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Rock legend's songs were inspired by his own experience with aliens

By T.K. Randall
February 11, 2025 · Comment icon 7 comments
Sammy Hagar
Sammy Hagar pictured in 2013. Image Credit: CC BY 2.0 Kristy Fox
Back in the 1960s, Sammy Hagar had an experience that would go on to have a profound effect on his life and career.
There seems to be an unusual connection between music legends of the 60s and 70s and the UFO phenomenon, with artists such as David Bowie becoming synonymous with the idea of alien visitation.

Another example is Sammy Hagar - a rock legend who based some of his music on a close encounter that he had experienced one night at his home in California's San Bernadino foothills in the 1960s.

He maintained that he had been lying in bed when he felt like someone was tapping into his brain.

He then claimed to have witnessed two alien entities on a hillside nearby.

"They were playing with a numerical code but it wasn't from our numerical system," he told Classic Rock back in 2013. "And then, suddenly, this telepathic connection broke."

"And I could actually see them go back to their ship in a beam of light - zap, like lightning."
"For a second there was an infinity of white. I couldn't move. And then it was over. It scared me nearly to death. It was an experience I couldn't understand."

The experience went on to influence much of his musical career.

"My ego was telling me: These aliens have programmed you to be a rock star!" he said.

"So I used it as a tool to write songs about outer space and the future, songs like Crack In The World and Silver Lights, which is about the second coming of Christ - Jesus coming back in a spaceship."

Hagar even gained an interest in space and science and began reading books on Albert Einstein.

"I went on a quest, and I'm still on it," he said.

Source: Music Radar | Comments (7)




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Comment icon #1 Posted by Hazzard 1 month ago
 "I was lying in bed one night ... dreaming...  I saw a ship and two creatures inside of this ship. I couldn't see their faces. I just knew that there were two intelligent creatures, sitting up in a craft in the Lytle Creek forest area about twelve miles away in the foothills above Fontana. And they were connected to me, tapped into my mind through some kind of mysterious wireless connection."     https://www.theguardian.com/music/2011/mar/22/sammy-hagar-aliens-infiltratedmind        
Comment icon #2 Posted by sanchez710 1 month ago
He's on Space Station No. 5
Comment icon #3 Posted by Tom1200 1 month ago
  https://rock-star-inspired-by-his-experience-with-hard-drugs I've corrected the link.
Comment icon #4 Posted by Stiff 1 month ago
I remember there were a few alien based songs in that era. There was also 'Calling Occupants' by the Carpenters and 'No Doubt About It' by Hot Chocolate. And I'm also showing my age when I remember, clearly, ELO's album cover for 'Out of the Blue' was a huge Spaceship (I remember the tv advert promoting it! Sheesh)
Comment icon #5 Posted by superman73 1 month ago
Come sail away by Styx is also about Aliens.
Comment icon #6 Posted by Oniomancer 1 month ago
Well that explains the chorus of "Love Walks In". Children Of The Sun by Billy Thorpe too. Somewhere in the Other section there's an old thread listing songs about UFOs and aliens I contributed too, probably the movies, music and books and tv forum.
Comment icon #7 Posted by Zebra3 1 month ago
He revealed that in the '80's.


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