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Samuel Roy Hagar (born October 13, 1947 in Monterey, California, USA), better known as Sammy Hagar, is a U.S. rock guitarist, singer, composer & former member of Van Halen. He is known for his blond curly hair, sunglasses, flamboyant stage presense and distinctive voice.
Biography
After a brief career as a boxer in the footsteps of his father, Sammy became interested in the burgeoning Southern California music scene, fronting his first band, "The Fabulous Castiles". Hagar's first major success, however, came from his work with the group Montrose on their debut and sophomore albums, including the Hagar-penned song "Bad Motor Scooter". After difficulties with the band's founder, Ronnie Montrose, during a European tour, Sammy departed from the group with bassist Bill Church and drummer Denny Carmassi in tow.
Hagar commenced a solo recording and touring career to increasing success. After moderate success on Capital Records, with such albums as Nine on a Ten Scale and hits such as Red, Hagar made some pesonnel changes, including enlisting long time friend and pre-Montrose bandmate David Lauser as his drummer. With these changes, and a change to Geffen Records, Hagar enjoyed hits such as Heavy Metal, Three Lock Box, and perhaps his best-known song I Can't Drive 55, a gripe against the (now-repealed) federally-imposed speed limit of 55 miles per hour (88 km/h) on all U.S. highways. In 1983-84 Sammy Hagar and Neal Schon formed the supergroup HSAS (Hagar Schon Aaronson Shrieve) along with former Foghat bassist Kenny Aaronson and former Santana drummer Michael Shrieve. HSAS did a small Christmas tour to benefit local charities and which released one album, Through the Fire. As intended from its start, HSAS was a short-lived project. One song in particular, a cover of Whiter Shade of Pale received some airplay peaking at #94 on the Billboard Singles chart.
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