The Ben Maynard Program
EP. 147 VAN HALEN....THE SAMMY YEARS!
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Van Halen loses David Lee Roth, and the world starts writing the obituary. Then Sammy Hagar walks in—and everything changes.
We go record by record through the Sammy years: 5150, OU812, For Unlawful Carnal Knowledge, and Balance—four albums, four #1s, and millions of records sold.
But behind the hits were tensions, relentless touring, personal strain, lyric disputes, the…