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JonInMiddleGA
03-21-2011, 09:59 AM
I guess that explains the whole Van Hagar mistake.

"Red" rocker Sammy Hagar says abducted by aliens - latimes.com (http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/sns-rt-entertainment-us-satre72k2a7-20110321,0,6598362.story)

LOS ANGELES—
No doubt Sammy Hagar, a former lead singer for Van Halen, has enjoyed a lot of far out experiences in life, but on Monday, the rocker told perhaps his farthest out tale to MTV. He was abducted by aliens.

Or, at least, his brain was.

In an interview for his new book, "Red: My Uncensored Life in Rock" at mtvhive.com, Hagar lets go of what even he admits might make him "sound like a crazy person" to some readers.

He and the reporter are talking about dreams he claims to have had about UFOs, and when asked whether he believed he had been abducted, Hagar answers: "I think I have."

The reporter seemed surprised. "What? Really? I was kidding. You seriously believe that?" he asks.

Hagar laughs and goes on to explain that a passage in the book described as a dream in which he is contacted by aliens from outer space in California was, in fact, reality.

The tale describes how the beings tapped into his mind through a wireless connection.

"It was real," Hagar told the reporter, according to the story on MTV's Hive website. "They were plugged into me. It was a download situation ... Or, they uploaded something from my brain, like an experiment."

Hagar goes on to describe another experience at the age of four where he believes he saw an alien space ship in broad daylight hovering over a country field where his family lived.
molson
03-21-2011, 10:00 AM
Ya, I just heard him talk about this on Howard Stern, he was totally serious.

He also says that his father visited him as a ghost on the day he died.

It was all strange, because the rest of the interview, it sounded like he had his shit together. The guy is apparently a tequilla millionare now, and owns real estate all over the place.
Apathetic Lurker
03-21-2011, 10:04 AM
I wish I was abducted by aliens, then I wouldnt have to pay this atrocious plumbing bill
CAsterling
03-21-2011, 10:09 AM
Didn't Ace Frehley (the original KISS guitarist) also go on a radio show a while back and claim an Alien visitation/abduction?

Maybe the Aliens want to expand their musical horizons and this is the continuation of that trend
Passacaglia
03-21-2011, 10:10 AM
I can't drive 55....or the aliens will get me!
jeff061
03-21-2011, 10:13 AM
You think his brain works on 802.11n? Or is Hagar working with older tech?
JonInMiddleGA
03-21-2011, 10:20 AM
You think his brain works on 802.11n? Or is Hagar working with older tech?

I think he's running on 420.m ;)
JediKooter
03-21-2011, 10:32 AM
Didn't think I'd see the day where Hagar would make Diamond Dave look like the sane one.
Suicane75
03-21-2011, 10:34 AM
http://img197.imageshack.us/img197/2169/davidleeroth2.jpg

The sane one.
Ksyrup
03-21-2011, 10:38 AM
The tale describes how the beings tapped into his mind through a wireless connection.


The Red Rocker with a Bluetooth?
JediKooter
03-21-2011, 11:50 AM
http://img197.imageshack.us/img197/2169/davidleeroth2.jpg

The sane one.

YES!
thesloppy
03-21-2011, 11:54 AM
So, combining this admission, with the (horrible) lyrics for "Love Comes Walking In", I think it's pretty safe to say that Sammy Hagar has had sex with an alien.
CrimsonFox
03-21-2011, 02:18 PM
Didn't Ace Frehley (the original KISS guitarist) also go on a radio show a while back and claim an Alien visitation/abduction?

Maybe the Aliens want to expand their musical horizons and this is the continuation of that trend

Yeah but Ace was an alcoholic though. He seriously would piss off Gene and Paul by getting drunk and acting like an idiot whenever they went on TV. He was no doubt plastered at the time.
CrimsonFox
03-21-2011, 04:25 PM
They should have named Van Halen "Ego" instead as that's what it's always been about. Just ego. I don't really get the whole "Hagar sucks" or "Dave sucks" sentiments. I didn't totally care for either version except I did like Jump (which many VH fans probably hate as it has keyboards in it) and Hot for teacher. Obviously both versions of the band were wildly popular and really really good bands. They were just different. They probably should have renamed themselves when Hagar took over.

The REAL surprise to me was when they showed up recently WITH Dave but WITHOUT Michael Anthony. Then they kicked Dave out again. :) I think the real problems were the Van Halen brothers themselves.
Karlifornia
03-21-2011, 04:40 PM
Damn that's terrible. Praying for Sammy.
NorvTurnerOverdrive
03-21-2011, 05:08 PM
you 'dreamt' you were abducted by aliens? cuz i've dreamt i could fly and my penis was a gatling gun. and i don't even have a book to sell.
BYU 14
03-21-2011, 05:13 PM
I think the real problems were the Van Halen brothers themselves.

I actually picked up the book cause I like trainwrecks and Aliens. I am early into the Van Halen years and he does not paint either of them very favorably, in fact he basically portrays Eddie as a millionaire vagrant slob with a diva attitude.
CrimsonFox
03-21-2011, 05:34 PM
Always got that impression from Valeri Bertenelli whenever she popped up in an interview show. She loved to gossip.

LOL trainwrecks and Aliens.
JediKooter
03-21-2011, 06:48 PM
I actually picked up the book cause I like trainwrecks and Aliens.

Sounds like you might like Super 8 then.
JonInMiddleGA
03-21-2011, 06:52 PM
he basically portrays Eddie as a millionaire vagrant slob with a diva attitude.

