Van Halen's Sammy Hagar planned to ‘make some noise’ with Eddie Van Halen before guitarist's death

Sammy Hagar, who has released a five-LP Van Halen box set titled, "The Collection ll," became the band's new frontman in 1985.

After producing four multi-platinum albums, Hagar's stint with Van Halen ended with a split in 1995. The Cabo Wabo founder briefly reunited with Van Halen in 2004 but left the band again after the conclusion of their successful summer tour. Hagar's second departure led to a long estrangement with Eddie, but the pair reconciled in the months before the Van Halen founder died due to lung cancer in October 2020. Ashley Hume is an entertainment writer for Fox News Digital. Story tips can be sent to ashley.hume@fox.com and on Twitter: @ashleyhume

In an interview with Fox News Digital, Hagar recalled that Eddie was experimenting with new instruments prior to his death and the two had discussed collaborating musically.

"He wanted to keep going. He was getting into it before he died. When we first connected, you know, again, after we went through all the fighting, and he was sick, and I reached out, and we got together and talked a lot. He was talking about playing cello and playing some wind instruments," Hagar said.