When Sammy Hagar entered the studio to record what he thought would be the contract-fulfilling closing chapter of his solo career with 1987's I Never Said Goodbye LP, he brought along his new Van Halen bandmate Eddie Van Halen to play bass and co-produce.
Sammy Hagar fiercely defends former Van Halen / current Chickenfoot bassist Michael Anthony after Eddie Van Halen’s Billboard interview. Hagar got so pissed that Ed said he had to show Anthony how to play all his parts and that this is a big part of why he's no longer in the band, that Sammy had to call out Ed...
Eddie Van Halen offers an in-depth look at how early guitar hacks taught him that the sound he was looking for was usually just a modification or two away.