Sammy Hagar: alien abductee

Sammy Hagar says he's been abducted by aliens: 'They were plugged into me'

There's no doubt Sammy Hagar has enjoyed a lot of farout experiences in his life. But on Monday, the former Van Halen lead singer told what may be his farthest-out tale yet: He was abducted by aliens.

Or at least, that's what he seems to believe.

In an mtvhive.com interview to promote his new book, "Red: My Uncensored Life in Rock," Hagar admits he might "sound like a crazy person" to some, but he insists his bizarre experience "wasn't a dream."

Hagar, 63, opened up about a passage in his book that claims he was contacted by aliens from outer space in California who tapped into his mind through a wireless connection.

"It was real," the rocker said. "[Aliens] were plugged into me. It was a download situation. This was long before computers or any kind of wireless. There weren't even wireless telephones. Looking back now, it was like, ‘F---, they downloaded something into me!' Or they uploaded something from my brain, like an experiment."

Hagar went on to describe another experience at the age of 4 in which he believes he saw a spaceship hovering in broad daylight near where his family lived.

"At the time, I thought it was a car with no wheels," he said. "We lived out in the country and I saw this thing floating across a field, creating this big dust storm. I threw rocks at it and s---. And I don't know what happened after that."

When asked if he blacked out after the incident, Hagar said he doesn't have any memory of it.

The rock guitarist and vocalist is no stranger to wild times. He was a part of several bands, including Montrose, during the "sex, drugs and rock 'n' roll" era of the 1970s and 1980s, and during its heyday Van Halen was among the biggest acts in rock music.

In his book and in the interview with MTV's Hive, Hagar lets the stories fly on the sex and drugs he did during those years, and he even has a few not-so-nice things to say about another Van Halen lead singer, David Lee Roth, whom Hagar replaced in 1985.

God help me, I may need to read this book.

I think he's just trying to "say wacky shit" a la DLR.

http://localcitysoundtrack.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/06/BttF-Vader.jpg

"Aliens were plugged into me. It was a download situation."

I really, really want to read about Sammy Hagar having sex.

Hagar's albums for Capitol -- those no one really remember anymore -- used to feature about one song a piece on his fascination with aliens, sci-fi and spacecraft.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SaRnSSuWPvE

He was also into goldbuggism for awhile. Might still be, too.

little too much cabo wabo amirite?

Figures VALIS would be real but they'd contact fuckin Hagar.

‘F---, they downloaded something into me!'

Chickenfoot is starting to make sense suddenly.

"...aliens from outer space in California..."

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James Hetfield: Sammy impersonator.

"The creatures outside looked from pig to man, and from man to pig, and from pig to man again; but already it was impossible to say which was which."

Been reading his book, because it was there, and it's kind of surreal to read about this charmed life of a guy I consider an absolute b-lister at best. There are the usual run-ins with other celebrities, who Hagar is often honest enough to admit have no idea who he is. Also, repetitive to the point of annoying declarations that he avoids booze and drugs between bouts of booze and drugs. At one point he talks at length about the temptations of the road, saying he generally avoids them, aside from the occasion groupie or fooling around. Then he then immediately, oddly innocently wonders if such behavior could adversely be affecting his marriage.

The only chink in the ego-armor I noted was when he and EVH play the Bridge benefit and he sort of implied how no one gave a shit about them compared to Neil Young, or Paul Simon, or Eddie Vedder or whomever. Still, dude's got PMA.

On some interview when the book came out, he was asked about his patent on...some kind of thermopane windows, something like that? Between that and Cabo Wabo, guy's a gazillionaire.

and yet, and yet

http://bullettmedia.com/article/sammy-hagars-kids-need-100k-from-you-to-crowd-fund-rock-dreams-smh/

According to the book, he used to own I think the country's second biggest fire sprinkler company!

Wow, lol at Fight Club, Aaron Hagar is 43 or something, isn't he a little old to be someone's "kid," let alone trying to launch a band?

Anyway, I liked "Red," because it's one of the few books of its type that goes into the numbers a bit. Granted, Sammy shits gold, so why wouldn't he want to show off?

Also, Van Halen bros story are intense.

Ronnie Dunn‘s participation in Sammy Hagar‘s upcoming album, ‘Sammy Hagar and Friends,’ was announced weeks ago. Now there’s another country voice added to the star-studded collection. Toby Keith will also join Hagar on the CD of collaborations, performing a duet version of the Jimmy Buffett hit, ‘Margaritaville.'

http://blog.thatscountry.com/?p=1536

This might be the best thing I've ever read about the guy.

http://www.modernluxury.com/san-francisco/story/im-sammy-hagar-and-i-learned-cook-i-learned-rock

that was surprisingly endearing