While the crowds may not be as big with Hagar, the music will probably be better at the Other Half gigs. Michael Anthony also revealed that he hasn’t spoken to Eddie Van Halen since the end of Van Halen’s last tour in 2004. While Anthony has some reservations about Wolfgang Van Halen’s replacing him in the band, he wishes the kid the best:
“I know in the past there’s been a lot of fighting and drama, but I’m not into all of that, especially now,” he said. “And I’m not going to sit there and whine about it and call these guys mother——s and the whole bit. It is what it is, and if [Eddie] wants his kid to play with him, fine. But they’re really throwing him into the lion’s den right off the bat. This is going to be a tough enough tour for those three guys, having not played for so long, and then throwing [Wolfgang] in the mix? … I hope he does OK. It’s sad that the fans aren’t going to see the original lineup.”
Anthony also addressed the incident where his face was removed from the cover of an old Van Halen album that was placed on the band’s revamped website:
“When I went on the Web site, that was probably more upsetting than anything else,” he said. “On the first album especially, they replaced my picture with a picture of Wolfgang, and I was like, ‘What’s someone trying to do here?’ I am proud of Van Halen’s history, be it good or bad or whatever. I love everything about the band. I guess the fans spoke out, because the next day, they changed it back. I really don’t know what to say to that. If that’s the way they want to play it out, then that’s the way they’ll play it out.”
Van Halen begins their tour on September 27th, while the Other Half tour kicks off on October 19th. We’ll still believe David Lee Roth is a member of Van Halen, when we see it.
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Does Michael Anthony look like a member of the Giambi family in this pic or is that just me? Test that guy’s urine.
He DOES look like a mix between Jason and Jeremy.
it’s kind of tough to tell without a syringe.