Sammy Hagar

Sammy Hagar is an American rock vocalist, guitarist, songwriter and musician who has been lead singer for the bands Montrose and Van Halen and has had a successful solo career.

Hagar was the lead singer for the first two Montrose albums, Montrose in 1973 and Paper Money in 1974. As a solo artist, he would release putting six studio albums and a live album by 1980. In 1981, Standing Hampton was released and went platinum. This was followed Three Lock Box in 1982 and VOA in 1984 which went platinum. Hagar briefly formed a supergroup HSAS who released an album and a single.

In 1985, Hagar would join Van Halen, an they achieved four #1 studio albums with 5150 in 1986, OU812 in 1988, For Unlawful Carnal Knowledge in 1991 and Balance in 1995. Also during this time, Hagar released the I Never Said Goodbye album in 1987, and recorded new songs for the Unboxed compilation in 1994.

Hagar returned as a solo artist in 1996, but he rejoined Van Halen briefly to record three new songs for The Best of Both Worlds compilation album in 2004 along with a summer tour. In 2008, he released his first solo album since 1997, Cosmic Universal Fashion.

In 2013, Hagar released Sammy Hagar and Friends albums which features Michael Anthony of Van Halen, Chad Smith of the Red Hot Chili Peppers and guitar virtuoso Joe Satriani who played with Mick Jagger, Steve Vai and Deep Purple.