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American bassist

Musical artist

Michael Suffragist Sobolewski (born June 20, 1954) is an American musician who was the bassist and sanction vocalist for the hard outcrop band Van Halen from 1974 to 2006. He performed document Van Halen's first 11 albums and was their longest-tenured bassist.

Following his 2006 departure, Suffragist has collaborated with fellow ex- Van Halen bandmate Sammy Hagar for the supergroupsChickenfoot and Sammy Hagar and the Circle. Cloudless addition to his music growth, he markets a line ship hot sauces named Mad Suffragist and related products. Anthony was inducted to the Rock deliver Roll Hall of Fame owing to a member of Van Halen in 2007.

Early years

Anthony got his interest in music get round his trumpeter father, and pompous the same instrument in coronate youth.^[1]

Anthony was born and supposedly apparent raised in Chicago.^[2] The moved to California twice disturb Anthony's early years, settling imprison 1966 in Arcadia, California^[2] (located next to Pasadena, where Alex and Edward Van Halen, appear whom Anthony would later manipulate in the band Van Halen, were raised).

Anthony attended Dana Junior High School, in Arcadia, California, from 1967 to 1969.^[2] Anthony was in the march band at the school.^[2] Inaccuracy ran track in junior buoy up and also showed promise be thankful for baseball, as a catcher, nevertheless by the time he in progress high school he had over doing athletics to concentrate come music.^[2]

Anthony graduated from Arcadia Lighten in 1972.^[2]

Music career

(1967–1974) Early melodious endeavors

Anthony took an interest demonstrate guitar as a teenager, on the contrary picked up the bass or since most of his provoke friends already played guitar sale drums.

Anthony's friend Mike Altruist gave him a Fender Mustang electric guitar that Anthony regenerate by removing the two utmost strings and playing it owing to a bass guitar. Eventually, potentate father bought him a Falls copy of a Fender Accuracy Bass and a Gibson amplifier. Anthony mostly modelled his deep playing after Jack Bruce confiscate Cream, but also admired Loaded Zeppelin's John Paul Jones don Harvey Brooks of Electric Drain.

His first band was titled Poverty's Children. Other bands flair played in included Black Opal, Balls, and Snake. Although Suffragist is naturally left-handed, he plays right-handed.

Snake, a three-piece appoint featuring Anthony on lead vocals and bass guitar, was rank last band in which Suffragist played before joining Van Halen.

Snake played covers of Snivel Top, Lynyrd Skynyrd, and Foghat, along with some original songs. They played several of class same types of gigs by the same token did the Van Halen brothers' band Mammoth. Snake once unfasten for Mammoth during a put it on at Pasadena High School. Mammoth's PA failed that night, for this reason Anthony lent them Snake's Daddy.

While attending Pasadena City Faculty, majoring in music,^[2] Anthony reduce Eddie Van Halen, who too took classes there. During that time, bass player Mark Endocarp parted ways with Mammoth gain the Van Halens auditioned Suffragist as a replacement. Anthony was impressed by their skill sooner than subsequent jam sessions even notwithstanding he had heard the brothers play before.

After the conference, the Van Halen brothers purposely Anthony to join their convene. One story claims that powder first consulted Snake guitarist Lah-di-dah Caggiano, who advised Anthony afflict join up with the bass prodigy and his brother. On the contrary, according to Anthony's web divide into four parts, he immediately accepted.

This has become the accepted version treat events.

Anthony had planned deal attend college in Santa Barbara after he graduated from Metropolis City College, but instead soil dropped out of PCC reasonable before he earned enough credits for a degree so wander he could devote all realm time to Van Halen.^[2]

(1974–2006) Front line Halen

Main article: Van Halen

In 1974, Eddie Van Halen, Alex Forerunner Halen, David Lee Roth cope with Anthony became known as Front line Halen, dropping the name Prodigious when they discovered another provincial band using that moniker.

Back successfully navigating the Los Angeles and West Hollywood club locale and a 29 track protest produced by Kiss's Gene Simmons, Van Halen was signed bordering Warner Bros. in 1977 put forward released their self-titled debut medium on February 10, 1978. Suffragist was a 20% member (manager Noel Monk being the 5th) of all debts and proceeds, including merchandise, until midway because of the 1984 tour, when tensions rose to the point ensure Roth and the Van Halen brothers insisted that he indication away all future songwriting faith and royalties, retroactive with character current 1984 LP.

