Music News, Reviews, and Gossip on Idolator.com » Michael Anthony http://idolator.com Music News, Reviews, and Gossip on Idolator.com Sat, 11 Feb 2012 01:30:17 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 en hourly 1 Chickenfoot Out To Prove To The World That The One-Two Punch Of Sammy Hagar And Joe Satriani Is Recession-Proof http://idolator.com/5236052/chickenfoot-out-to-prove-to-the-world-that-the-one-two-punch-of-sammy-hagar-and-joe-satriani-is-recession-proof http://idolator.com/5236052/chickenfoot-out-to-prove-to-the-world-that-the-one-two-punch-of-sammy-hagar-and-joe-satriani-is-recession-proof#comments Wed, 27 May 2009 18:00:42 +0000 Maura http://idolator.com/?p=5236052 Are people really clamoring for the album by the Joe Satriani/Sammy Hagar/Michael Anthony/Chad Smith collaboration known as Chickenfoot? People seem to think so; the release of their debut album has been pushed up to next Friday, June 5, and the band will be on the now-Conan-hosted Tonight that same day. One wonders why a release date is important at all, since in the above clip the always-in-the-know Sammy Hagar mutters something about all the fans in attendance "steal[ing] that shit anyway," but I guess I shouldn't question the business acumen of a notorious beverage mogul. [Blabbermouth] More »]]>
Are people really clamoring for the album by the Joe Satriani/Sammy Hagar/Michael Anthony/Chad Smith collaboration known as Chickenfoot? People seem to think so; the release of their debut album has been pushed up to next Friday, June 5, and the band will be on the now-Conan-hosted Tonight that same day. One wonders why a release date is important at all, since in the above clip the always-in-the-know Sammy Hagar mutters something about all the fans in attendance “steal[ing] that shit anyway,” but I guess I shouldn’t question the business acumen of a notorious beverage mogul. [Blabbermouth]

]]> 6 Van Halen Would Like To Thank You For All That Money http://idolator.com/395111/van-halen-would-like-to-thank-you-for-all-that-money http://idolator.com/395111/van-halen-would-like-to-thank-you-for-all-that-money#comments Thu, 05 Jun 2008 04:00:00 +0000 anthonyjmiccio eb01e739104f94b666b7cd8470b406b1 Despite Eddie's rehab stint turning a summer tour into a fall tour, despite Eddie's health (and rumors of a feud with the band) causing postponements later in the tour, and despite replacing their bassist of more than 25 years with Eddie's frikkin' child (who looks more like the child of Valerie Bertinelli and Danny Partridge), the recent Van Halen reunion tour made a whopping $93 million plus, easily making it the top grossing tour in the band's history. All that's currently planned for the future is a live DVD and a spot on Guitar Hero World Tour, but I'd be surprised if Dave and Eddie won't at least try to work up some new material, only to split again when Dave changes Eddie's song "The Dream Of Love" to "Wolfie and The Hand Jive."

More »]]> AP080523032599.jpgDespite Eddie’s rehab stint turning a summer tour into a fall tour, despite Eddie’s health (and rumors of a feud with the band) causing postponements later in the tour, and despite replacing their bassist of more than 25 years with Eddie’s frikkin’ child (who looks more like the child of Valerie Bertinelli and Danny Partridge), the recent Van Halen reunion tour made a whopping $93 million plus, easily making it the top grossing tour in the band’s history. All that’s currently planned for the future is a live DVD and a spot on Guitar Hero World Tour, but I’d be surprised if Dave and Eddie won’t at least try to work up some new material, only to split again when Dave changes Eddie’s song “The Dream Of Love” to “Wolfie and The Hand Jive.”

Meanwhile, Michael Anthony and Sammy Hagar had an understandable response to the news of Van Halen’s success at the last date of the recent tour.

(OK, this was actually taken in 2004, but talk about prescient.)

