Sammy Hagar

Standing Hampton

1981 · Hard Rock · Geffen Records

US · GHS 2006

Credits

Producer: Keith Olsen
Written by: David Lauser, Sammy Hagar, Jim Peterik, Chas Sandford, Bert Berns, Jerry Ragovoy
Engineer: Chris Minto, Keith Olsen
Mastered by: Greg Fulginiti

One record at a time, and the reason for each step.

Seattle Grunge

Heavy riffs played by people raised on punk, recorded cheap in the Pacific Northwest and then sold worldwide.

Detroit Proto-Punk

Pull this thread and you get Michigan guitar noise from 1969 ballrooms to 1999 basements, unbroken.