Hagar Hoping Van Halen Takes High Road At Rock Hall
January 08, 2007
Gary Graff - Billboard
Van Halen's appearance at the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame induction
ceremony on March 12 "could go a lot of different ways," according to
Sammy Hagar. That said, Hagar -- the group's second frontman, from
1985-96 -- tells
Billboard.com he has high hopes that the famously
combative group will take the high road on that particular night.
"My hope is that everyone lets everything go and we go there in
complete respect of each other and in a loving way, with the attitude
that 'I couldn't have done it without you' towards everybody," says
Hagar, who received the official word of Van Halen's selection at his
Cabo Wabo Cantina in Mexico, where he and Van Halen bassist Michael
Anthony have spent the past week jamming with Red Hot Chili Peppers
drummer Chad Smith in a newly developing side project called
Chickenfoot.