Samuel Roy Hagar (born October 13 1947 in Monterey, California, USA), better known as Sammy Hagar (aka "The Red Rocker"), is an American rock guitarist, singer, and composer. Hagar was one of the singers for Van Halen, and of the early '70s rock band Montrose. He is of Lebanese descent and is the cousin of Christian rock musician Ken Tamplin. He currently resides in Mill Valley, California.

Sammy Hagar, popular in the early- mid 1980’s for fast paced, guitar-driven, hard pop-rock with a masculine, lets-go-party attitude, joined the band Van Halen as lead vocalist after David Lee Roth’s departure from the group. (Before joining Van Halen he sang lead vocals in Ronnie Montrose’s classic rock band Montrose.) As much as it was public surprise when Hagar joined the band, so it was when he left. Sammy Hagar now peddles his own line of high-quality “Cabo Wabo” tequila. In the Sp