Sammy Hagar “would have loved” to make another Van Halen album
Sammy Hagar has reflected on the breakup of Van Halen, saying that he “would’ve loved to have made another record or two” as “the best was yet to come” from the band.
In an interview with WRIF Radio in Detroit on May 31st, per Blabbermouth, the former frontman explained that he feels he could have produced more out of his prolific musical partnership and friendship with guitarist Eddie Van Halen.
Hagar said: “I regret that we broke up, just to see what else we could have done. I would’ve loved to have made another record or two with Eddie writing. Eddie and I wrote some great songs together, and I think the best stuff was yet to come; it could have been yet to come, because Eddie was really reaching out on instruments.”
Recalling his last conversation with the Van Halen brother before he passed away in 2020, Hagar explained that the guitarist had been playing the cello increasingly, and that the pair were prepared to write a song using the instrument.
“As artists, Eddie and I were really capable of doing a lot of stuff that he couldn’t do before me because the other guy didn’t want keyboards,” he added, seemingly elusively referring to Van Halen’s frontman predecessor and longtime rival, David Lee Roth.
Elsewhere in the interview, Hagar reflected on the fact that he felt as though the full extent of Van Halen’s musical visions never came to fruition, as he said: “To me, I think that’s what his dream would’ve been. And it was always held back by the record companies and the people around him.”
“I think we would’ve broken out of that within a year and started doing some really crazy stuff,” he added.
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