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Would tend to think it's not really much more than we've been able to suss out already:
Mike got tired of sitting around waiting for something to happen, decided to jam with Hagar onstage when the opportunity presented itself.
Ed used this as an opportunity to dump him and get Wolfgang in the band.
Essentially, after 30 years together, Biff Malibu and the Van Halens just plain got tired of each other.
I mean, considering Anthony was basically a hired gun on the 2004 tour for what was reportedly a smaller percentage than the Van Halens, why would he even WANT to come back into the band now if financially the same situation were to exist?Scramby eggs and bacon.Comment
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One more thing I wanted to mention:
It's crystal clear, to me anyway, judging by MA's body language, that he would jump at the chance to rejoin VH, if and when that ever would happen....Eat Us And Smile - The Originals
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even hagar the horrible called TAFKAB thie "spineless wonder" in his never released auto-biography...Roth Army Icon
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Looking at the way it played out... Mike's probably just as informed as all of us as to why he isn't in VH.
"Ed did it."
In 2004 Ed wanted Mike out for no apparent reason. So to play on that BOBW tour Mike had to sign away his rights to the Van Halen name, logo's and trademarks. Just like Dave, Spammy and Cherone did previously. Just like those three... Mike did retain his full publishing and royalty rights. Although in Cherone's case his annual royalty income wouldn't buy him a cup of coffee today...
So Mike became a "contract" player back then. Just like Dave is or could be was now... who the fuck knows? Ed... again...
Then in late 2006 or early 2007... Mike along with all of us learned he'd been replaced by Ed's fat brat via the internet. Again for no rational reason.
The only place an explaination for Mike's booting from VH rests is in the minds of two Dutch Pricks, who between the two of them couldn't produce a beer-fart in whirl wind even if they tried today..."If you want to be a monk... you gotta cook a lot of rice...”Comment
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Which one...the dork on American Chopper, the chubby guy that used to be in VH or the kid from the LIFE cereal commercial?Originally posted by JOETHUNDER,LP!!
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You may well be right...although I'm not sure what that would say about him...I suppose it really would confirm he was spineless...I mean, fuck, the dude stood by the Van Halens through one bad career move after the next and they end up dumping him. Not dumping him so they could get a bass player with better abilities in either the technical or songwriting departments, mind you, but dumping him to bring in a 16 year-old kid. Now, fair enough, Anthony may have stuck around because it wasn't like he had a slew of major labels prodding him to leave the band and start a highly prolific solo career ("Biff Malibu/Songs in the key of E"), but he basically got fuck all for his loyalty in the end. A member of the only Van Halen lineup that ever mattered, and by 2004 he is reduced to a contract player forced to sign away his rights...the baffling part is he actually did it...while the Van Halens are a pair of dickheads, another aspect of it is that usually people can't take advantage of you unless you let them.
I suppose he would rejoin if asked, for reduced financial terms to boot. Were I in a similar situation, I'd hope to have enough sense of self-respect to tell the Van Halens to get fucked, and not pull any punches in interviews when asked why I'm not in the band. It was almost as if in TMS interview he was reluctant to flat-out say why...unless he's just plain over all of it and doesn't give a shit.
Sometimes it may be the case of us thinking far more about the inner workings of Van HAlen than the band members themselves do.Scramby eggs and bacon.Comment
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Elephant Trunk pisses me off everytime I watch him.
When he was telling that other dude to "hush", I wanted him to punch him in the face.“Why do people say "grow some balls"? Balls are weak and sensitive. If you wanna be tough, grow a vagina. Those things can take a pounding” ― Betty WhiteComment
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Van Halen went on tour without Michael Anthony and it they did very well without him. People go to see Eddie and Dave. The bass player and drummer could be anyone.
So Mike doesn't have any negotiating power because VH can sell tickets without him. Eddie will always draw a crowd and add Dave in they are still a power house.No! You can't have the keys to the wine cellar!Comment
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Van Halen went downhill as soon as Eddie became a studio wanker.No! You can't have the keys to the wine cellar!Comment
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“The greatest enemy of knowledge is not ignorance, it is the illusion of knowledge.”― Stephen HawkingComment
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