MiA Totally Fine With It

[LoungeMachine]

http://www.billboard.com/bbcom/news/article_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1003662282



Billboard


Anthony 'Totally Fine' Without Van Halen
Michael Anthony with Sammy Hagar

October 24, 2007, 11:40 AM ET

Gary Graff, Detroit
Michael Anthony is getting his post-Van Halen career going in earnest.

After his acrimonious and controversial ouster from the hard rock group he helped to found -- which is currently on the road with original frontman David Lee Roth and guitarist Eddie Van Halen's son Wolfgang in Anthony's place -- the bassist is once again riding a hard-working sidecar to second Van Halen singer Sammy Hagar.

He's leading his own trio, Mad Anthony Express, which plays a selection of "more obscure" Van Halen tracks, including "DOA" and "Light Up the Sky," and some cover songs. On some nights Anthony and Hagar -- the only VH members to attend the group's Rock and Roll Hall of Fame induction in March -- bring out their Los Tres Gusanos to play early Hagar material, and at every show the duo plays a set of Hagar-era Van Halen material as the Other Half.

"I'm on stage for a good part of the night," Anthony tells Billboard.com. "I'm just happy to still be out there playing. I'm having a great time doing it. It's not like we need the money; we can just go out there and party with the fans and we have a great time doing it."

Anthony says that Mad Anthony's Express, which currently features guitarist Vic Johnson and drummer John "JD" Douglas -- both from Hagar's Wabos band -- could spur him to launch his own group or recording project. "Possibly," he says. "After this tour I'm gonna check into doing some different things, doing some writing with different people. I've got a lot of friends I've made in this business. I've thought about doing something where I'd use some different people, put some original stuff or some covers stuff together and put my own twist on it. We'll see."


As for Van Halen, Anthony says he's not going out of his way to keep tabs on the group's tour but that "people tell me things, and I heard the tour's been fine." He admits he was "bummed out for a little bit" after being booted from the band -- and especially after he was temporarily replaced from album cover images on the group's Web site -- but that he's largely over it.

"I'm totally fine with it now 'cause it is what it is," Anthony explains. "There's no use dwelling on it or whining about it. The fans know the band. They know what we've done, and I'm really proud of the history of the band. But I'm focusing on having fun and doing what Sam and I are out doing right now. As long as I keep that perspective on it, that's good."



:gulp:

[rustoffa]

Mike's a class act. It's comforting to know that he's not broke, and contemplating a solo effort.

Right Now.

[LoungeMachine]

Word on the street though is there's a youtube about to surface putting into question whether it was actually MiA speaking during the interview.

Parts of it don't line up at about the 2:13 mark.

We're thinking digital enhancements.



Welp, it's good to see he's accepted things with such a good attitude.

Time to move on.....

:gulp:

[VanHalener]

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[ELVIS]

Mike should make an album with Neil Schon, Jeff Scott Soto and Chad Smith...

Or a band...or whatever...

:elvis:

[Panamark]

What else do you say when the realization hits that you
are in fact, totally replaceable ??

Keepin it cool, Mike !

Hey Mike Drop the "Other Half" crap with Hagar..
That just comes across like an egotistical stab at
undermining the brothers significance..

It reaks of a Sammy idea too.. I know he is your
man and all, but dude, truth be told, EVH & AVH
are 3/4 of Van Halen.. They know it, and are pissed
at the "Other Half" shit..

Why not rename it to Van Hagar ?? Seriously..
It would be a more accurate band name.

I cant believe you never rang the brothers when
their mother died. If this is true, that must be
eating away at ya, give em a call !! You are
over the Wolfgang thing, I'm sure its not too late.

Oh, and lastly, you crap all over Sammy Hagar
as a musician, dont play second fiddle to that dude.

You are a cool dude, way cooler than Hagar. He
should be worshipping your footsteps, not the other
way around...

That is all... (Thanks Icon !)

(Panamark deluding himself that Michael Anthony would
actually care about what he says !! :p)

[rustoffa]

Originally posted by ELVIS
Mike should make an album with Neil Schon, Jeff Scott Soto and Chad Smith...

Or a band...or whatever...

:elvis:

I remember that!