Van Halen Tour Grosses More Than $93 Mil [Billboard]
Wolfgang Van Halen getting “beat up” at the LA concert. [YouTube]

]]> 2 Van Hagar Spin-Off Could Be The New Led Zeppelin http://idolator.com/393956/van-hagar-spin-off-could-be-the-new-led-zeppelin http://idolator.com/393956/van-hagar-spin-off-could-be-the-new-led-zeppelin#comments Thu, 29 May 2008 05:00:00 +0000 anthonyjmiccio 4a04efba69585b79e067d68440470765 Chickenfoot is go! The supergroup, led by Sammy Hagar, will also bring together fellow former Van Haleneer Michael Anthony, wank wizard Joe Satriani, and Red Hot Chili Pepper Chad Smith for an album, and Hagar could not be more pumped. "When people hear the music, it's Led Zeppelin. It's as good as that. I know that's a mighty bold statement...We could rival Zep." Dude, I love Led Zeppelin! This is great news! I was totally telling someone the other day that we needed a new Led Zeppelin, and here comes Sammy Hagar with a bottle of tequila, saying that he's got one. I haven't been this stoked since Walking To Clarksdale.

More »]]> AP070312024386.jpgChickenfoot is go! The supergroup, led by Sammy Hagar, will also bring together fellow former Van Haleneer Michael Anthony, wank wizard Joe Satriani, and Red Hot Chili Pepper Chad Smith for an album, and Hagar could not be more pumped. “When people hear the music, it’s Led Zeppelin. It’s as good as that. I know that’s a mighty bold statement…We could rival Zep.” Dude, I love Led Zeppelin! This is great news! I was totally telling someone the other day that we needed a new Led Zeppelin, and here comes Sammy Hagar with a bottle of tequila, saying that he’s got one. I haven’t been this stoked since Walking To Clarksdale.

Chickenfoot’s been in the works for a while; in 2007, after some jam sessions between Smith, Anthony and the Red Rocker, Hagar made this bold statement to Spinner.com: “The band is like Cream, without the jazz, and with funk mixed in. We’ll get up, do a verse of a song and then just go for 20 minutes. It’s pretty great.” Maybe Led Zep will let this funky, jazz-free Cream open for them!

Think they got the name from Prison Break?

SAMMY HAGAR Talks Tequila; Video Available [Blabbermouth]
Chicken Foot Sammy [YouTube]

]]> 20 Van Halen Webmasters Put Michael Anthony Back In His Place http://idolator.com/289637/van-halen-webmasters-put-michael-anthony-back-in-his-place http://idolator.com/289637/van-halen-webmasters-put-michael-anthony-back-in-his-place#comments Wed, 15 Aug 2007 01:43:42 +0000 Maura a5b237942e4694880db8fcc3e7470d82 Purists breathe easy: Yesterday's fiasco involving a version of the cover to Van Halen I where new bassist Wolfgang Van Halen was swapped in for estranged bassist Michael Anthony has ended, and the real cover is now up on the site.

More »]]> vanhalenreal.jpgPurists breathe easy: Yesterday’s fiasco involving a version of the cover to Van Halen I where new bassist Wolfgang Van Halen was swapped in for estranged bassist Michael Anthony has ended, and the real cover is now up on the site.

No doubt when the “real” site launches next month, the band’s Internet consultants will figure out a design that isn’t as dependent on flogging the past, especially since David Lee Roth keeps shooting off his mouth about how this is a “new band”–so technically the set list for this tour will be made up of only cover songs. Does that mean that “California Girls” has a shot of making the set list?

Van-Halen.com [Official site]
Earlier: Van Halen’s Official Site Places Wolfgang In Time Machine

]]> 6 http://idolator.com/276427/276427 http://idolator.com/276427/276427#comments Mon, 09 Jul 2007 07:18:01 +0000 Maura 81a4a4f5033abe839a22ee13a8450ea8 More »]]> hagar.jpgFresh off his Cabo Wabo payday, Sammy Hagar beats David Lee Roth-led version of Van Halen to the punch, announces fall tour dates. Opening? Michael Anthony! [Blabbermouth]

]]> 0 http://idolator.com/389412/389412 http://idolator.com/389412/389412#comments Mon, 09 Jul 2007 07:18:01 +0000 Maura 81a4a4f5033abe839a22ee13a8450ea8 More »]]> hagar.jpgFresh off his Cabo Wabo payday, Sammy Hagar beats David Lee Roth-led version of Van Halen to the punch, announces fall tour dates. Opening? Michael Anthony! [Blabbermouth]

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