David Lee Roth has accused ex- VAN HALEN singer Sammy Hagar of spewing out constant “diarrhea vitriol” in his direction
In a newly posted YouTube video titled “The Ballad Of Popsicle Sam”, David Lee Roth discussed Sammy Hagar‘s story about being abducted by aliens he published in his 2011 memoir, “Red: My Uncensored Life In Rock“.
Dave said: “According to Sam, he was abducted by aliens.
“I know [that] when you’re abducted by aliens, you get sex probed,” Roth continued. “I am compelled to solicit this sordid subject in an effort to explain Sam Hagar‘s conduct. For the last 10 summers, I haven’t said a single syllable about him. Not one. I defy you. And in the face of a constant fart gas aimed in our direction here at the Mojo Dojo Diamond Dave Laboratories. And I think we’ve arrived at both the technical and the medical answer that may explain some of Sammy Hagar‘s conduct and his constant spew of diarrhea vitriol in our direction. Sammy Hagar was abducted by aliens and he was sex probed. Sex probed.”
Dave went on to admit that he had “no idea” of what actually happens in “an alien sex probing procedure”. “Does it require apparatus? Is it a beam? We don’t know. We may never know,” he said. “But what I do know with absolute accuracy is that if you take a half of a popsicle and you jam it into a cassette tape player, no matter how carefully you extract it, that tape player will never play the same again, no matter how carefully you try and fix those delicate little parts. And it’ll get worse and it’ll seem like the singer that you used to [be] will stop making sense whatsoever. A lot like Sam.”
What Roth is referring to is a story that Hagar published in his 2011 memoir “Red: My Uncensored Life In Rock“, in which he wrote about a dream he had several decades ago, involving a UFO with two aliens near Fontana, California. He later told MTVHive.com that the dream he discussed in the book actually happened, saying he played it down to avoid looking “crazy”.
“It was a download situation,” Hagar told MTV. “This was long before computers or any kind of wireless. There weren’t even wireless telephones.”
Hagar explained that during the experience “knowledge was transferred back and forth” and he could see what was happening.
Hagar previously toured with Roth in the summer of 2002 on a co-headlining run called “Sammy Hagar And David Lee Roth Tour 2002: Song For Song, The Heavyweight Champs Of Rock And Roll”.
Back in June 2021, Hagar said that Dave‘s voice “hasn’t aged well”, and described Roth’s onstage persona as “totally bullshit”, telling the “Inside With Paulo Baron” show: “[David is] a real character. He’s a showman. He’s all show. I enjoy him. But you talk about cringing. I can’t imagine how he feels when he looks at some of them old videos, the way he was dancing and moving, and the way he was singing live sometimes.
“I don’t know how he feels about all that, but I don’t think he cares. The difference between him and I [is] I sincerely care — I care about everything I do and I care how it affects people and I care what they think. I care that it touches them and it makes them happy. And what is important to me is enlightening and elevating people spiritually and making them happy and making them have big dreams, making them want to be better themselves. And that’s my goal with everything I do — is to bring that to people and change their life, if I can. I don’t think he cares about anything like that.
“And that’s the difference between our presence. He’s very much into himself, very much into being a showman and doesn’t really care. I don’t know what he cares about; I really don’t. I don’t know him. I have no idea who that guy is; I don’t think anyone does. But he entertains me. I enjoy watching him do stupid shit.”
When asked what he thinks when he sees the way Roth acts in public, Sammy said: “Well, the first thing I’d say is I look at him and I think, ‘Wow. He’s a strange person. He’s a strange character.’ He’s not what he’s saying he is; he’s pretending. He’s totally bullshit. Everything he does is thought up and it’s an image.
“It’s nothing to do with who he is; he’s not exposing who and what he is. And I know this for a fact. I knew that the first time I saw him. I said, ‘This guy, he’s putting on an image, putting on a show.’ He goes back home and goes in his house, and he’s a whole different guy — nothing to do with that guy [you see on stage]. He’s not honest about his image and his performance. That’s what I see when I see him; that’s how I feel. But I tried to be friends.”
Discussing the infamous co-headline tour Sammy did with Dave in 2002, Hagar continued: “When we did our together, I thought it was gonna be so much fun. I thought, ‘If he’s anything like he claims to be, we’re gonna have a good time.’ But he wasn’t. He was the worst guy to be around. He wasn’t ever around. He hides out. You never see him. He puts on this whole big front and comes out, ‘I’m here. David Lee Roth is here,’ and then he goes and hides again.
“I don’t think he’s happy. He’s never been married; never had a relationship; never had children. It’s, like, man, how do you live like that? I don’t know. I’m a family man. And I love women — I love women and children… He hasn’t aged well — his voice. [Laughs] I don’t know. It’s hard.”
In 1985, Sammy Hagar stepped into the role previously held by David Lee Roth in VAN HALEN. During his tenure, Hagar contributed to the recording of four studio albums with the band: “5150,” “OU812,” “For Unlawful Carnal Knowledge,” and “Balance.” Impressively, all of these albums claimed the top spot on the U.S. chart. In contrast, the highest-charting album led by David Lee Roth reached No. 2, a milestone finally attained with the release of “1984.”