From VHND....Michael Anthony “Excited to Hear” News of Van Halen Recording

[Carloscda]

From ABC News Radio:

Former Van Halen bassist Michael Anthony says he’s “excited” that his former band are releasing new material. Producer John Shanks recently tweeted the message “Here we go kids…VH,” signifying that the band is finally starting to record a new album. Anthony said, “I’m looking forward to seeing what they’ll do,” adding that he has “no hard feelings” about his split from the band in 2005. He was replaced by Eddie Van Halen’s son, Wolfgang.

So, does Anthony and his former band mates keep in touch? Anthony admits he hasn’t spoken to any of the members of Van Halen since the end of their 2004 tour. He also says, “the tour did not end as harmoniously as we would have liked it to and it probably should have gone on longer than it did.” Still, Anthony wouldn’t be against having his band Chickenfoot open for VH should they go on tour — “I got no problem with that,” he says.

[ace diamond]

ya know what, M.A.S. is a class act.
Il'll give him that.
good on him for having class.
i salute him for that.

[Antman]

Bullshit. It's like saying you wish your ex wife/gf and her new husband/bf well.

[Antman]

What he really means is he'll leave Chickenfoot in a minute to hop on a bigger gravy train if asked back. And I for one would gladly take him back. Wolfie does not belong on stage with VH.

[Terry]

Sort of odd that Anthony would release such a statement unless he was, in fact, looking to ride the VH gravy train again somewhere down the line...and being that he has no communication with the band, maybe not so odd that he would have to relay such a message publicly.

[sadaist]

Anthony admits he hasn’t spoken to any of the members of Van Halen since the end of their 2004 tour.

Seems weird to spend such a large & important part of your life with 3 guys & then just stop all contact. Every week that goes by, that phone call is harder to make. I know. There's people I lost contact with for one reason or another & really should just swallow my pride & give them a call. How hard would it be for Mike to call Alex or Eddie or even Dave to congratulate them on the tour? Or album? Or just to say hey, I'm glad you are doing great & just wanted to say so.

The big problem is even if he were only calling to say hi, they will think it has some evil undertones like he wants to weasel his way back in to the band. Sad to lose life long mates like that. Dude can't even call to wish them a happy birthday or congratulate on a wedding. The wedding would have been a perfect opportunity to just send a short letter of congrats. Nothing more, nothing less.

[CROWBAR]

I see the situation as the complete opposite. To what good reason does Mike need to call them for? They shafted him, not the other way around. Ed owes him an apology for everything that went down. I'd tell Ed to fuck off if it were me.

[sadaist]

I see the situation as the complete opposite. To what good reason does Mike need to call them for? They shafted him, not the other way around. Ed owes him an apology for everything that went down. I'd tell Ed to fuck off if it were me.

The problem is we have a stalemate. The attitude of "fuck Ed. If he wants to apologize, he can call me." will never go anywhere. Sometimes even if you're right, you gotta be the one to make the move. Even if just to repair the friendship a little and at least be on speaking terms even if not ever to be in the band again.

Just sucks after all the years & shit these guys went through...from the back yard parties to selling out the US Fest in front of 300,000 people, dude can't even call a guy once a year to say happy birthday bro. How's life treating ya?

[kwame k]

Shit, Ed's been trying to throw bassplayer under the bus for years.......I know the interview was either posted here or at DDLR.com.....it's a phone interview with a coked up Ed during The DD tour, IIRC.

Anyways......he's always been pissed that bassplayer was making an equal share when he didn't, in Ed's eyes, merit it. Goes on about how he's remodeling his house or something like that off of Ed's music.

So Ed's resentment of bassplayer has been going on for years and when Ed finally figured a way to cut bassplayer out he did.

Eddie goes through best friends/friends like most be do with cars.....every 4 or 5 years.

[ShadowOfTheWave]

It's such a fucking shame but MA cannot come back because it would require Eddie firing his own son. It's going to be really fucking hard listening to a new VH record without his vocals, I think even the casual fans who don't know who he is will notice it. It would be easier for me to understand Eddie just being pissed off that Michael played with Sammy after he left and started talking shit about him. But Eddie didn't want him on the 2004 tour either, and this was after Alex apparently gave him permission to play with Sammy. To me it just seems like it was a convienent excuse to fire him. Also it pissed me off that Dave agreed to be a part of this bullshit lineup, just go on Youtube and see him and Sammy interviewed on Stern in 02 with Dave suggesting that Sammy bring Mike out regardless of the how the brothers felt. But Mike's an adult, and he knew these people more than any of us ever will. Maybe Dave felt betrayed that Mike played with Sam too? Probably not.

