FrostyBoy
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Surviving Eddie Van Halen: by Sammy hagar
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What a JOKE ^this^ is!
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Maybe you knew Montrose but they never got airplay. I never once heard them on the radio. Even today I've never heard a Montrose song on the radio or seen a single video on MTV.
Truth is...most people never heard of Montrose until after Sammy joined VH.
FrostyBoy
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Maybe you knew Montrose but they never got airplay. I never once heard them on the radio. Even today I've never heard a Montrose song on the radio or seen a single video on MTV.
Truth is...most people never heard of Montrose until after Sammy joined VH.
Well, I'll go along with you that you rarely hear Montrose on the radio, anymore (and that's bullshit, compared to what does get played. Once upon a time, radio stations were stockpiles of albums. Now they're stockpiles of selected songs). And maybe you never heard them where you were at. But back in the day, I heard them plenty in Philly and St. Louis ('70's and 80's).
The point is, Sammy was hardly a stranger to success before VH. And I would 100% agree that he didn't need to join VH to stay in the scene.
If I'm remembering the story right, Sammy basically muscled one of his songs into the movie, "Heavy Metal". The producers let him in because you don't **** off Sammy Hagar. Again, this was before VH.
Facetious
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When I was a young laddie they sure got a lot of play on FM rock stations, but then again, I too, like Montrose & Hagar live on the west coast.
I hear their songs played on classic rock stations in my area.
You wouldn't have seen them on MTV because Hagar was long gone from the Montrose band well before MTV even existed. As you may already know, Montrose, a very talented, but not particularly an over commercialized musician never amounted to much without Hagar.
Maybe, if you're speaking for people in your age bracket, but that doesn't make Hagar a one hit wonder pre VH.
Maybe you knew Montrose but they never got airplay. I never once heard them on the radio. Even today I've never heard a Montrose song on the radio or seen a single video on MTV.
Truth is...most people never heard of Montrose until after Sammy joined VH.
i don't think three platinum albums qualifies him to have been a one hit wonder, that's two with his solo career and one with montrose...plus another gold solo album all before he joined VH...while he might not have been a HUGE name, he was far more than a one hit wonder with little commercial success
Mr. Daystar
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What an ungrateful fuck. Sammy was a one-hit wonder before Eddie made him a big star. He was more famous for wearing stupid jumpsuits than for anything musical.
Of course...even though they'd make a bunch of hit records...Van Halen died the moment the heart and soul of the band (ie: Diamond Dave) hit the road.
Sammy Hagar was in a band called Montrose when he was 16yrs old. It was formed by Ronnie Montrose, and they had some pretty good success. He also did very well before VH. As far ass Eddie goes, he's an over rated fucktard.
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Shifty
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Make it happen: keep posting.
Why did they ban this dude? Just wonderin', 'cause I never had a prob with him. :dunno:
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