Full New Michael Anthony Interview

[POJO_Risin]

Many thoughts on this...

1. To me...this is old news...pretty much everything I expected. I WOULD fucking LOVE to hear the Dave deal with VH...and all the other stuff...loved hearing Anthony talking about the magic coming right back when they played the old tunes.

2. As I've said many fucking times...it takes two to tango...and both these fuckers have numerous issues that are beyond each other. Personally, this shit is so fucking old...I can't believe that we are still talking about it...and still reading about it...

You never know...who will wake up on the right side of the bed 2 or 3 years from now...

of course...at that point...they'll be playing the Pointe' Von Ridaow festival in upstate whogivesafuckville...

[Terry]

Why the fuck is it that the Van Halens and now Anthony always have to blather something about Dave not being humble enough for their tastes, and his ego being too overwhelming for a reunion to happen?

They must have forgotten that it was Roth's ego and lack of humility that helped get CVH noticed in the first place ("Why be humble? You're not that good.").

This is just lame code phrases for "Dave isn't going to kiss our asses to get back into the band".

If Anthony and the sisters were smart, they'd be kissing Dave's ass about now. I don't want a meek Roth being treated like some sort of supplicant by the Van Halens to make a reunion happen.

Fucking cunts.

[degüello]

All that shit just bums me right the fuck out. The image of Dave bringing in music to the sessions, trying to get things going, the brothers hating it... just makes me fucking sad.

And the shit about making MA a lesser-paid employee, just fucking ridiculous.

Arrgghh...

[degüello]

On a side note, the "Other Half" thing with MA and Hagar is just goddamn pathetic.

[Halen High]

Despite this story I still have hopes for a CVH reunion! I’m not giving up yet.

A very interesting interview to say the least but lets keep Mike’s comments about Dave in perspective.

Mike is very much pro-Sammy Hagar. Always has been. They are the best of friends and obviously Mike relates to Sammy a lot more than he ever did with Dave who is a very different personality. So it’s predictable that Mike lays most of the blame on Dave for the CVH reunion not happening.

When Mike states Dave’s ‘ego just wouldn’t let it happen’, he is probably talking about Dave’s reluctance to be subservient to Eddie and Alex, as either a contributor to the song writing process, the design of the band’s videos and imagery, or financially. Remember Eddie’s comments at the time about everything looking pretty positive about getting back together until the lawyers got involved? I just think the brothers weren’t prepared to let Dave come back as an equal, which Mike can’t understand. Mike might be prepared to be a hired gun but Dave won’t. That’s because Dave puts a significantly greater value on himself.

And after what happened in 1996 I highly doubt Dave got together with the brothers and Mike, and started acting like an egomaniac. That’s just ridiculous. He would have been desperate for it to work out.

I’m not saying Dave shouldn’t compromise in some areas. But how do we know he wasn’t prepared to do just that to at least a reasonable level? We really need to hear Dave’s perspective on all this because we are only getting a part of the story here.

And isn't it interesting that the brothers, and I presume Mike, can all get back together in the studio with Dave and record almost an entire CVH album, but with Sammy it's just three abysmal tracks, minus Mike, and it was never going to be anything more than that. It's pretty obvious the brothers had very little motivation for a Van Hagar reunion. Like I said at the time it was a 'reunion' born out of desperation. They never really wanted to do it and we could all see that in the lack of effort put into the whole thing.

[DlocRoth]

Nice one, Halen High....

That's the point.

3 shitty songs taking forever with Hagar....

Almost an entire album?? with Dave that will never see the light of day.......

Idgits...all of em...

[guwapo_rocker]

Thanks for that Bug.

[DlocRoth]

Ed is afraid to be great again...

That's the problem.

[PlexiBrown]

Eddie's addictions + Roth's ego = No VH reunion ever.

If Eddie stays on his current path and makes it to 55 years old I will be shocked.

It is bad enough when a band wastes time but this band has wasted decades. Who gets fucked........THE FANS!

My prediction is that Michael Anthony and Sammy Hagar will eventually get married.

[Howlin' Wolf]

This Michael Anthony thread got me howlin' at the moon. Who cares what The Ox says about The Who? I want to hear the story from Roger and Pete. Maybe even Moon the Loon. But not Entwistle.

I can't believe that Mikey would 'tell off' Roth, either. And if Roth has such a huge ego--he just sat there and agreed with the bass player?

If you see me howlin', callin' on my dowlin'.

[Dirty Duck]

Originally posted by Big Troubles
I agree with Brett on this one. Bot Dave and Ed are the ones fucking things up. Ed's greed and Daves ego. The bass player has always been an easy target, but really, the only thing I dont like about him is his "twirling on his back, wearing a cape breakdance" when doing his solo. As for Al, I believe Mike when he said Al is anxious to just do some work, whether they do some of Dave's "new" radical stuff or just fucking play old classic shit.

Dave needs a reality check and Edward needs to be told that he has enough money now and it is supposed to be about the fans that made them, not how much money they can make.

...and I agree with Big Troubles. I have never had a problem with Mike Anthony...never. To be honest I think he's a fair guy. If what he say's is TRUE then Dave has got to get his fucking act together. The ego shit can be understandable at times...what fuckin' rock star doesnt have one? But enough is enough. Cut the shit and get your acts together guys. I'm not waiting until im in my 40's to see a reunion...
and i dont know about seeing these guys in their 60's eiether.

[PlexiBrown]

I would sure like to hear that stuff they recorded with Roth.

[PlexiBrown]

R.I.P. Van Halen. They blew it.

[DavidLeeNatra]

I guess it's easier to bring peace to israel and palastine than to get dave and ed to work together...

[Full Bug]

Originally posted by PlexiBrown

My prediction is that Michael Anthony and Sammy Hagar will eventually get married.