Well that's a shocker ;)

I thought this was pretty widely known, to the point that it's even been riffed on in pop culture (Zombieland took a shot about how he looked no different as a zombie)
CrimsonFox
03-21-2011, 07:02 PM
Well that's a shocker ;)

I thought this was pretty widely known, to the point that it's even been riffed on in pop culture (Zombieland took a shot about how he looked no different as a zombie)

LOL! That's right!


Bill Murray (http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000195/): You are staring at me. It's a hairpiece. A piece.
Wichita (http://www.imdb.com/name/nm1297015/): I'm sorry. No, it's just that you look remarkably like Eddie Van Halen.
Bill Murray (http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000195/): I just saw Eddie Van Halen.
Wichita (http://www.imdb.com/name/nm1297015/): Nuh-uh.
Tallahassee (http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000437/): Really?
Bill Murray (http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000195/): Yeah.
Wichita (http://www.imdb.com/name/nm1297015/): Wow.
Tallahassee (http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000437/): Where?
Bill Murray (http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000195/): The Hollywood Bowl.
Tallahassee (http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000437/): How was he?
Bill Murray (http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000195/): He's a zombie.
BYU 14
03-21-2011, 07:49 PM
Well that's a shocker ;)

I thought this was pretty widely known, to the point that it's even been riffed on in pop culture (Zombieland took a shot about how he looked no different as a zombie)

Oh, no doubt about that LOL, but the extent surprised me.


The book claims he (Eddie) basically would go days without showering, never unpacked his suitcases after getting off the road, bascially wearing whatever looked the cleanest, damn the wrinkles. He made the Van Halen crib sound like a dive worthy of the movie train spotting, with dirty dishes, filth and a fridge that basically was full of nothing but frozen Burritos and Hot Dogs....more a life of squalor than glamour, which is a little surprising since you would think Valerie would have hired a maid or something.

Also talked about how despite his genuis on the Guitar, Eddie barely knew the lyrics or bass riffs to their songs as all he cared about was how he sounded.
Maple Leafs
03-21-2011, 09:25 PM
Got admit, before clicking on this thread I would have bet heavily on it being about Axl Rose.
Mustang
03-21-2011, 09:29 PM
I hope he was abducted by this alien since he helped with the music.

http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_Gmg0cBzfziY/SInvzFzgKbI/AAAAAAAAAHE/nNPJc3Gy-g4/s320/Soundtrack%2B-%2Bheavy%2Bmetal%2B-%2Ba.jpg


Taarakian Bitch...
Noop
03-21-2011, 09:32 PM
I find this to be incredibly awesome.
Kodos
03-22-2011, 09:05 PM
Sammy's always been obsessed with aliens. Love Walks In. Marching To Mars. Some song from early in his solo career that I can't come up with.

I think all the tequila has fried his brain a bit. But I've always been in the Van Hagar camp. He's a much better singer than DLR. DLR is mostly an entertainer who can somewhat sing.
BYU 14
03-22-2011, 10:53 PM
Sammy says in the book he has a Kodos Tat on his left arm.
CrimsonFox
03-23-2011, 02:30 AM
Sammy's always been obsessed with aliens. Love Walks In. Marching To Mars. Some song from early in his solo career that I can't come up with.

I think all the tequila has fried his brain a bit. But I've always been in the Van Hagar camp. He's a much better singer than DLR. DLR is mostly an entertainer who can somewhat sing.

don't forget his martial arts kicks. That's an important part of his act!
Suicane75
03-23-2011, 03:53 AM
Those two fucktard brothers were playing ice cream socials before they met DLR and if it wasn't for him lighting the flames on the good ship good times and setting them ablaze in a menagerie of zim zam and snicker doodles that prick would be a session guitarist.
CrimsonFox
03-23-2011, 05:51 AM
Those two fucktard brothers were playing ice cream socials before they met DLR and if it wasn't for him lighting the flames on the good ship good times and setting them ablaze in a menagerie of zim zam and snicker doodles that prick would be a session guitarist.


I would like to go on record with saying that this is the awesomist sentence I have ever read in my life. :cool:
BYU 14
03-23-2011, 09:03 AM
Those two fucktard brothers were playing ice cream socials before they met DLR and if it wasn't for him lighting the flames on the good ship good times and setting them ablaze in a menagerie of zim zam and snicker doodles that prick would be a session guitarist.

Damn, I want a menagerie of zim zam!
Suicane75
03-23-2011, 09:16 AM
Let's put it this way. You can have all the cake in the world but if you got no icing to put on top then you're just eating flour and eggs and I aint saying there arn't times when that's ok, like when you wake up somewhere in South America and need a quick bite to eat but certainly not when you're trying to make 20,000 people hop on board this rock and roll group that's somehow become it's own nebula.
Suicane75
03-23-2011, 09:17 AM
I love DLR is what i'm trying to say. His book is a pretty good read.
sovereignstar v2
03-23-2011, 09:48 AM
Too bad David Lee Roth was banned from these boards. lol
BYU 14
03-23-2011, 04:54 PM
Let's put it this way. You can have all the cake in the world but if you got no icing to put on top then you're just eating flour and eggs and I aint saying there arn't times when that's ok, like when you wake up somewhere in South America and need a quick bite to eat but certainly not when you're trying to make 20,000 people hop on board this rock and roll group that's somehow become it's own nebula.

I think DLR is my next purchase, just for these quotes I can use on drunk people :)