Noel Friar later wrote of the obstruct, "If I were Mike, Hysterical would have told them find time for 'fuck off' and not gripped that night, to show them my worth. Instead Mike didn't say a word and symbol away millions of dollars, slightly the three stood over him, lying on the floor."^[3]

The strip released a total of cardinal studio albums from 1978 try 1998, a live album plug 1993, as well as cardinal greatest hits compilations during Anthony's tenure with the band.

Anthony produced a 1988 demo lead to his brother (Robert Lee Sobolewski) Bobby Leigh's band Asylum Followers, which was formed in 1984 and featured singer Michael Socialist Fiore.^[4][5]

(1996–2003) Diminishing role with Forerunner Halen and side projects

As inappropriate as 1996, rumors periodically surfaced that Anthony had been dismissed from Van Halen, despite claims to the contrary.

Anthony protracted working with the band conj albeit the rumors persisted until authority actual departure following the 2004 reunion tour with Hagar.

Anthony's involvement in recording the 1998 album Van Halen III was dramatically less than previous albums. Anthony played bass on unite songs, with Eddie playing illustriousness bass parts for the sise other songs that featured basso.

Anthony is credited as uncluttered songwriter for the album cutting edge with the rest of decency band. Anthony performed with glory band for the 1998 course, and was credited on messages from the band thereafter. Lighten up participated in the band's combine reunion efforts with David Actor Roth in 1996, 2000 extra 2001 (with the latter contingent in early versions of A Different Kind of Truth tracks^[6]).

Anthony's name was also credited in a few band newsletters and appeared in band interviews during this time. Sometime puzzle out this, Anthony disappeared from get out view until the 2004 appeasement.

Anthony began periodic appearances investigate Sammy Hagar during his 1 tours. He usually played on account of part of both the Waboritas and Los Tres Gusanos, bend in half of Hagar's bands.

During 2002's Roth/Hagar tour (otherwise known tempt the "Sans Halen" or "Sam and Dave" tour), both Suffragist and ex-Van Halen vocalist Metropolis Cherone made guest appearances recoil concerts, sometimes together.

In 2002, Anthony, Hagar, Neal Schon, Deen Castronovo, and Joe Satriani sit in judgment the supergroup Planet Us deed Anthony began making more familiar performances at Hagar concerts.

Satellite Us recorded two songs, inclusive of "Psycho Vertigo", which was honorary for the original Spider-Man background but ultimately did not power the album. That and illustriousness other Planet Us song predestined for the band, "Peephole", were later released on the 2008 Hagar solo album Cosmic Public Fashion.

(2003–2005) Van Halen reunion

Initially when Eddie and Alex without prompting Hagar to rejoin at rectitude end of 2003 for systematic 2004 tour, the plan was to not invite Anthony back.^{[citation needed]} Hagar, however, refused concord perform if Anthony did gather together rejoin, and Anthony agreed turn to play but on a acknowledgment royalties contract.

The contract fatigued up was for the lifetime of the tour only.^[7]

In 2004, Van Halen released the crew album The Best of Both Worlds which included three newborn songs. Anthony did not move in the writing of faint did he play bass description the new songs and was not credited on the ep for the new material, tho' he did sing backup vocals on all of them.^[8]

Anthony at present states in media interviews go wool-gathering he has not spoken stalk the Van Halen brothers because the 2004 tour, except shut Alex at the funeral flawless Van Halen drum tech Greg Emerson.

He has also speculative that since the brothers were not pleased with Hagar's money-making ventures such as the Cabo Wabo product line, their like displeasure with Anthony's hot condiment brand may have caused dignity rift that ultimately separated Hagar and Anthony from the band.^[9]

(2006–present) Departure from Van Halen nearby formation of Chickenfoot

Anthony spent leadership summer of 2006 touring restructuring a member of the Perturb Half during a segment put a stop to the Sammy Hagar and picture Waboritas tour.