Originally posted by LoungeMachine
Anthony says that Mad Anthony's Express, which currently features guitarist Vic Johnson and drummer John "JD" Douglas -- both from Hagar's Wabos band -- could spur him to launch his own group or recording project. "Possibly," he says. "After this tour I'm gonna check into doing some different things, doing some writing with different people. I've got a lot of friends I've made in this business. I've thought about doing something where I'd use some different people, put some original stuff or some covers stuff together and put my own twist on it. We'll see."

:(

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[naturochem]

Originally posted by ELVIS
Mike should make an album with Neil Schon, Jeff Scott Soto and Chad Smith...

Or a band...or whatever...

Maybe Mikey & Vic (with his trick "Whammy pedal..") will rejuvenate the Busboys!!

[letsrock]

Sounds like people here have no respect for a founding member of VH. Only at Rotharmy.

[VanHalener]

WTF are you talking about?

I'd much prefer Bass Player over Wolfgang.

No offense to The Wolfman, who I am looking forward to seeing play with his old man.
It's a vicious circle, man!

CVH

[Panamark]

Originally posted by letsrock
Sounds like people here have no respect for a founding member of VH. Only at Rotharmy.

Nah, we just cant stand Hagar..

[naturochem]

Originally posted by letsrock
Sounds like people here have no respect for a founding member of VH. Only at Rotharmy.
You've obviously missed about a thousand threads, Paco...

[Tiki-Tom]

Originally posted by letsrock
Sounds like people here have no respect for a founding member of VH. Only at Rotharmy.

What ya talkin' bout? No respect for Bassplayer?
That bitch could sing like an angel. The sound of his voice makes me wanna go caroling. I miss that fucker...........:confused: Pass the eggnog please

[letsrock]

Paco has been reading the ranting here for years.

[DrMaddVibe]

E-E-E-E-E-E-E-E-E-E-E-E

LOL!

[Hyman Roth]

Originally posted by letsrock
Paco has been reading the ranting here for years.

Wha? Like the faggots at DDLR have any more 'respect'? :rolleyes:

[binnie]

Well it seems to me that Mike knows how to move on and enjoy his life, rather than sweating something over which he has very little control.

[letsrock]

Originally posted by Hyman Roth
Wha? Like the faggots at DDLR have any more 'respect'? :rolleyes:


You know they dont.

[PlexiBrown]

"There's no use dwelling on it or whining about it.

All Mike has been doing is dwelling on it and whining about it. Same with Spam. Then they usually claim to be taking the "high road".

[Coyote]

"MiA totally fine with it"

BULLSHIT!!

:D

[dave_is_vh]

Originally posted by LoungeMachine
He's leading his own trio, Mad Anthony Express, which plays a selection of "more obscure" Van Halen tracks, including "DOA" and "Light Up the Sky," and some cover songs.

Given that Dave and Ed wrote all of the songs, EVERYTHING bass player is playing are cover songs.

[LoungeMachine]

Originally posted by ELVIS
Mike should make an album with Neil Schon, Jeff Scott Soto and Chad Smith...

Or a band...or whatever...

:elvis:

He could start a band with Steve Adler and Vince Neil

Call it FIRED!!!!!

:gulp:

[LoungeMachine]

Originally posted by dave_is_vh
Given that Dave and Ed wrote all of the songs, EVERYTHING bass player is playing are cover songs.

Okay, this was pretty funny.

Make sure to file those royalty payments Mike!

[LoungeMachine]

Originally posted by DrMaddVibe
E-E-E-E-E-E-E-E-E-E-E-E

LOL!

What's even funnier is the fact YOU needed to download the tabs to play that ......

:gulp:

[Redballjets88]

Mike can say he is fine with it all he wants, even if he hates Ed because of the last tour everyone on earth knows that if he would have been asked to join the tour he would have ripped the crotch out of his pants because of the hard on he would have gotten.

[Redballjets88]

p.s. I am the master of the run on sentence.

[BrownSound1]

Originally posted by letsrock
Sounds like people here have no respect for a founding member of VH. Only at Rotharmy.

Actually he ISN'T a founding member. Mark Stone was the original bassist, and was replaced by Michael Anthony Sobolewski. :D


I don't have a problem with MA, but his contributions to Van Halen aren't what made the band GREAT. He's a good backup singer for sure, but he was told exactly what to play on bass.