And that 3/4 original, 1/4 inevitable remark is one of the most disgusting things I've ever heard, whoever originally came up with it. Total bullshit.

[Don Corleone]

Shit, Ed's been trying to throw bassplayer under the bus for years.......I know the interview was either posted here or at DDLR.com.....it's a phone interview with a coked up Ed during The DD tour, IIRC.

Anyways......he's always been pissed that bassplayer was making an equal share when he didn't, in Ed's eyes, merit it. Goes on about how he's remodeling his house or something like that off of Ed's music.

So Ed's resentment of bassplayer has been going on for years and when Ed finally figured a way to cut bassplayer out he did.

Eddie goes through best friends/friends like most be do with cars.....every 4 or 5 years.

I remember that interview, and if I remember rightly Ed's comments were along the lines of "I can't rag too hard on Dave, he pulls his weight. But Mike doesn't contribute a think, he's just bought a Porsche and decorated his house off the back of my work"

The full comment is out there somewhere.

As for Mike making the call, he had the chance when Ed and Al's mother passed away to call up - apparently he never called to offer condolences. Dave on the other hand is said to have called up when old man Van Halen died, keep in mind this was at the height of his mud slinging with the brothers.

[kwame k]

Yep, that's the one...where he keeps saying you can't print that, don't print that, man.

[Fairwrning]

Anthony wouldn’t be against having his band Chickenfoot open for VH should they go on tour — “I got no problem with that,” he says.



I guess not..playing in front of 10,000 plus beats the hell out of the state fairs.

[CROWBAR]

The problem is we have a stalemate. The attitude of "fuck Ed. If he wants to apologize, he can call me." will never go anywhere. Sometimes even if you're right, you gotta be the one to make the move. Even if just to repair the friendship a little and at least be on speaking terms even if not ever to be in the band again.

Just sucks after all the years & shit these guys went through...from the back yard parties to selling out the US Fest in front of 300,000 people, dude can't even call a guy once a year to say happy birthday bro. How's life treating ya?

Once again, it wasn't Mike that pulled bullshit. It was Ed, all Ed. From the pettiness of photoshopping Mike off of two of their album covers on the official site to not having the balls to fire him face to face. Mike had to find out like everybody else did via the internet. Beyond childish if you ask me. I wouldn't even give Ed the time of day if I were Mike. I can understand Ed maybe not liking Mike but to try and deliberately erase the man from their history that he helped create is just bullshit.

Shit, Ed's been trying to throw bassplayer under the bus for years.......I know the interview was either posted here or at DDLR.com.....it's a phone interview with a coked up Ed during The DD tour, IIRC.

Anyways......he's always been pissed that bassplayer was making an equal share when he didn't, in Ed's eyes, merit it. Goes on about how he's remodeling his house or something like that off of Ed's music.

So Ed's resentment of bassplayer has been going on for years and when Ed finally figured a way to cut bassplayer out he did.

Eddie goes through best friends/friends like most be do with cars.....every 4 or 5 years.

True, all of that, but what's always struck me about Ed supposedly wanting to get another bass player all those years is why the fuck didn't he then? He could have dropped the hammer anytime he wanted to, but didn't. Makes you wonder why when him and Al are basically the bosses. Also, when they were young and trying to get a record deal and knew probably next to nothing about the music industry and the sharks involved in it, they most likely had this "all for one and one for all" attitude back then and saw nothing wrong with splitting it four ways. It was only until years later when Ed started bitching about that. His own damn fault in my opinion. Oddly enough, no one ever mentions Alex in any of that. When did he ever write anything? Then what does Ed do while Hag was in the band? He had them restructure their contract and shafted Dave out of certain royalties if memory serves me correct. Dave got pissed off when he found out and sued the VH Bros over that. Ed's far from being this innocent little lamb. Everything all comes back to Ed. He's the Boss.

As for Mike making the call, he had the chance when Ed and Al's mother passed away to call up - apparently he never called to offer condolences. Dave on the other hand is said to have called up when old man Van Halen died, keep in mind this was at the height of his mud slinging with the brothers.

It amazes me that people still bring this up after all this time. How does anyone really know if Mike did or didn't call him then? We don't, unless you believe a then drunken "crying in his beer" Ed. Really, why should Mike have called when for all we know Mike may not have really known the woman all that well? At the time, they (Mike and Ed) were at odds with each other, and not on speaking terms. Life goes on. How do we know if Dave called over that either while I'm at it? That's right, we don't. Certain things we aren't privy to, as it should be. When my old man died, there were people close to him that never called or offered condolences, but that doesn't mean they meant anything by not doing so. Nobody in my family took it wrongly. Maybe they couldn't express it. Who knows? Why sit around and bitch about it?

[Hardrock69]

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