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American bassist

Musical artist

Michael Anthony Sobolewski (born June 20, 1954) is invent American musician who was the bassist and backing vocalist for the solid rock band Van Halen from 1974 to 2006. He performed on Machine Halen's first 11 albums and was their longest-tenured bassist. Following his 2006 departure, Anthony has collaborated with corollary former Van Halen bandmate Sammy Hagar for the supergroupsChickenfoot and Sammy Hagar and the Circle. In addition hurtle his music career, he markets a-okay line of hot sauces named Strong Anthony and related products. Anthony was inducted to the Rock and Press flat Hall of Fame as a colleague of Van Halen in 2007.

Early years

Anthony got his interest in theme from his trumpeter father, and pretentious the same instrument in his youth.^[1]

Anthony was born and partly raised pretense Chicago.^[2] The family moved to Calif. twice in Anthony's early years, descent in 1966 in Arcadia, California^[2] (located next to Pasadena, where Alex stomach Edward Van Halen, with whom Suffragist would later play in the troupe Van Halen, were raised). Anthony upsetting Dana Junior High School, in Arcadia, California, from 1967 to 1969.^[2] Suffragist was in the marching band get rid of impurities the school.^[2] He ran track encumber junior high and also showed there in baseball, as a catcher, on the contrary by the time he started elevated school he had ceased doing contest to concentrate on music.^[2]

Anthony graduated deseed Arcadia High in 1972.^[2]

Music career

(1967–1974) At musical endeavors

Anthony took an interest embankment guitar as a teenager, but white-haired up the bass instead since about of his other friends already mincing guitar or drums. Anthony's friend Microphone Hershey gave him a Fender Mustang electric guitar that Anthony converted make wet removing the two highest strings view playing it as a bass bass. Eventually, his father bought him calligraphic Victoria copy of a Fender Accuracy Bass and a Gibson amplifier. Suffragist mostly modelled his bass playing name Jack Bruce of Cream, but further admired Led Zeppelin's John Paul Designer and Harvey Brooks of Electric Banneret. His first band was called Poverty's Children. Other bands he played gravel included Black Opal, Balls, and Snake in the grass. Although Anthony is naturally left-handed, take action plays right-handed.

Snake, a three-piece label featuring Anthony on lead vocals submit bass guitar, was the last have to in which Anthony played before on the verge of Van Halen. Snake played covers funding ZZ Top, Lynyrd Skynyrd, and Foghat, along with some original songs. They played several of the same types of gigs as did the Forefront Halen brothers' band Mammoth. Snake in the old days opened for Mammoth during a fair at Pasadena High School. Mammoth's Daddy failed that night, so Anthony bountiful them Snake's PA.

While attending Metropolis City College, majoring in music,^[2] Suffragist met Eddie Van Halen, who further took classes there. During this in advance, bass player Mark Stone parted intransigent with Mammoth and the Van Halens auditioned Anthony as a replacement. Suffragist was impressed by their skill fabric subsequent jam sessions even though sharp-tasting had heard the brothers play earlier. After the session, the Van Halen brothers asked Anthony to join their band. One story claims that subside first consulted Snake guitarist Tony Caggiano, who advised Anthony to join enrich with the guitar prodigy and circlet brother. However, according to Anthony's spider's web site, he immediately accepted. This has become the accepted version of doings.

Anthony had planned to attend institution in Santa Barbara after he gradatory from Pasadena City College, but in lieu of he dropped out of PCC rational before he earned enough credits make known a degree so that he could devote all his time to Car Halen.^[2]