[letsrock]

This is all true. But MA was part of the band. Give the guy some credit. And he didnt stray from the fans or RORHOF induction.
Other than the clown no one else had the guts.

[binnie]

Originally posted by Redballjets88
p.s. I am the master of the run on sentence.

You are also the master of modesty :D

[LoungeMachine]

Originally posted by letsrock
Sounds like people here have no respect for a founding member of VH. Only at Rotharmy.



Originally posted by letsrock
This is all true. But MA was part of the band. Give the guy some credit.

I love it when people post knee-jerk generalizations, and then when confronted with their own factual errors, back peddle.

Do your homework before spouting off, skippy.

There has been plenty of respect and credit thrown MiA's way in here.

At least you got the "only at RothArmy" part right.

:gulp:

[LoungeMachine]

Originally posted by Redballjets88
Mike can say he is fine with it all he wants, .

Well, I'm sure he appreciates you allowing him his own take.

It's got to be satisfying to him to know he's locked down the support of 19 year old know-it-alls from Texas.

I'm sure you know exactly how he truly feels, but it's to your credit that you allow him to strike his public pose for the sake of saving face.

Your first hand experience has undoubtedly sharpened your analysis skills.

:gulp:

[Diamondjimi]

Originally posted by binnie
Well it seems to me that Mike knows how to move on and enjoy his life, rather than sweating something over which he has very little control.

That's because he's a grounded person and not a cross addicted ego maniac with a band mate/brother/yesman feeding his delusions...

Mikes main fault is his penchant for Hagar's ass butter...

[naturochem]

Originally posted by BrownSound1
Actually he ISN'T a founding member. Mark Stone was the original bassist, and was replaced by Michael Anthony Sobolewski. :D

Are we talking Mammoth or VH?

Not to be a technical fuck, but didn't Stone get the axe in lieu of Sobolewski prior to the band being named Van Halen?

[Vinnie Velvet]

Originally posted by naturochem
Are we talking Mammoth or VH?

Not to be a technical fuck, but didn't Stone get the axe in lieu of Sobolewski prior to the band being named Van Halen?

I believe this is true, yes.

They were still calling themselves 'Mammoth' by the time MA joined.

We could get more technical.....just what is a "founding member" defined as?



:D

[dave_is_vh]

Originally posted by letsrock
This is all true. But MA was part of the band. Give the guy some credit. And he didnt stray from the fans or RORHOF induction.
Other than the clown no one else had the guts.

The RNR HOF is a total joke designed to separate you from your money.

[LoungeMachine]

Originally posted by Vinnie Velvet
.

We could get more technical.....just what is a "founding member" defined as?



:D

The four names on the original recording contract are the founding members.

Much like once you're married, those other fucks you had no longer matter.....

MiA is a founding member of the band that recorded VAN HALEN

:gulp:

[LoungeMachine]

Originally posted by dave_is_vh
The RNR HOF is a total joke designed to separate you from your money.

:rolleyes:

Not even worthy of a rebuttle.

:gulp:

[DrMaddVibe]

Originally posted by LoungeMachine
What's even funnier is the fact YOU needed to download the tabs to play that ......

:gulp:

Nice try, but you're wrong again.

Wanna hear something REALLY funny?



bassplayer is in the RRHOF...YOU'RE NOT!


All that stooge can do is pluck E-strings with his teeth and he's in. At least you wrote a couple of songs. They weren't very good, but you put all you effort into it. That's fucking funny. A schmuck like bassplayer is in there for something he didn't even help write and you still have to pay admission to get in the front door!

:lol: :lol: :rofl:

[LoungeMachine]

Originally posted by DrMaddVibe
Nice try, but you're wrong again.

Wanna hear something REALLY funny?



bassplayer is in the RRHOF...YOU'RE NOT!


All that stooge can do is pluck E-strings with his teeth and he's in. At least you wrote a couple of songs. They weren't very good, but you put all you effort into it. That's fucking funny. A schmuck like bassplayer is in there for something he didn't even help write and you still have to pay admission to get in the front door!

:lol: :lol: :rofl:

:confused:

So, you're calling me out for being less successful than MiA?

