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Hagar Schon Aaronson Shrieve
Hagar Schon Aaronson Shrieve
Also known as	HSAS
Origin	California, U.S.
Genres	Hard rock
Years active	1983–1984
Labels	Geffen
Associated acts	Journey, Santana
Former members
	Sammy Hagar; Neal Schon; Kenny Aaronson; Michael Shrieve; Nick Sciorsci

Hagar Schon Aaronson Shrieve (also known as HSAS) were a band featuring lead vocalist Sammy Hagar, lead guitarist Neal Schon, bassist Kenny Aaronson and drummer Michael Shrieve. The group reportedly rehearsed for less than a month before playing in concert. They released a semi-live album, recorded during two live performances at the the Warfield in San Francisco, entitled Through the Fire. The album includes a cover of Procol Harum's "A Whiter Shade of Pale".

[edit] History

[edit] Formation

After the release of Journey's Frontiers in early 1983, guitarist Neal Schon decided to pursue another project with vocalist/guitarist Sammy Hagar. Hagar had released his Three Lock Box album in late 1982 and afterwards took a 3-month safari vacation in Africa.^[1] Schon and Hagar then began looking for other musicians to complete the band. In an interview from mid-1983, Schon talked about the band's formation: "Sammy and I just get along so well. We're already working on an album together, and it's a killer! Right now we have Denny Carmassi, who used to work with Sammy on drums, and we're looking for a bassist. We worked a bit with Tom Petersson, but I guess he had other committments."^[2]

Schon went on the Frontiers tour with Journey from February to September of 1983, and then reconvened with Hagar. By this time, Carmassi had also left and the remaining two band members became Kenny Aaronson on bass and Michael Shrieve on drums. Shrieve and Schon had played together in Santana in the early 1970's.

[edit] Through the Fire

To record their album, the band played live dates from November 9, 1983 to November 21, 1983 at the Westwood One Mobile Facility. Two of the dates, November 14 and November 15 in San Jose, California were recorded and broadcast by MTV. (This footage was aired at least once but was never released on official videotapes or DVDs.) The Through the Fire album was edited in-studio to remove the crowd noise, but otherwise was left as recorded.^{[citation needed]}

A full concert of the band was also aired on the radio as a Westwood One Broadcast. The original tracks that didn't make the album include: "Movin' In For The Kill", "Tough Enough", "Through the Eyes of Love", "Hope and Fear", "Since You Came", and "What Will Never Be". The band also performed a cover version of "Bookends".

The first (and only) single released was their cover version of "A Whiter Shade of Pale", in May 1984. It reached a high of #94 on the Billboard Hot 100 charts.

The band toured briefly in California in 1984, adding rhythm guitarist Nick Sciorsci for live performances.

[edit] Epilogue

HSAS only produced one album before Schon returned to Journey, and Hagar recorded his VOA album and subsequently joined Van Halen. Hagar and Schon would reunite almost 20 years later to form the short-lived Planet Us project.

[edit] Band members

Sammy Hagar - lead vocals
Neal Schon - lead guitar
Kenny Aaronson - bass
Michael Shrieve - drums

[edit] Discography

Through the Fire (1984)
"Whiter Shade of Pale" (1984 single)

[edit] References

^ Hagar, Sammy. In The Studio - radio show. April 25, 1994
^ Secher, Andy. "Adventures in Frontierland". Hit Parader. June 1983

[edit] External links

Sammy Hagar Discography

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[0] Hagar, Sammy. In The Studio - radio show. April 25, 1994

[1] Secher, Andy. "Adventures in Frontierland". Hit Parader. June 1983

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