Hagar, Sammy Then: Legend has it that Sammy Hagar "The Red Rocker" was talked out of following his father's footsteps as a professional boxer by none other than Elvis Presley. So instead he turned to music and jumped between several San Bernadino bands before landing a steady gig with Montrose. Well, steady enough for 2 albums until guitarist Ronnie Montrose to opt for a solo career. Sammy picked up the pieces of the band, began touring with new material, and wrote songs for other artists (Rick Springfield's "I've Done Everything For You") until getting record company attention. 1983 saw the notablerelease of Three Lock Box - it's #13 hit "Your Love Is Driving Me Crazy" and 2 other albums (one live and VOA). Sammy took some time off to pursue work with HSAS (Sammy Hagar, Neal Schon of Journey, Kenny Aaronson, and Mike Shrieve of Santana). During this same time he released his biggest hit "I Can't Drive 55." By now the industry was noticing Hagar was the busiest man in rock which came to the notice of Van Halen, who just parted ways with David Lee Roth. He would do the same after 11 years with the band and devote himself to solo work. Now: The release of 1997's highly successful Marching to Mars was the first album since his departure from Van Halen. Since the album's release Sammy has been working with his band the WaboRitas (named after Cabo Wabo). He toured extensively to support his next album called Red Voodoo, it's first single "Mas Tequila" and a Cabo Wabo brand tequila. Hagar originally planned to release Ten 13 on October 13th (his birthday) of 2000 but would be released 11 days later.