How low on the Rock and Roll Food Chain does that make YOU???

And for the record, I wouldn't have had to pay to get in, but YOU would have.

You really should reconsider cracking yourself up over me outselling you.

But hey, it's much easier to laugh when you've never made it yourself, right? :cool:

I still remember you asking me to send you some of the free gear manufacturers have sent me over the years.

You have to pay for gear, but can't get paid to play it.

But you want to put down people like me, or Michael Anthony? :confused:

I really can't understand where you're coming from with this.

But whatever. I'm happy with my career. It might be over, but I've got a body of work. You've just got work.

:gulp:

[VanHalener]

Originally posted by Vinnie Velvet
... We could get more technical.....just what is a "founding member" defined as?:D


Someone please correct me if I'm wrong (like I have to ask), but was it not Dave who suggested the band of the ages be called Van Halen?

Van Halen was founded that day.

Long live the mighty Van Halen!

Here's to Mark Stone and Mike Bass Player...
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Van Halen: The most complicated Rock & Roll equation in the known universe.

[ace diamond]

BLOODY FUCKING HELL......WHY ARE WE STILL DWEELING ON THIS SHIT?

[VanHalener]

Sorry ace, but it's an open pustulating sore.

[VanHalener]

I have 168 hours until I will see what I have waited so long to for, and it's not quite what I hoped for: yet, it's gonna freakin' rock!

Cut and dry would nice, but it just ain't so.

[ace diamond]

Originally posted by VanHalener
Sorry ace, but it's an open pustulating sore.

put some triple anti-septic ointment on it,cover it with a band aid, and leave it the fuck alone.

[VanHalener]

That shit burned, man.

I hope it works.http://i4.tinypic.com/2w1sdbn.gif

[Terry]

Suppose it's just as well MA is "totallt fine with it", since it was gonna happen without him, regardless of his feelings, blessings or misgivings.

In terms of him doing a solo album...well...can MA actually even WRITE a song?

Agreed he should drop going out as the "Other Half" (the other half of what, the third best Van Halen lineup - behind the classic one and the current incarnation?), regardless of if he continues to associate with Hagar or not.

Suppose I can also see why he continues to hang with Hagar, as well: clearly you're gonna want to gravitate towards someone who wants you around (Hagar), as opposed to those who don't (the Van Halens) or those who don't give a shit either way (Roth).

STILL sticks in my craw a bit that he wasn't asked to participate. Smacks of shabbiness on the part of the Van Halens. But I don't know much of the particulars of the 30-year association MA had with them (have read the conventional wisdom of what transpired, but am not confusing this with probable facts)...maybe, just maybe, MA was the real douchebag culprit in terms of the VH split...although I doubt it.

[BrownSound1]

Originally posted by naturochem
Are we talking Mammoth or VH?

Not to be a technical fuck, but didn't Stone get the axe in lieu of Sobolewski prior to the band being named Van Halen?

That's like saying "are we talking The New Yardbirds or Led Zeppelin?"...same fucking band. Or if you really wanted to get technical the original Led Zeppelin had Keith Moon and Jeff Beck in it, and it was Moon's idea for the name. (See Beck's Bolero on the Truth album)

I thought Mark Stone got the axe before they ever got Michael Anthony in for an audition. I could be wrong, and it doesn't really make a fuck since MA was playing with them when they got discovered. However, this "getting tired of Mike" shit with EVH goes waaay back to at LEAST the Fair Warning era. I've got an interview of Ed from when Diver Down was being done, and he's dogging Mike BIG time. Ed says Mike contributes nothing, but bought a new Porsche and remodelled his house on the money he made off of Van Halen.

So yeah, Mike may be the "every man" in that band, and a likeable guy and all, but these circumstances are a long time in the making. I really do feel sorry for him, because Ed and Al should have had the balls to tell him to his face...especially after all of these years together. Of course if Mike maybe had stood up for himself, then this might not have happened. Who knows?

[Halen High]

I don't believe Mike is "totally fine" with missing THE reunion. He's just accepted his days in VH are over.

And I agree with others who wish Mike would leave Hagar and go do his own thing. As THE bass player during the VH glory days, Mike has legendary status, and would do well to join up with some other legendary rockers and put out an album and tour.

