- Born
- Birth nameSamuel Roy Hagar
- Nickname
- Red Rocker
- Height5′ 10″ (1.78 m)
- Sammy Hagar was born on October 13, 1947 in Monterey, California, USA. He is a producer and actor, known for Rock & Roll Road Trip with Sammy Hagar (2016), Footloose (1984) and Over the Top (1987). He has been married to Kari Hagar since November 29, 1995. They have two children. He was previously married to Betsy Berardi.
- SpousesKari Hagar(November 29, 1995 - present) (2 children)Betsy Berardi(November 3, 1968 - 1994) (divorced, 2 children)
- Children
- Parents
- RelativesVelma Hagar(Sibling)
- Singing for bands named after the lead guitarist: Montrose and Van Halen
- Used to be a boxer before becoming a rock musician
- Although the Van Halen albums recorded with David Lee Roth sold more copies, all four albums recorded with Hagar hit #1 on the Billboard album chart.
- Toured in 2002 with David Lee Roth, in a trek dubbed the Sans Halen Tour. Each played a ninety-minute show, with Hagar focusing mostly on his solo material (though he did about half a dozen Van Halen songs as well), and Roth doing a whole set of Van Halen songs from the time he fronted the band. A coin toss before the tour determined who would open and who would close on the first date of the tour. They flip-flopped back and forth after that.
- Sammy Hagar's "Cabo Wabo Tequila" was a sponsor of English driver 'Darren Manning''s #14 A.J. Foyt ABC Racing INDY car. Sammy Hagar and Gene Simmons are both INDY Car Series racing fans and sponsors.
- Has two children with his former wife Betsy (Aaron Hagar & Andrew Hagar) and two with current wife Kari Hagar (Kama Hagar & Samantha Hagar).
- I want to play with people I enjoy and like. I'm going to surround myself with friends and have fun. Rock n' roll stinks without fun. You might as well have a real job.
- It's more luck than anything, unless you're a craftsman like Hall & Oates in their day. But even before you discover that formula, what it is is luck. And it's not always the greatest recording. It's not always the greatest take. The Stones have had some pretty raunchy hits that, if you pick apart, no one's really playing fantastically. It's really about the magic and the luck of hitting upon it. The Troggs's Wild Thing - come on! That's one of the worst recordings ever.
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