CHICKENFOOT Bassist Michael Anthony - "I Never Quit VAN HALEN"
June 3, 2009, 15 years ago
The following story is courtesy of Joe Bosso from Musicradar.com:
"I never quit VAN HALEN," says bassist Michael Anthony, who is now part of the red-hot supergroup CHICKENFOOT. "No way. And the funny thing is, I don't even know why the subject is coming up anymore."The reason stems from a recent interview guitarist Eddie Van Halen gave to Rolling Stone - the guitarist was asked if he had heard Chickenfoot, which in addition to Anthony, includes former Van Halen singer Sammy Hagar.
"I'm too busy doing my own thing," Van Halen said, who then, completely unprovoked, went into this tirade: "The funny thing is that everyone who quits the band always claims they got fired by me. Hey, I'm not the bad guy here. "When Hagar left the band, Mike went with him," Van Halen continued. "Then when we get back together with Dave, and all of a sudden, he wants back in. It's like, 'No, dude, you quit the band.' So my son became the bass player. But we didn't give Mike the boot to have my son play."Michael Anthony, speaking exclusively to MusicRadar, disputes Van Halen's assertions. "Why would I have quit Van Halen? It never happened. And what's weird is, he was being asked about Chickenfoot, whether he had heard us or not, and suddenly he launches into this thing about me quitting the group. What does one thing even have to do with the other?"
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