Sammy Hagar is a one-man institution ... recorded with his latest band The Circle. Montrose: Montrose (Warner Bros, 1973) Before the release of Montrose’s self-titled debut, US hard rock ...

This was my favourite band he was talking about ... As far as I was concerned, Sammy Hagar was a total dick. Yes, he was brilliant in Montrose – on the first album, at least.

Credit: Kevin Mazur/Getty Images for The Rock and Roll Hall of Fam Hagar and group founder Mick Jones have been good friends since the Red Rocker and Montrose ... with his own band circa 1978 ...

The former Van Halen and Montrose ... together a band to perform a Van Halen-centric setlist. As reported last week, well over two-thirds of the 21-song set performed by Sammy Hagar, Joe Satriani ...

But Sammy Hagar let it go at the top ... still possesses the energy of his days with Montrose. The Red Rocker brings a robust, all-star band to this dance. Satriani, original Van Halen bassist ...

Sammy Hagar kicked off his Best of All Worlds ... some of which hadn't been played live in decades (or ever by Hagar's band, in the case of "Panama"). That's about double the Van Halen you ...

After being fired from Montrose, Hagar forged a successful solo career ... he agreed to go up to 5150 to hear some music and talk with the band. “Sammy picked me up,” Jones recalled ...

Eddie Van Halen was born into a musical family. His father was a Dutch jazz pianist, clarinetist and saxophonist, and the ...

Credit: Sammy Hagar Instagram ... with the Best of All Worlds band, playing Sammy Hagar's Gibson Explorer alongside Joe Satriani and co. for a rendition of Montrose's Bad Motor Scooter earlier ...

Credit: Paul Natkin/Getty Images Just under a week after Sammy Hagar's release of Encore ... blossomed when I joined the band”. Indeed, after the former Montrose frontman and solo artist ...