{"id":29452,"date":"2024-05-07T00:00:11","date_gmt":"2024-05-07T00:00:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lascrucestoday.com\/101gold\/van-halens-michael-anthony-still-upset-about-bands-2007-rock-roll-hall-of-fame-induction\/"},"modified":"2024-05-07T00:00:11","modified_gmt":"2024-05-07T00:00:11","slug":"van-halens-michael-anthony-still-upset-about-bands-2007-rock-roll-hall-of-fame-induction","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lascrucestoday.com\/101gold\/van-halens-michael-anthony-still-upset-about-bands-2007-rock-roll-hall-of-fame-induction\/","title":{"rendered":"Van Halen\u2019s Michael Anthony still upset about band\u2019s 2007 Rock &amp; Roll Hall of Fame induction"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<figure><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/s3.amazonaws.com\/syndication.abcaudio.com\/files\/2024-05-06\/Getty_MichaelAnthony_050624.jpg\" alt><figcaption>Scott Legato\/Getty Images<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\"><strong>Van Halen<\/strong> was inducted into the Rock &amp; Roll Hall of Fame in 2007, and not only did the band not perform, few of the\u00a0group members attended \u2014 and bassist <strong>Michael Anthony<\/strong> still seems upset about it.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">\u201c<strong>Sammy <\/strong>(<strong>Hagar<\/strong>) and I were the only two from the band that showed up, and we weren&#8217;t even in the band at the time,&#8221; Anthony shared on <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/thehookrocks.com\/michael-anthony-reflects-on-40-years-of-van-halens-1984\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><em><span class=\"s1\"><strong>The Hook Rocks<\/strong><\/span><\/em><\/a><span class=\"s1\"> podcast. &#8220;And it was pretty sad, because I turned to Sammy during the show \u2014 I forget who was onstage playing \u2014 and we were sitting at our table and I go, &#8216;Sammy, could you imagine if all of us, if we were all here and everybody got along and we got up there? We would kick the a** out of this thing. It&#8217;d be an induction ceremony that nobody would ever forget.'&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">He added, &#8220;And sadly enough, it wasn&#8217;t to be.&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">The topic came up as Anthony was discussing the failed attempts at a Van Halen tribute tour following <strong>Eddie Van<\/strong> <strong>Halen<\/strong>\u2019s death,\u00a0news of which first came to light in 2022.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">The reports claimed\u00a0<strong>Metallica<\/strong>\u2019s <strong>Jason Newstead<\/strong> was approached by <strong>Alex Van Halen<\/strong> to do it, while <strong>Joe Satriani<\/strong> was\u00a0to play guitar, with <strong>David Lee Roth<\/strong> also possibly taking part.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">As for why it never happened, Anthony shared, &#8220;All I can say is \u2014 I&#8217;m not gonna point fingers \u2014 but through all of this there was \u2014 one of the ingredients was not, let&#8217;s say, playing ball with everybody else. And that&#8217;s all I&#8217;m gonna say. I&#8217;ll let you all figure it out. And that&#8217;s why none of it worked.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">But Hagar and Anthony will be playing Van Halen tunes again\u00a0on Sammy&#8217;s <\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/www.redrocker.com\/events\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span class=\"s1\"><strong>The Best of All Worlds<\/strong><\/span><\/a><span class=\"s1\"> tour, launching July 13 in West Palm Beach, Florida.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Copyright \u00a9 2024, ABC Audio. 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