Wednesday, May 4, 2011

What Might Have Been

Yesterday in non-news:
Former Van Halen singer Sammy Hagar says he was offered the chance to replace Steven Tyler as the frontman of Aerosmith but that he turned down the opportunity because it would have been a difficult transition.

Hagar tells Forbes magazine he has been approached over the years to join a string of top bands. "I was asked at one time to be in Motley Crue," he says. "I was asked at one time to be in Pantera by their managers. I was asked to be in Velvet Revolver when Scott Weiland quit."

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Hagar suggests he would not have done Tyler's distinctive vocals justice, and takes a swipe at David Lee Roth, the man he replaced in Van Halen. He adds, "It was easy because Dave wasn't a great singer."
Other groups Sammy Hagar passed up:

Devo
The Travelling Wilburys
White Stripes



Come on lil' Piplups! I know you can poop on Sammy's head if you try.

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34 comments:

  1. ifthethunderdontgetya™³²®©May 4, 2011 at 7:51 AM

    Sammy Hagar lived next door to my first boss at my first real job (writing spaghetti BASIC programs fro Kidder Peabody's Financial Futures department).

    /random factoid
    ~

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  2. mikeyMay 4, 2011 at 8:31 AM

    I once "fell asleep" on Sammy Hagar's living room floor in his house in Greenbrae.

    Also, I once got a back rub from Larry Ellison.

    And yet I remain poor and broken, a bit of society's detritus.

    It's difficult to explain...

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  3. ifthethunderdontgetya™³²®©May 4, 2011 at 8:38 AM

    And yet I remain poor and broken, a bit of society's detritus.

    It's difficult to explain...

    So say we all, mikey
    /BSG
    ~

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  4. Dr.KennethNoisewaterMay 4, 2011 at 10:27 AM

    This entry is comedy gold from start to Pooplup. I chuckled.

    Other groups he was asked to be a member of:

    REM
    Smashing Pumpkins
    Flock of Seagulls

    It's funny if you try to picture it.

    But, be honest, you're a little bummed you'll never see him in one of those Devo hats, aren't you?

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  5. Substance McGravitasMay 4, 2011 at 10:41 AM

    Kraftwerk.

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  6. Big Bad Bald BastardMay 4, 2011 at 11:32 AM

    Bananarama

    Prince and the Revolution

    Bowling for Soup.

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  7. tigrisMay 4, 2011 at 11:50 AM

    Gang of Four
    Tango Nuevo
    King's College Boys' Choir

    Also Mikey, you're better and more interesting than either of those dudes.

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  8. tigrisMay 4, 2011 at 11:57 AM

    Well nuts, for Tango Nuevo read Piazzolla's band. Now let me stomp on this poor dead joke's corpse a leetle longer.

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  9. Dr.KennethNoisewaterMay 4, 2011 at 11:59 AM

    Plus, I bet mikey has better stories than those guys.

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  10. KathleenMay 4, 2011 at 12:02 PM

    new frontman for the Coral Reefer Band?

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  11. Dragon-King WangchuckMay 4, 2011 at 12:43 PM

    Sammy and Cher?

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  12. Substance McGravitasMay 4, 2011 at 12:45 PM

    That is awesome.

    Joy Division.

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  13. JenniferMay 4, 2011 at 3:27 PM

    It's a 3B's thread!!!

    Sammy and the Pharaohs is too easy...

    REO Samwagon??
    Crosby, Sammy, Nash and Young?
    Fleetwood Sam?
    Dire Sammys?
    Sammys from Mars?

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  14. Dr.KennethNoisewaterMay 4, 2011 at 3:40 PM

    I object to jokes about Spinal Tap.


    Shan't be back.

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  15. MalaclypseMay 4, 2011 at 4:52 PM

    Damn you, Substance, for stealing Joy Division. Damn you to an eternity of imagining Sammy Hagar singing for Nirvana after Cobain's death. Don't even think of escaping the imagery of "Smells Like Teen Spirit" sung at the tempo of "I Can't Drive 55."

    Alternatively, Nine Inch Nails, and "Hurt."

    Finally, as a new frontman for the Ukulele Orchestra of Great Britain.

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  16. Substance McGravitasMay 4, 2011 at 6:11 PM

    The Piplups really look great on Sammy's head.

    I feel bad about missing Sammy and Garfunkel.

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  17. Hamish MackMay 4, 2011 at 6:35 PM

    I object to jokes about Spinal Tap.
    You have the right to object.Bwah ha ha haah

    Capcha is harizedi which is, like, some mooselimistic password I bet.

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  18. Substance McGravitasMay 4, 2011 at 7:13 PM

    The Formerly Jimi Hendrix Experience Now Featuring Sammy Hagar.

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  19. Smut ClydeMay 4, 2011 at 8:27 PM

    HA HA the piplups have peed in his drinks.

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  20. zombie rotten mcdonaldMay 4, 2011 at 8:51 PM

    Joy Division.

    In a better timeline, Ian Curtis is wealthy and Sammy Hagar committed suicide.

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  21. zombie rotten mcdonaldMay 4, 2011 at 8:53 PM

    Sammy asked the Mekons if he could join THEM.

    AND THEY SAID NO HA HA HA!

    Because while he more than met their standards of not being able to play or sing, he was unable to meet their standards for drinking.

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  22. zombie rotten mcdonaldMay 4, 2011 at 8:54 PM

    The Red Rocker also seems to have quite an active fantasy life.

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  23. davidlyMay 5, 2011 at 1:52 AM

    Robert Fripp is said to have literally begged him to join King Crimson. He was willing to allow smoking and photography at the concerts and even do pre-show interviews and paraphernalia signings if only Sammy would lend his unique styling to the band as singer and second guitarist.

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  24. 77southMay 5, 2011 at 6:36 AM

    He was even considered for the "Four Tenors" album, but when he turned them down, they had to go with their second choice, Luciano Pavarotti.

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  25. 77southMay 5, 2011 at 6:39 AM

    Dammit, Three tenors.

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  26. Substance McGravitasMay 5, 2011 at 6:47 AM

    There are Four Tenors too, AND FIVE TENORS. When will the Gillette Company give up?

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  27. Dr.KennethNoisewaterMay 5, 2011 at 11:23 AM

    I POOPED on your blog again. I went back and re-read this comment I iPhoned in in the hospital waiting room, and saw I had spelled "Motown" "Mowtown." I try my best to keep my horrific spelling and grammar on my blog--promise!

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  28. zombie rotten mcdonaldMay 5, 2011 at 3:12 PM

    "Mowtown."

    that was awesome.

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  29. Dr.KennethNoisewaterMay 5, 2011 at 4:05 PM

    SHUT UP

    Listen, I've already infected B^4. I'll infect a zombie, too. Don't tease the panther.

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  30. Smut ClydeMay 5, 2011 at 4:36 PM

    that was awesome.

    HA HA ZRM misspelled 'aesome'.

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  31. fishMay 5, 2011 at 5:13 PM

    tease the panther.

    Is that what kids are calling it these days?

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  32. mikeyMay 5, 2011 at 6:46 PM

    There's a red bridge across the bay
    You could be at my place in less than a day
    So get on your bad motor scooter and ride

    Now c'mon. That's just FUN! Plus, it's where I live. Haters just hating on hate..

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  33. zombie rotten mcdonaldMay 5, 2011 at 8:54 PM

    Is that what kids are calling it these days?

    No, that's what Glenn Beck is calling it.

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  34. kthMay 14, 2011 at 11:25 AM

    way, way, way late, but Sammy would have been perfect for the Spinners when Philippe Wynne left.

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