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Michael Anthony and Eddie Van Halen (1955 - 2020), both of the group Van Halen, perform onstage at the Jacksonville Coliseum, Jacksonville, Florida
How Michael Anthony went from playing backyard parties to sellout crowds with Van Halen

By Nick Wells Published

From humble beginnings to one of rock’s biggest bands, Michael Anthony revisits the defining moments of his Van Halen story

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Alex Van Halen says they tried to recruit Michael Anthony for Van Halen’s David Lee Roth reunion

By Phil Weller Published

Wolfgang Van Halen would take Anthony’s place, but he didn’t get the gig because of “family influences,” the drummer says

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Michael Anthony, Sammy Hagar, Eddie Van Halen perform at the Boston Garden, Boston, MA on August 14, 1986
Michael Anthony on how the new Van Halen album should be finished

By Matt Owen Published

The former VH bassist has had his say on the upcoming record, which is being worked on by Alex Van Halen and Steve Lukather

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Jaco Pastorius (1951 - 1987) performing with Weather Report at the Auditorium Theater in Chicago, Illinois, February 9, 1980. . American Rock musician Michael Anthony, of the group Van Halen, performs onstage at the Rosemont Horizon, Rosemont, Illinois, March 15, 1986.
When Michael Anthony met the self-proclaimed “greatest bass player in the world”, Jaco Pastorius

By Nick Wells Published

How the accidental meeting of two of the ’70s and ’80s greatest bass icons – neither recognised by the other – came about in a Tokyo hotel

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Rock musicians Michael Anthony and Eddie Van Halen (1955 - 2020), both of the group Van Halen, perform onstage.
The lead single from Van Halen’s 1991 album with Sammy Hagar combines a thunderous bassline with a revved-up power drill

By Chris Jisi Published

Michael Anthony’s 16th-note bass grooves remained as much a part of the “Van Hagar” sound as Eddie Van Halen’s guitar pyrotechnics

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Michael Anthony bassist for Van Halen performs at the Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome during the Monsters of Rock concert in Minneapolis, Minnesota on July 13, 1988.
Described as the 4-string equivalent of painting with a sledgehammer, Van Halen’s Ultra Bass was not your typical bass solo

By Jim Roberts Published

Michael Anthony’s Yamaha BB2000 would get rebuilt after every show following his foundation-shaking solo spot

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(L-R) Sammy Hagar and Joe Satriani perform onstage during the 2025 iHeartRadio Music Festival at T-Mobile Arena on September 19, 2025 in Las Vegas, Nevada
Sammy Hagar is touring the UK for the first time since 1996 – and bringing Joe Satriani and Van Halen's Michael Anthony with him

By Janelle Borg Published

Hagar will bring his Best of All Worlds tour – a celebration of his five-decade career and musical legacy – across the pond in 2026

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John Paul Jones, John Bonham and Jimmy Page of Led Zeppelin perform live on stage at Gladsaxe Teen Club, Copenhagen, Denmark, 15th March 1969
Why The Lemon Song is John Paul Jones’ finest moment in Led Zeppelin

By Chris Jisi Published

The third cut from 1969's Led Zeppelin II is considered the peak of John Paul Jones’ melodic, harmonic, and rhythmic brilliance

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The song Sammy Hagar wrote with Joe Satriani after dreaming about Eddie Van Halen is here

By Phil Weller Published

The singer says the song is meant as a “thank you” to the late virtuoso

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L-R) Sammy Hagar and Joe Satriani perform onstage during Metallica's All Within My Hands Foundation Presented by the Helping Hands Concert And Auction 2024 at YouTube Theater on December 13, 2024 in Inglewood, California
Sammy Hagar set to release track inspired by a dream he had about Eddie Van Halen, co-written with Joe Satriani

By Janelle Borg Published

Encore, Thank You, Goodnight also features Michael Anthony on bass and is meant to be a celebration of the unforgettable chapter they shared in Van Halen

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