[Panamark]

I still think the non-contact after Mom Van Halen's death
has a lot to do with this. Add that on top of Edwards thoughts
about MA's contributions all along, and the obvious alignment
with hagar, then throw in EVH's only son who can play bass
and sing...

Is anyone really that surprised ??

Seriously ??

Getting back to the technicalities and the founding member
deal, am I right in saying that Dave knew the brothers at
high school, before MA even came into the picture..

So technically, couldnt we even go back that far ??

[ALinChainz]

Originally posted by letsrock
Sounds like people here have no respect for a founding member of VH. Only at Rotharmy.

You're only at the Roth Army.

[LoungeMachine]

Originally posted by BrownSound1


, and it was Moon's idea for the name. (See Beck's Bolero on the Truth album)



For LZ?

It was Entwistle's

:gulp:

[letsrock]

Someone have phone records? Maybe he called. Maybe he didnt give a shit. I know I didnt.

[light 'em up!]

Originally posted by Panamark
Hey Mike Drop the "Other Half" crap with Hagar..

I agree. Hagar doesn't have the balls to offer Mikey Mona's job, so he concocts this half-assed amateurish idea that for all intent and purposes is a rip-off of Ed's music and an insult to VH and their fans. Moving on means moving past the Van Halen years Mike. Let it go bro. It's over.

Did I mention that Sam Hagar is a puss?

[Nitro Express]

The Van Halens fucked Mike up the ass with a pinapple. It's inexcusable what they did. I'm sure Roth would have preffered Mike up there to some 16 year old kid.

[jharp84]

Originally posted by LoungeMachine
:rolleyes:

Not even worthy of a rebuttle.

:gulp:

dON'T TAKE IT PERSONAL i BEEN THERE! :D

[jharp84]

Originally posted by Nitro Express
The Van Halens fucked Mike up the ass with a pinapple. It's inexcusable what they did. I'm sure Roth would have preffered Mike up there to some 16 year old kid.

I agree! But this is now! Dude I hope you see the show if ya haven't already! If I can only jack-off to 3 chicks instead of 4! I'm still gonna yank! SORRY! When your my age! Ya start to say FUCK -IT!! :daisy:

[chi-town324]

Juice, in fine form...u still up bro?

[jharp84]

yALSA! Everything cool w/you? Vicoden? Wisdom tooth? back? Or jacked on VH RE-UNION LIKE MOI!

[jharp84]

Oh and BTW Since "B' is still up too! I'm thinkin bout marryin a Van Halen Bunnie! @nd time always better! Sorry B Just checkin too see if your readin? Hey! Y a never Know!

[jharp84]

Originally posted by chi-town324
Juice, in fine form...u still up bro?

Homeboy! Can't wait to get the cd's out to tha gang! Then they party like US! :drive:

[letsrock]

Originally posted by Nitro Express
The Van Halens fucked Mike up the ass with a pinapple. It's inexcusable what they did. I'm sure Roth would have preffered Mike up there to some 16 year old kid.

Correction,

That pineapple didnt even has any lube. They did it dry.

[DrMaddVibe]

Originally posted by LoungeMachine
So, you're calling me out for being less successful than MiA?

Are YOU in there? It is what it is, isn't it.



Originally posted by LoungeMachine
How low on the Rock and Roll Food Chain does that make YOU???

I've never pretended to be a rockstar. There was a brief stint where I thought that's where I wanted to go, but I wised up and saw it for what it was. I'll take my career path with its steady income anyday over what 99.9% of rockstars make and be way ahead of them.



Originally posted by LoungeMachine
And for the record, I wouldn't have had to pay to get in, but YOU would have.

NOBODY gives a flying fuck about YOUR records. GET IT? GOT IT? YOU SUCK!


Originally posted by LoungeMachine
You really should reconsider cracking yourself up over me outselling you.
But hey, it's much easier to laugh when you've never made it yourself, right?

Find the quote where I even said I recorded anything? You won't. You like to talk smack about "your" Seattle Seahawks, you don't play professional football. I guess that doesn't make YOU qualified to know the game, the team or follow it huh?


