School Of Rock with Michael Anthony
From: Mad Anthony Cafe:
Mad Anthony was a special guest of the Paul Green School of Rock when they performed a Van Halen tribute concert at the Knitting Factory in Hollywood, CA on October 4. Michael joined the students to jam on two hard rocking songs from VH’s 1978 debut album - “I’m the One” and “Atomic Punk.”
“It was an honor and a pleasure to hang out with the kids and watch them play the VH songs!! They TOTALLY blew me away with how well they played! The School of Rock is a great organization for teaching kids the music and how to be comfortable getting up in front of an audience to perform.” - Mad Anthony
The Paul Green School of Rock is the original and premier performance-based rock music school in the country for kids 7-18. Founded on Green’s original program of weekly, individualized instruction sessions augmented by rigorous group rehearsals, the Paul Green School of Rock effectively motivates students to practice—driven by frequent performances where they discover that how hard they work leads directly to applause, the most beautiful music of all. Each year, the 43 School of Rock branches around the country give more than 1,000 concerts at established venues including The Whisky, BB King’s and Carnegie Hall and at festivals such as Lollapalooza, Austin City Limits, Zappanale and the School of Rock Festival. The School’s All-Stars have performed with Alice Cooper, Eddie Vedder, Robby Krieger and Perry Farrell among others, and have toured with Jon Anderson of Yes as his featured back-up band. Founded in 1998, the Paul Green School of Rock Music was the subject of the documentary Rock School, which regularly airs on A&E since its debut at Sundance in 2005. The School also served as the apparent inspiration for the Jack Black hit comedy, School of Rock.
“I’m The One” with Michael:
“Atomic Punk” with Michael:
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October 16th, 2008 at 9:08 am
Have you seen junior’s grades?
Seems the kids need a little more practice but not too god awful. There was not much charisma there.
October 16th, 2008 at 9:37 am
Watching this is better than watching John Mayer.
October 16th, 2008 at 10:01 am
You can truly tell a person who likes to be around the fans. You would never see Eddie or Alex doing anything like this. Michael and Sammy are good at this; Sammy and Michael always make themselves available to the fan and they always seem to have fun doing it. Eddie or Alex only seem to make appearances where they are promoting a product or getting paid.
Thank God for people like Michael and Sammy.
October 16th, 2008 at 11:00 am
No, Eddie and Alex would never do something like this.
They’d just put a teenager to play in VH.
October 16th, 2008 at 1:41 pm
Was the person shooting the video for Atomic Punk having an epileptic seizure? Just asking!!
The reason you see Sammy and Mike doing all this stuff, is not for the FANS, it’s so people will remember WHO IN THE HELL they are!!!!! Kinda like Brittany Spears!!!!
October 16th, 2008 at 2:21 pm
Just another example of why Mikey will always be a fan favorite.
October 16th, 2008 at 6:26 pm
It’s nice to see Michael involved with America’s youth in a positive way. What is more important is that there are some kids out there who genuinely appreciate good music!
October 16th, 2008 at 7:44 pm
Trust everyone knows who Michael and Sammy are. There the kinda of people who dont mind helping out and giving there time to help others. I dont recall seeing Eddie or Alex, or David Lee Roth at the Rock N Roll Hall of Fame.
October 16th, 2008 at 10:22 pm
still great to hear Mike’s backround vocals, nobody can do that like him…classic sound of Van Halen, man wish we can hear him back with the boys…..
October 17th, 2008 at 9:01 am
Mike has the highest voice surrounded by a bunch of children!
Time to lose the ape drape Mike!
October 17th, 2008 at 5:57 pm
Mike is the stellar person and it slways shows.