Definitely Sammy Hagar for DLR. (Reply #8)

In the discussion thread: John Corabi recorded ONE album with Motley Crue...name your LEAST FAVORITE lead vocalist replacement [View all]

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Wed Jul 2, 2014, 11:13 AM

Iggo (45,546 posts)

8. Definitely Sammy Hagar for DLR.

Tim "Ripper" Owens for Rob Halford wasn't my favorite, either, but at least Timmy killed it live.

Hiring Sammy Hagar ruined Van Halen AND Sammy Hagar.

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51 replies	Author	Time	Post
John Corabi recorded ONE album with Motley Crue...name your LEAST FAVORITE lead vocalist replacement [View all]	Miles Archer	Jul 2014	OP
Anyone who sang in Queen after Freddie Mercury died	jmowreader	Jul 2014	#1
The first one I wholeheartedly agree with. I mean, Paul Rodgers? WTF?	nomorenomore08	Jul 2014	#16
Blaze Bayley	shenmue	Jul 2014	#2
Sammy Hagar replacing David Lee Roth	LeftOfSelf-Centered	Jul 2014	#3
OU821 is a great album	lame54	Jul 2014	#5
I thought it was OU812?	Callmecrazy	Jul 2014	#7
That's a good album 2...	lame54	Jul 2014	#9
To me the Van Hagar albums range from "meh" ('F.U.C.K.') to pretty good ('5150').	nomorenomore08	Jul 2014	#17
Definitely a different direction for them...	lame54	Jul 2014	#31
Jump came from EVH's hardon for the keyboards.	Iggo	Jul 2014	#32
Exactly. Not Dave's fault in the slightest.	nomorenomore08	Jul 2014	#40
I've read articles describing how Dave railed on Eddie for that	Miles Archer	Jul 2014	#51
Part of the problem with Van Hagar...	Miles Archer	Jul 2014	#13
good point about the timing	fishwax	Jul 2014	#14
Van Hagar simply didn't rock in a way that appealed to young males.	Throd	Jul 2014	#15
Imagine them doing "Everybody Wants Some!" with Sammy. Unfathomable, right? n/t	nomorenomore08	Jul 2014	#18
I worked in a warehouse when the first Van Halen album came out...	Miles Archer	Jul 2014	#45
I was a Roth fan first.	LeftOfSelf-Centered	Jul 2014	#39
You went to Van Halen and Hagar over Van Halen and Cherone?	flvegan	Jul 2014	#21
Excellent point. I forgot that one - probably would've been my pick otherwise.	nomorenomore08	Jul 2014	#25
Since I didn't like Hagar...	LeftOfSelf-Centered	Jul 2014	#38
Cherone was the "Bobby Ewing isn't dead, he's in the shower and it was all a dream" VH frontman	Miles Archer	Jul 2014	#46
But it was Roth who gave us "Jump".	Tommy_Carcetti	Jul 2014	#34
The problem with "Jump"	SwankyXomb	Jul 2014	#35
You're right.	Tommy_Carcetti	Jul 2014	#36
"Jump" doesn't bother me.	LeftOfSelf-Centered	Jul 2014	#37
Noel Burke replacing Ian McCulloch in Echo and the Bunnymen	Tom Ripley	Jul 2014	#4
Lead singers are tough to replace because so many times that Singer defines the band	LynneSin	Jul 2014	#6
Ripper Owens is actually my pick for worst replacement. I don't know how he wound up in a tribute	nomorenomore08	Jul 2014	#19
Definitely Sammy Hagar for DLR.	Iggo	Jul 2014	#8
Totally agree	OriginalGeek	Jul 2014	#11
Eddie asked Patty Smyth to replace Dave...	GOLGO 13	Jul 2014	#29
I remember that. They also had that guy from Extreme for a minute.	Iggo	Jul 2014	#30
Bruce Dickinson	Throd	Jul 2014	#10
Paul Di'Anno agress with you.	OriginalGeek	Jul 2014	#12
Whaaaaaaaaaat!!!!????	Populist_Prole	Jul 2014	#49
Owens for Halford (Judas Priest). Horrible voice, horrible material - just unlistenable. n/t	nomorenomore08	Jul 2014	#20
I think if they took and recorded under a different name juggulator could have been forgiven	Arcanetrance	Jul 2014	#22
Judas Priest is my favorite band, and I can't name one song from the Ripper era.	Iggo	Jul 2014	#33
Whoever is replacing Barlow in iced earth now	Arcanetrance	Jul 2014	#23
Haven't heard a note of the "new improved" Iced Earth. And frankly I don't want to.	nomorenomore08	Jul 2014	#24
Thanks been busy with moving and setting up my new life	Arcanetrance	Jul 2014	#27
Wasn't Ripper with Iced Earth for a cup of coffee?	Iggo	Jul 2014	#41
Yeah he did two albums of very inconsistent songs	Arcanetrance	Jul 2014	#42
Didn't Slim Whitman sing with Motley Crue at one point?	valerief	Jul 2014	#26
Yoko Ono replacing Paul, George and Ringo	KurtNYC	Jul 2014	#28
DUzy	Miles Archer	Jul 2014	#47
Shaun Murphy fronting Little Feat (nm)	Algernon Moncrieff	Jul 2014	#43
That REALLY didn't work out for me.	Miles Archer	Jul 2014	#48
I saw Feat at the old Sunrise Musical Theater circa 2003	Algernon Moncrieff	Jul 2014	#50
Dave Navarro replacing John Frusciante	Initech	Jul 2014	#44

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