Michael Anthony has opened up about his relationship with former Van Halen bandmate David Lee Roth. Whereas the bassist insists he has nothing in opposition to the singer, he describes the frontman as “form of a loopy man.”
In July, Anthony will head out on the “Better of All Worlds” tour alongside Sammy Hagar, Joe Satriani, and Jason Bonham. The all-star outfit shall be performing Van Halen songs from all eras of the band on the North American outing.
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A pair years in the past, a special tour honoring the late Eddie Van Halen was being deliberate that might have seen Anthony and Satriani enjoying alongside Roth and Alex Van Halen, with ex-Metallica bassist Jason Newsted additionally reported to be concerned. That outing by no means materialized, and Anthony reveals he hasn’t spoken with Roth since.
In a Q&A on the Rock ‘N’ Roll Fantasy Camp final month in a video simply posted on YouTube (transcribed by Blabbermouth), Anthony mentioned the deliberate tribute tour, in addition to his present relationship with Roth.
“I haven’t spoken with Dave in fairly a while,” mentioned Anthony. “The final time I truly spoke with him was when [there was talk] a couple of attainable reunion factor. It’s actually loopy as a result of I hadn’t heard something about Jason Newsted coming into the fold. And I acquired a name from Alex and Dave from [manager] Irving Azoff’s workplace some years again asking about my ideas on doing a reunion, a tour. And Joe Satriani was gonna be the guitar participant. And that was in all probability the final time I talked to Dave. That was — God, I don’t know — about just a few years in the past now. I neglect — one thing like that.”