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Michael Anthony admitted to suspecting that David Lee Roth had revenge motives in forming his solo band after leaving Van Halen. The bassist said he’d been impressed when he heard tracks from Roth’s 1986 release Eat ‘Em And Smile, which arrived around the same time as Van Halen’s 5150 – their first with new singer Sammy Hagar. “That’s a great album,” Anthony told Ultimate Guitar in a recent interview. “I’m friends with Billy [Sheehan]. And Steve [Vai]. Obviously, they’re both great frickin’ players.” READ MORE: Van Halen’s ‘5150’ vs. David Lee Roth’s ‘Eat ‘Em and Smile’ He continued: “At first...
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Michael Anthony is gearing up for his summer tour with Sammy Hagar, and he promises that the performances will be “totally live.” The trek, dubbed the Best of All Worlds tour, will see Anthony and Hagar – along with Joe Satriani and drummer Jason Bonham – digging into material from throughout Van Halen’s catalog. “We’re going to play totally live,” Anthony declared during an appearance on Sirius XM’s Trunk Nation with Eddie Trunk. “There will be no tapes, no piped in vocals, nothing.” “This is going to be 100%,” the bassist continued, adding that the band may further augment its lineup if the ...
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Michael Anthony is gearing up for his summer tour with Sammy Hagar, and he promises that the performances will be “totally live.” The trek, dubbed the Best of All Worlds tour, will see Anthony and Hagar – along with Joe Satriani and drummer Jason Bonham – digging into material from throughout Van Halen’s catalog. “We’re going to play totally live,” Anthony declared during an appearance on Sirius XM’s Trunk Nation with Eddie Trunk. “There will be no tapes, no piped in vocals, nothing.” “This is going to be 100%,” the bassist continued, adding that the band may further augment its lineup if the ...
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Michael Anthony claims that Journey tried to kick Van Halen off their tour “every week” when the bands were on the road together in 1978. During a recent conversation with Sirius XM’s Eddie Trunk, Anthony looked back on his favorite tours with Van Halen, noting that the ‘78 trek was especially memorable. “We were just freaking fired up so much that first tour in ‘78 with Dave [Lee Roth],” the bassist recalled, referring to it as a tour he’ll “never forget.” READ MORE: How Van Halen’s Debut Changed Rock History At the time, Journey was the headliner, with Montrose occupying the second slot on t...
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Michael Anthony has detailed a memorable – and bizarre – early touring experience, when he watched Ozzy Osbourne light his Black Sabbath bandmate Bill Ward on fire. It was 1978 when Van Halen, then one of rock’s fastest rising acts, was touring with Black Sabbath. “We had the best time opening up for Black Sabbath,” Anthony recalled during a recent conversation with Sirius XM’s Eddie Trunk. “We came out like gangbusters every night.” By all accounts, Osbourne’s group was in rough shape at the time due to alcohol and drug abuse, but Anthony noted that the metal legends “still knew how to have f...
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Michael Anthony has detailed how he was able to finally get closure following the death of Eddie Van Halen. The former bandmates had been estranged for years prior to the guitarist’s passing. Anthony was infamously forced to take a pay cut and sign away his rights to the Van Halen band name before going on tour with the group in 2004. When the band reconvened for a tour, he was replaced by Eddie’s son, Wolfgang Van Halen. In a recent conversation with Sally Steele, Anthony admitted that he didn’t see the lineup change coming, but added that he was understanding of the move. “I didn’t see [Eddi...
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Michael Anthony has detailed how he was able to finally get closure following the death of Eddie Van Halen. The former bandmates had been estranged for years prior to the guitarist’s passing. Anthony was infamously forced to take a pay cut and sign away his rights to the Van Halen band name before going on tour with the group in 2004. When the band reconvened for a tour in 2015, he was replaced by Eddie’s son, Wolfgang Van Halen. In a recent conversation with Sally Steele, Anthony admitted that he didn’t see the lineup change coming, but added that he was understanding of the move. READ MORE: ...
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Former Van Halen bassist Michael Anthony sees the band’s 2007 induction into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame as a missed opportunity. During an appearance on The Hook Rocks podcast, Anthony lamented Van Halen’s inability to get along. “Even when the band was inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame,” the bassist recalled. “Sammy [Hagar] and I were the only two from the band that showed up, and we weren’t even in the band at the time.” Eddie Van Halen (understandably) missed the ceremony because he was in rehab, while David Lee Roth and Alex Van Halen chose not to attend. Anthony described it as...
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Michael Anthony recently discussed the failed attempts to launch a Van Halen tribute tour, claiming that one unnamed member “was not playing ball with everybody else.” Reports of the trek emerged in 2022, when former Metallica bassist Jason Newsted claimed in an interview that Alex Van Halen had approached him about taking part in the road trip alongside guitarist Joe Satriani, who would be taking the place of the late Eddie Van Halen. David Lee Roth was also rumored to be involved. Reflecting on both the failed Van Halen tribute tour and his upcoming Best of All Worlds tour with Sammy Hagar a...
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Michael Anthony recently discussed the failed attempts to launch a Van Halen tribute tour, claiming that one unnamed member “was not playing ball with everybody else.” Reports of the trek emerged in 2022, when former Metallica bassist Jason Newsted claimed in an interview that Alex Van Halen had approached him about taking part in the road trip alongside guitarist Joe Satriani, who would be taking the place of the late Eddie Van Halen. David Lee Roth was also rumored to be involved. Reflecting on both the failed Van Halen tribute tour and his upcoming Best of All Worlds tour with Sammy Hagar a...
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