LAMONT’S MUSIC NOTES-MARCH 12, 2019…TWELVE YEARS AGO TODAY THE GROUP VAN HALEN WAS INDUCTED INTO THE ROCK AND ROLL HALL OF FAME, AND OF COURSE IT CAME WITH CONTROVERSY.
AT THE TIME OF THE INDUCTION, MICHAEL ANTHONY HAD JUST BEEN KICKED OUT OF THE BAND BY THE VAN HALEN BROTHERS, TO MAKE WAY FOR EDDIE’S SON WOLFGANG TO PLAY IN THE GROUP. VAN HALEN WAS ALSO PLOTTING A REUNION TOUR, WITH DAVID LEE ROTH, BUT THAT COULDN’T HAPPEN UNTIL EDDIE COMPLETED REHAB.
THERE WAS SO MUCH DRAMA, NO CURRENT MEMBER OF THE GROUP SHOWED UP. DAVID LEE ROTH WAS IN TALKS TO SHOW UP, BUT HE WASN’T HAPPY ‘VELVET REVOLVER’ WAS GOING TO INDUCT THE BAND AND PERFORM !
IN THE END, ONLY SAMMY HAGAR AND MICHAEL ANTHONY SHOWED UP.
HERE’S THE VAN HALEN INDUCTION VIDEO PART 1 ( YOU’LL LOVE THIS BECAUSE THERE ARE CLIPS OF SAMMY AND THE VAN HALEN BROTHERS TALKING ABOUT HOW MUCH RESPECT THEY HAVE FOR EACH OTHER)
HERE’S VAN HALEN ACCEPTING THE AWARD. GREAT SPEECH FROM MICHAEL ANTHONY AND SAMMY PLUS THE JAM SESSION FEATURED THE GUYS PLAYING WITH ‘VELVET REVOLVER’ AND MEMBERS OF ‘THE DAVID LETTERMAN LATE NIGHT BAND’
credit-Sammy Archives
