Michael Anthony short term erasure from official website album covers |
Loading ...Drama already on the 3/4 Van Halen new tour. Somebody airbrushed former bassist Michael Anthony out of the album covers on the official website, fans complained — even starting a petition to have him put back — resulting in the webmaster putting Anthony back on the covers.
source: VHlinks.com
As the image shows above, the fans retaliated with some photoshop skills of their own. No idea if this was Eddie’s fault or if he even knew about the airbrushing, but he’s taking the fall with some fans. Some are speculating that VH might not want have wanted to pay Michael Anthony for the use of his likeness on the website but that seems incredibly lame if that’s the case.
Come on boys, hold it together. December 3 I’m looking forward to seeing you guys rocking on stage, not busted up again. Heck, I’d like to buy the new album David Lee Roth teased you would make.
Oh course can David Lee still sing????
Comment by FranciscoIV — August 15, 2007 @ 2:33 pm PST
Difficult to tell. He was drowned out (intentionally?) by his band last year.
Comment by TDavid — August 15, 2007 @ 2:46 pm PST
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