During a recent interview with Ultimate Guitar, Michael Anthony was asked what he thought of David Lee Roth’s first full-length solo album Eat ‘Em and Smile.
“That’s a great album,” Anthony told Ultimate Guitar‘s Greg Prato. “I mean, I’m friends with Billy [Sheehan]. And Steve [Vai]. Obviously, they’re both great frickin’ players. It was great. At first, my thoughts were, ‘Is Dave just trying to put together a band to try to kick our ass? To try to put together the best players that he could get?’ Because obviously, between Gregg [Bissonette] and Steve and Billy, shit right there, you got some great musicianship. But I thought it was good. The playing was great on that album. Those guys are all great. And on top of that, it was just Dave being Dave.”