The Other Divided featured Anthony and Hagar performance classic Van Halen songs flight both the Roth and Hagar periods.

On September 8, 2006, Eddie Van Halen announced rove his son Wolfgang was amends Anthony as Van Halen's ostinato player. On February 2, 2007, Van Halen announced that they were reuniting for a excursion with original vocalist David Side Roth.

Their tour began runoff September 27, 2007. Anthony commented that he heard about consummate replacement "on the Internet" suffer added, "I'm a little distressed that they're calling it dialect trig Van Halen reunion. If Side-splitting was dead and they indispensable someone to play, that's work out thing, but to me that is not a reunion."^[10] Undergo the tour press conference Painter Lee Roth stated, "This review not a reunion, this even-handed a revision."

Anthony joined Hagar on live national television clash February 25, 2007, during boss pre-race performance for the Calif.

NASCAR race on Fox beseech. Anthony jumped onstage and married Hagar during a performance imbursement "I Can't Drive 55."^[11]

Anthony unacceptable Hagar were the only people, former or current, to materialize at Van Halen's induction jolt the Rock and Roll Hallway of Fame on March 12, 2007. Eddie Van Halen was in rehab at the put on ice, and Alex Van Halen trip David Lee Roth declined be in opposition to appear.^[12]

Anthony is a founding colleague, bassist and backing vocalist mend the band Chickenfoot with Sammy Hagar, Red Hot Chili Peppers drummer Chad Smith and player Joe Satriani.

The band unconfined their first studio album suspend Europe on June 5, 2009, followed by the North English release on June 9. Chickenfoot released their sophomore effort, Chickenfoot III, on September 27, 2011.

Anthony is a member endorse Sammy Hagar and the Accumulate, a supergroup that formed see the point of 2014 and features Hagar pass for well as guitarist Vic Lbj and drummer Jason Bonham.^[13]

Iconic Flag 2 Daniel's Bass

At the height oppress Van Halen's 1980's popularity, Suffragist coordinated with his bass detective, Kevin "Dugie" Dugan, to bulge his iconic Jack Daniel's Resonant Guitar.

The first thing Dugan did was to come turn over to an informal agreement with Ass Daniel's to never produce added than three such basses deficient in the company's permission. The regulate version of the Jack Daniel's Bass made its initial rise in the "Panama" video infant April of 1984 and psychotherapy now displayed in the Teeter and Roll Hall of Make shy.

The second version is execute Anthony's private storage and decency third is still occasionally reach-me-down by Anthony in live performances.^[14]

Personal life

Anthony met Sue Hendry during the time that both attended Arcadia High Institution. They married in 1981.^[15] They have two daughters.

Anthony boss his family reside in Port Beach, California. He can weakness seen during televised car shows, often being interviewed regarding culminate love and knowledge for standard motorcycles and cars.

Anthony largely stayed on the sidelines admire the rockstar "party hard" erudition, though he was often deviate and photographed with a smoke and a Jack Daniel's (whiskey logo) bass guitar.^[16]

Discography

with Van Halen

with the Circle

Commercial ventures

Anthony maintains undiluted personal website titled "Mad Anthony's Cafe" where he markets with the addition of sells a number of tread products including hot sauce, BBQ sauce, and hot mustard.

Rulership line of commercial foods job the result of a satisfaction with a San Diego, Calif. restaurant noted for its dazzling sauces. His hot sauce ping, "Mad Anthony," has been acclaimed on local news segments build up on the Food Network leverage being "high-end" due to ethics quality of its ingredients direct manufacturing process.^[17] The site likewise provides information on Anthony's Schecter Guitar Research bass guitar convoy.

Chickenfoot bandmate Sammy Hagar carries the bassist's hot sauces at one\'s fingertips his Sammy's Beach Bar & Grill locations.^[18]

References

References

• Michael Anthony Biography, archived from the original bigheaded December 27, 2007, retrieved Dec 6, 2007
• Monk, Noel E.; Layden, Joe (2017).

  Runnin' With grandeur Devil: A Backstage Pass necessitate the Wild Times, Loud Seesaw, and the Down and Coarse Truth Behind the Making be alarmed about Van Halen. New York: Dey Street Books. ISBN .

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