Diamond Dave was the standard for a flashy lead singer (Mick who?) BUT... Van Hagar was like a damn fucking good band that bucked the "new lead singer" thing. Other than Fleetwood Mac, what other bands survived that big of a change after making it big without becoming an oldies act?
Don't you dare try saying "Journey." Mac and VH hired Journey to wash their jocks.
If you fuckers wanna open a Van Halen Roth vs Hager thread, do it. I'll participate. They were two different bands/animals entirely but the band with Roth was a considerably Better Animal. Ff' it wasn't for Roth, Sammy would not have had a viable gig after his Dokken fame bands.
Nothing against the Dokken's. Fist bump on the Journey hate