Eddie Van Halen on David Lee Roth: 'He Does Not Want to Be My Friend' - RollingStone.com
The guitarist also said that a new Van Halen album is not likely to surface anytime soon. "It's hard, because there are four people in this band, and three of us like rock and roll. And one of us likes dance music," he said. The guitarist saved his most scathing words for former Van Halen bassist Michael Anthony, who was pushed out of the group after their 2004 reunion tour with Sammy Hagar. "Every note Mike ever played, I had to show him how to play," Van Halen said. Van Halen shockingly refuses to concede that Anthony's background vocals were vital to the group's sound. "Mike's voice is like a piccolo trumpet," he said. Mike was just born with a very high voice. And you know, people always talk about Mike’s voice on Van Halen songs, but that’s a blend of Mike’s voice and my voice. "I am proud to say that my bass playing and vocals helped create our sound," he told Billboard. "I’ve always chosen to take the high road and stay out of the never-ending mudslinging, because I believe that it ultimately ends up hurting the Van Halen fans. "I think it's now built into people's DNA, that it just won't be Van Halen if it's not Roth's voice," he says. Back in 1998, the group attempted to tour with a third singer, Extreme's Gary. Source: www.rollingstone.com
