From MusicRadar.com:
Michael Anthony chooses his six best
From big hits to even bigger hits, Michael Anthony’s provided the foundation
“Being a bass player is like being Rodney Dangerfield,” says Michael Anthony. “The bottom line is, no matter how great we play, we don’t get no respect!”
He laughs and adds: “But hey, I’m used to it. I’ve played alongside Eddie Van Halen and Joe Satriani. Really, when you’re sharing the stage with dudes that amazing, who’s going to look at the bass player? It’s just not done!”
Until now. MusicRadar caught up with the Rock And Roll Hall Of Famer and asked him to single out the six albums that have most defined his career. And while Anthony might not get the same respect of the axe slingers he backs up, with the amount of gold and platinum that line his walls, he sure must be doing something right.
1/6
Van Halen (1978)
Van Halen
Eddie Van Halen, Alex Van Halen, David Lee Roth and Michael Anthony were four upstarts from Pasadena when Warner Brothers head Mo Ostin and in-house producer Ted Templeman caught their show at the Starwood Club in LA. Soon, employees at record stores everywhere would hear a certain hammer-on pattern over and over again…
“Even though we had gigged steadily for a couple of years, we didn’t have a ton of material, so we basically just took our live show and all the songs we knew and went for it. The whole album took a couple of weeks.
“Ted Templeman wanted to make a big, powerful guitar record, and he had all he needed in what Eddie was doing. He fell in love with Ed’s playing. Eruption wasn’t written out or anything. Eddie was just
