Van Halen Erase Bassist Michael Anthony From History

[Brian Damage]

Over the past twenty-four hours, Van Halen fans have been mulling over the latest development in the band’s reunion saga: A poster on a music-industry message board pointed out that in the wake of the band’s tour announcement, the Van Halens seemed to have airbrushed original bassist Michael Anthony out of older album covers on their official Web site and replaced him with their newest member: Eddie Van Halen’s son, Wolfgang. The swap was evident on the lower right of the cover of the band’s self-titled debut (which came out thirteen years before Wolfgang was born), and the group shot for Women and Children First had been removed entirely.

A visit to the tour section of Van Halen’s site today reveals that the album covers in question have been replaced with the original artwork. However, another message board commenter pointed out there were no images of David Lee Roth in 2004’s career-spanning The Best of Both Worlds, as the frontman and Eddie Van Halen were on the outs during that time. (The pair made a point of embracing at Monday’s reunion tour press conference to demonstrate all is well). As of now, the band hasn’t issued any statements regarding the artwork incident.

http://www.rollingstone.com/rockdaily/index.php/2007/08/15/did-van-halen-remove-michael-anthony-from-album-art-on-their-web-site/

[AKA]

At first when I saw this thread, I thought, "again!?" But then I clicked on the link and realized the article was from 2007. After the outcry, Van Halen restored the original artwork on the website.

[robyrob]

wow, that's just childish and mean.

[MrCleveland]

They might as well remove David Lee Roth from their albums....Or is that next?

[catlover79]

Nothing the Van Halens say or do surprises me anymore. ohno:

[80sTrivia]

The saga continues... :lol:

[MickeyMac]

If there are deep issues they cant get past thats one thing, but at the same time they really need stop the bickering.

[TJL]

I wonder if Wolfie is allowed to keep pictures of his Mother on display.

;)

[catlover79]

I wonder if Wolfie is allowed to keep pictures of his Mother on display.

;)
:rofl:

[Marvo301]

I wonder if Wolfie is allowed to keep pictures of his Mother on display.

;)
Considering how good she looks these days I would think the other band members would insist on it!!:p

[catlover79]

Considering how good she looks these days I would think the other band members would insist on it!!:p
In that case, I don't think they'd be the only ones. She looks stunning!!

[AKA]

Did anyone notice the post in which I stated that this happened in 2007 and has since been recfified?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Van_halen#Reunion_with_Roth_.282006_-_present.29

Press reaction to the reunion was largely warm, but the re-designed website sparked controversy when Michael Anthony was removed from images of old album artwork.[38] The album covers were reverted to normal a day later without a word after bitter reactions. The tour was originally 25 dates, but the reunion now stands to be much longer, extending into 2008 with a second leg.

[Shine]

For us Van Halen fans, Mike will always be a most important part of the band's history. :)