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VHND’s Exclusive Interview with Michael Anthony (Complete)

by VHND — updated April 23, 2014 44 Comments

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Here’s our complete exclusive interview with Michael Anthony, conducted last month in Cabo (Oct, 2008). All 8 parts are embedded below, for your listening pleasure…

When we announced that we were going to have an exclusive interview with ex-Van Halen bass player, Michael Anthony, we asked people to give us their questions to use in the interview for Michael . This led to the biggest response to a story we’ve ever had, with over 400 people posting a comment and giving us their own question for him!

We hooked up with Mad Anthony at his hotel down in Cabo during Sammy Hagar’s birthday bash last month. He had a lot to say about his new band, his old band, his hobbies, etc. The interview ended up being about an hour, and we’re going to spread it out for you all over the next couple weeks. Here are the first two segments. There’s a lot more to come. We hope you enjoy the interview!

A big thanks to Michael Anthony, and to all the loyal VHND readers who submitted their questions!

Part 1 —  Michael’s NEW band with Sammy Hagar, Joe Satriani, and Chad Smith. Code name, “Chickenfoot”:

Part 2 — Van Halen bootlegs and unreleased footage:

Part 3 — Van Halen:

Part 4 — Van Halen, continued

Part 5 — The internet, newest VH books, Michael’s basses:

Part 6 — Hot Sauce, Mad Anthony Xpress

Part 7 — Misc.:

Part 8 — Rock bands & fans:

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