Former Van Halen frontman Sammy Hagar revealed what he asked The Rolling Stones guitarist Keith Richards’ daughters to do in a new interview with Jenny McCarthy on SiriusXM. Alternative Nation transcribed Hagar’s remarks about Richards.
“I met Keith once at the Hall of Fame induction. The greatest story I have about Keith Richards, his daughters come over to me and ask for a picture, to take a picture with me. They said, ‘We’re Keith Richards’ daughters, will you take a picture.’ I said, ‘You introduce me to your Dad, and I’ll take a picture.’ He was so sweet.”
He also discussed Grunge and Alice In Chains.
“I’m in a totally comfortable place now. But when [I was in] Van Halen, in the ’90s, when grunge came along, that was freaky. Because I’m looking at these guys… And we were sort of the glam rock — we were all dressed up and dressing like girls and stuff. Like Motley Crue and Poison and these guys.
It was more fun dressing like that than the way I dress now, I’ll tell you that. But then, when grunge came, they were down and dirty and funky. And they made me nervous. I thought, ‘These guys are gonna disrespect us. You know they’re gonna look at us and say, ‘Yeah, your shit’s done, buddy.” But it didn’t happen. I was so insecure about it that I invited Alice In Chains, with their first album and their first single — when they had ‘Man In The Box’ — to open for Van Halen.
They came out on the whole tour with us. And I’ve been dear friends with Jerry Cantrell since then. But that’s how insecure I was. I said, ‘Let’s get ’em on the damn show. That way their fans will know that we’re cool.’… I came out of fear — not bad fear, but nervousness. And they did really good, and business was good. And I made a friend out of it.”
