Report: Did VAN HALEN Remove Michael Anthony From Album Art On Their Web Site?
August 15, 2007, 17 years ago
RollingStone.com has issued the following report from Erica Futterman:
Over the past twenty-four hours, VAN HALEN fans have been mulling over the latest development in the band’s reunion saga: A poster on a music-industry message board pointed out that in the wake of the band’s tour announcement, the Van Halens seemed to have airbrushed original bassist Michael Anthony out of older album covers on their official website and replaced him with their newest member: Eddie Van Halen’s son, Wolfgang.
The swap was evident on the lower right of the cover of the band’s self-titled debut (which came out thirteen years before Wolfgang was born), and the group shot for Women And Children First had been removed entirely.
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