Here's a Mini-Biography.

Sammy Hagar was born on October 13, 1947, in Monterey, California, the youngest of four children. His father was a bantamweight boxing champ the year he was born. Hagar spent most of his childhood in Fontana, California, just east of Los Angeles. 

At the age of 18, he learned to play guitar, and began his long career in music. Hagar performed in nightclubs in San Bernardino, California, before moving to San Francisco in the early 1970s. 

Hagar started singing for the band Montrose in the summer of 1973. Montrose, Hagar, bassist Bill Church and drummer Denny Carmassi released their self-titled debut on Warner Bros. Records. The LP included long-lasting tracks such as "Rock Candy" and "Bad Motor Scooter". 

In 1976, Hagar released his first solo album called Nine on a Ten Scale on Capitol Records. He released his next effort, Sammy Hagar -- also known as "The Red Album" -- in January of the following year, which included the songs "Red," "Crusin' & Boozin'," and "Rock N' Roll Weekend." Then in October of 1977, his next release was Musical Chairs.

Early in his career, Hagar toured with popular rock bands such as Kiss and Boston. In 1978, he won the Bay Area Music Award for "Musician of the Year" in San Francisco, California.

In 1981, drummer David Lauser joined Hagar's band, and the group began recording Standing Hampton for Hagar's new record label, Geffen Records. The record escalated Hagar's popularity with "I'll Fall in Love Again," "There's Only One Way to Rock," and "Heavy Metal." 

In 1984, he teamed up with Journey guitarist Neal Schon, bassist Kenny Aaronson, and drummer Michael Shrieve to form HSAS. 

Sparked the by the popularity of the hit single "I Can't Drive 55," in 1985, VOA reached platinum within the year. After more than ten years on his own, Sammy Hagar had begun to truly make his mark in rock n' roll.

Then, one day in 1985, Hagar's auto mechanic, Claudio Zampolli, was doing some work on Van Halen guitarist Eddie Van Halen's Lamborghini. Van Halen was looking for a new lead singer to replace David Lee Roth. 

Zampolli suggested Eddie Van Halen call Sammy Hagar, which he did, right from the mechanic's shop. "I had a gut feeling that it was going to happen," Hagar recalled to David Fricke in Rolling Stone. "I told Betsy, my wife, 'These guys are going to hit on me to join this band.' When Eddie called, I got butterflies in my stomach the second he said, 'hi.'"

In 1986, Van Halen released 5150 with Hagar center stage. The album became Van Halen's first number one album and the new configuration sold out every concert on the tour.
Hagar split from Van Halen. According to the band, Hagar wanted to be a solo artist. However, Hagar insisted that he was fired. 
"I can say it was 10 of the greatest years of my life. One miserable year," Hagar told Peter Tilden in Live. "I'm more disappointed in how it ended than anything else." 

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