Originally posted by LoungeMachine
I still remember you asking me to send you some of the free gear manufacturers have sent me over the years.

That's only because you were talking out of your ass. Put up or shut up Kip. If you're throwing equipment away then send it to me. Go back and read the thread.


Originally posted by LoungeMachine
You have to pay for gear, but can't get paid to play it.

I pay for what I want. I'm not a thief or a shill. Don't know how to break it to you, but on breif occasions...I've been paid too. The hitch is, I don't do it professionally. Its not how I chose to make a living.


Originally posted by LoungeMachine
But you want to put down people like me, or Michael Anthony? :confused:

Wha? You gonna start playa hatin' on "Beavis & Butthead" too? As far as bassplayer goes, show me where I've said anything glowing about his work here on the forum. You won't. To this day I still believe Gene Simmons is 100% the bass player that bassplayer is. He even has the solo work to show for it.


Originally posted by LoungeMachine
I really can't understand where you're coming from with this.

But whatever. I'm happy with my career. It might be over, but I've got a body of work. You've just got work.


No, I suppose you don't know where I'm coming from. Just like you don't know where your audience went. Just like you don't know how to crack the charts anymore. Just like you don't know me from the guy on the street.

You're happy with your "career", good. You had your go at it. Mine is STILL going. The dough still rolling in. The 401K still getting larger. The health benefits still there. The "perks", still in place. At the pace I've set for myself, I'll be able to retire in the Caribbean and not have to worry about a thing. Yeah, this work thing...whew I can see how you can't handle it. THAT'S why your "career" is over.

[thome]

A couple of you cats are skull fukked, these MF aren't half as upset or worried as you.

These MF rocked yesterday and they will rock today if they choose.

The hype is in the hands of the ones who dwell on MA and what's in his head.


All these MF are friends and just like lawyers and judges who fight all day in court they are all members of the same bar association and when the day is over they know that all thier fighting goes into the same retirement plan.

At the end of the day thay are all across the street drinking cocktails together.

Saying MA got fucked is BS .

This band the New VH is here to shut up and play.

Sit around worrying about each others past is for the ones who can't get out the door.

I am -looking forward- to this show.

I just hope the boys in the band are -looking forward- to bringin it down home.yes Sir!

[VanHalener]

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I am just fucking pissed of this morning.

[thome]

Originally posted by VanHalener
Post deleted


I am just fucking pissed of this morning.

Sorry if mine helped get you there.

I read yours and was like oops ...... dammit thome!

We are all passionate and have favorites all to ourselves.


Roth on.:cool:

[Vinnie Velvet]

Mike's interview style is very "Sammyesque".

Agree?

I think so.

Oh isn't it hilarious that Mike would even ATTEMPT at putting his own band together??

LMAO!!!

As Terry said, can Mike even WRITE a song??

Fucking hell. LOL.

[LoungeMachine]

Originally posted by chi-town324
Juice, in fine form...u still up bro?

Do you cats really need to turn every thread into a late night party chat room?

Exchange phone numbers and have drunken phone sex already...

:gulp:

[VanHalener]

Originally posted by thome
Sorry if mine helped get you there.

I read yours and was like oops ...... dammit thome!

We are all passionate and have favorites all to ourselves.


Roth on.:cool:

No man, I had a fight with a bro over the phone this morning and I let my anger trickle into here.
This is my oasis/happy place and I just fucked up a little with an angry post: I then deleted it.

Roth Army Motherfuckers! OW!

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[jharp84]

Originally posted by LoungeMachine
Do you cats really need to turn every thread into a late night party chat room?

Exchange phone numbers and have drunken phone sex already...

:gulp:

No argument here Lounge! Got "STUPID" Reasons! Not excuses! Still celebrating two VH shows from last week! Have to move my wife/stepkids out of the house this weekend! My bad! As Vanhalener said above! This site helps! I have been on a binge lately w/the bottle!

[ace diamond]

roth on juice

[jharp84]

Originally posted by LoungeMachine
Do you cats really need to turn every thread into a late night party chat room?

Exchange phone numbers and have drunken phone sex already...

:gulp:

It's 3:00 am and traffic slow! Pm me your phone and we make a video! :D

Couldn't resist YA FUCKIN MOD!! :bottle: