As bassist and backing vocalist with Van Halen, Michael Anthony was a quarter of one of the greatest rock’n’roll bands the ...

Roth was aware of the curiosity Eddie’s guitar playing was creating. Anthony says the frontman was concerned other guitarists would copy Eddie’s style and make their mark before Van Halen could.

On bass was Eddie Van Halen's son, Wolfgang. Michael Anthony names his one regret about Van Halen But Anthony doesn't admit to regretting missing out on the chance to play on that record.

"If I was dead and they needed someone to play, that's one thing, but to me this is not a reunion." To make matters even worse, Van Halen excluded Anthony from its final album in 2012, A Different ...

But as former Van Halen bass guitar player Michael Anthony says, ... California, and that was one place where we could play original stuff,” Anthony says. “And we opened up for UFO there.