Former Van Halen members Sammy Hagar and Michael Anthony have been periodically discussing the old days via the Van Hagar Other Half Facebook and Instagram pages. In their most recent post they take a look back at Best of Both Worlds The Greatest Hits album from 2004. It was 20 years ago that they originally hit the studio to work on the 3 new songs that would appear on the album. Sammy Hagar talked about how never wanted to do a greatest hits album.
“This kind of thing is what broke the band up the first time in ’95. I was against doing a greatest hits of any kind and wanted to make a new record. That never got to happen, and this go around it didn’t either. My favorite track hands-down is ‘Up for Breakfast’ — it was fun writing and singing those lyrics. Makes me think we should add that to the Circle set list. Looking back now, I really wish we would’ve made a whole new record.”
