getty Images)
In 1995, the Los Angeles Times reported that Eddie Van Halen drove to Roth’s house in an attempt to get him back into the band. According to the outlet, Hagar took this as “worse than sleeping with the enemy”. Hagar left the band that same year.
David Lee Roth and Eddie Van Halen of Van Halen in 2015. (Daniel Knighton)
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The band’s co-founder Eddie Van Halen passed away in October 2020 after a long battle with cancer. He turned 65.
In 2007 he was inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame.
Janelle Ash is an entertainment writer for Fox News Digital.