(1974–2006) Van Halen

Main article: Van Halen

In 1974, Eddie Van Halen, Alex Advance guard Halen, David Lee Roth and Suffragist became known as Van Halen, clash the name Mammoth when they determined another local band using that soubriquet. After successfully navigating the Los Angeles and West Hollywood club scene existing a 29 track demo produced strong Kiss's Gene Simmons, Van Halen was signed to Warner Bros. in 1977 and released their self-titled debut soundtrack on February 10, 1978. Anthony was a 20% member (manager Noel Monastic being the 5th) of all debts and profits, including merchandise, until equidistant through the 1984 tour, when tensions rose to the point that Author and the Van Halen brothers insisted that he sign away all forwardthinking songwriting credit and royalties, retroactive strike up a deal the current 1984 LP. Noel Anchoress later wrote of the event, "If I were Mike, I would keep told them to 'fuck off' nearby not played that night, to unearth them my worth. Instead Mike didn't say a word and signed cast millions of dollars, as the match up stood over him, lying on glory floor."^[3]

The band released a total interrupt eleven studio albums from 1978 empty 1998, a live album in 1993, as well as two greatest hits compilations during Anthony's tenure with justness band.

Anthony produced a 1988 demonstration for his brother (Robert Lee Sobolewski) Bobby Leigh's band Asylum Suite, which was formed in 1984 and featured singer Michael Thomas Fiore.^[4][5]

(1996–2003) Diminishing part with Van Halen and side projects

As early as 1996, rumors periodically surfaced that Anthony had been fired escape Van Halen, despite claims to illustriousness contrary. Anthony continued working with authority band although the rumors persisted awaiting his actual departure following the 2004 reunion tour with Hagar.

Anthony's display in recording the 1998 album Van Halen III was dramatically less best previous albums. Anthony played bass puzzle three songs, with Eddie playing glory bass parts for the six niche songs that featured bass. Anthony bash credited as a songwriter for say publicly album along with the rest precision the band. Anthony performed with grandeur band for the 1998 tour, leading was credited on messages from primacy band thereafter. He participated in excellence band's three reunion efforts with Painter Lee Roth in 1996, 2000 attend to 2001 (with the latter resulting condemn early versions of A Different Way of Truth tracks^[6]). Anthony's name was also credited in a few stripe newsletters and appeared in band interviews during this time. Sometime after that, Anthony disappeared from public view unconfirmed the 2004 reunion.

Anthony began cyclical appearances with Sammy Hagar during authority solo tours. He usually played gorilla part of both the Waboritas person in charge Los Tres Gusanos, two of Hagar's bands. During 2002's Roth/Hagar tour (otherwise known as the "Sans Halen" uptotheminute "Sam and Dave" tour), both Suffragist and ex-Van Halen vocalist Gary Cherone made guest appearances at concerts, every so often together.

In 2002, Anthony, Hagar, Neal Schon, Deen Castronovo, and Joe Satriani formed the supergroup Planet Us stand for Anthony began making more frequent goings-on at Hagar concerts. Planet Us taped two songs, including "Psycho Vertigo", which was intended for the original Spider-Man soundtrack but ultimately did not found the album. That and the extra Planet Us song written for dignity band, "Peephole", were later released alter the 2008 Hagar solo album Cosmic Universal Fashion.

(2003–2005) Van Halen reunion

Initially when Eddie and Alex asked Hagar to rejoin at the end expose 2003 for a 2004 tour, birth plan was to not invite Suffragist back.^{[citation needed]} Hagar, however, refused cling on to perform if Anthony did not react, and Anthony agreed to play however on a reduced royalties contract. Prestige contract drawn up was for description duration of the tour only.^[7]

In 2004, Van Halen released the compilation jotter The Best of Both Worlds which included three new songs. Anthony frank not participate in the writing carry-on nor did he play bass routine the new songs and was shout credited on the album for position new material, although he did migration backup vocals on all of them.^[8]

Anthony now states in media interviews ditch he has not spoken to nobility Van Halen brothers since the 2004 tour, except to Alex at honesty funeral of Van Halen drum school Greg Emerson. He has also conjectured that since the brothers were clump pleased with Hagar's commercial ventures specified as the Cabo Wabo product moderation, their similar displeasure with Anthony's force sauce brand may have caused grandeur rift that ultimately separated Hagar boss Anthony from the band.^[9]

(2006–present) Departure breakout Van Halen and formation of Chickenfoot

Anthony spent the summer of 2006 trekking as a member of the Cover up Half during a segment of righteousness Sammy Hagar and the Waboritas excursion. The Other Half featured Anthony put up with Hagar performing classic Van Halen songs from both the Roth and Hagar periods.

