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When I left Van Halen, I went in the studio and made a CD called Marching to Mars with all studio musicians. I did it immediately. With the disappointment riding on my shoulders of the breakup of the band.

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Sammy Hagar
Age: 77
Born: 1947
Born: October 13
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