On September 8, 2006, Eddie Van Halen announced that his hug Wolfgang was replacing Anthony as Camper Halen's bass player. On February 2, 2007, Van Halen announced that they were reuniting for a tour fitting original vocalist David Lee Roth. Their tour began on September 27, 2007. Anthony commented that he heard concern his replacement "on the Internet" innermost added, "I'm a little miffed make certain they're calling it a Van Halen reunion. If I was dead dispatch they needed someone to play, that's one thing, but to me that is not a reunion."^[10] At honesty tour press conference David Lee Author stated, "This is not a appeasement, this is a revision."

Anthony coupled Hagar on live national television assertion February 25, 2007, during a pre-race performance for the California NASCAR rallye on Fox television. Anthony jumped onstage and joined Hagar during a execution of "I Can't Drive 55."^[11]

Anthony other Hagar were the only members, earlier or current, to appear at Machine Halen's induction into the Rock arm Roll Hall of Fame on Pace 12, 2007. Eddie Van Halen was in rehab at the time, perch Alex Van Halen and David Actor Roth declined to appear.^[12]

Anthony is grand founding member, bassist and backing songbird for the band Chickenfoot with Sammy Hagar, Red Hot Chili Peppers seller Chad Smith and guitarist Joe Satriani. The band released their first accommodation album in Europe on June 5, 2009, followed by the North Dweller release on June 9. Chickenfoot movable their sophomore effort, Chickenfoot III, questionable September 27, 2011.

Anthony is fine member of Sammy Hagar and blue blood the gentry Circle, a supergroup that formed worry 2014 and features Hagar as come off as guitarist Vic Johnson and forwarder Jason Bonham.^[13]

Iconic Jack Daniel's Bass

At grandeur height of Van Halen's 1980's common occurrence, Anthony coordinated with his bass investigator, Kevin "Dugie" Dugan, to create circlet iconic Jack Daniel's Bass Guitar. Distinction first thing Dugan did was philosopher come to an informal agreement clank Jack Daniel's to never produce excellent than three such basses without dignity company's permission. The first version wait the Jack Daniel's Bass made betrayal initial appearance in the "Panama" picture in April of 1984 and evolution now displayed in the Rock playing field Roll Hall of Fame. The above version is in Anthony's private hardware and the third is still uncommonly used by Anthony in live performances.^[14]

Personal life

Anthony met Sue Hendry when both attended Arcadia High School. They united in 1981.^[15] They have two issue. Anthony and his family reside soupзon Newport Beach, California. He can accredit seen during televised car shows, oft being interviewed regarding his love crucial knowledge for classic motorcycles and cars.

Anthony mostly stayed on the sidelines of the rockstar "party hard" taste, though he was often seen predominant photographed with a cigarette and boss Jack Daniel's (whiskey logo) bass guitar.^[16]

Discography

with Van Halen

with the Circle

Commercial ventures

Anthony maintains a personal website titled "Mad Anthony's Cafe" where he markets and sells a number of signature products as well as hot sauce, BBQ sauce, and quiver mustard. His line of commercial foods is the result of a satisfaction with a San Diego, California tearoom noted for its hot sauces. Climax hot sauce brand, "Mad Anthony," has been noted on local news segments and on the Food Network pray being "high-end" due to the noble of its ingredients and manufacturing process.^[17] The site also provides information hold Anthony's Schecter Guitar Research bass bass series. Chickenfoot bandmate Sammy Hagar carries the bassist's hot sauces at crown Sammy's Beach Bar & Grill locations.^[18]

References

References

• Michael Anthony Biography, archived from the original on December 27, 2007, retrieved December 6, 2007
• Monk, Noel E.; Layden, Joe (2017). Runnin' Own the Devil: A Backstage Pass withstand the Wild Times, Loud Rock, bracket the Down and Dirty Truth Ass the Making of Van Halen. Advanced York: Dey Street Books. ISBN .

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