Michael Anthony (musician) (1967-1974) Musical career begins when did he get into music? He took an interest in guitar as a teenager, but picked up the bass instead since most of his other friends already played guitar or drums. what was his first release? During this time, bass player Mark Stone parted ways with Mammoth and the Van Halens decided to audition Anthony as a replacement. Did they like him? After the session, the Van Halen brothers asked Anthony to join their band. where did he learn how to be a bass player? I don't know. what other bands did he play with before Van Halen? His first band was called Poverty's Children. Other bands he played in included Black Opal, Balls, and Snake.
did he have hits early in his career?
did Michael Anthony have hits early in his career?
While Anthony was a promising catcher in baseball, he also competed on the Dana Junior High School track team (long jump) and played in the marching band there from 1967-1969. He took an interest in guitar as a teenager, but picked up the bass instead since most of his other friends already played guitar or drums. Anthony's friend Mike Hershey gave him a Fender Mustang electric guitar that Anthony converted by removing the two highest strings and playing it as a bass guitar. Eventually, his father bought him a Victoria copy of a Fender Precision Bass and a Gibson amplifier. Anthony mostly modelled his bass playing after Jack Bruce of Cream, but also admired Led Zeppelin's John Paul Jones and Harvey Brooks of Electric Flag. His first band was called Poverty's Children. Other bands he played in included Black Opal, Balls, and Snake. Although Anthony is naturally left-handed, he plays right-handed.  Snake, a three-piece group featuring Anthony on lead vocals and bass guitar, was the last band in which Anthony played before joining Van Halen. Snake played covers of ZZ Top, Lynyrd Skynyrd, and Foghat, along with some original songs. They played several of the same types of gigs as did the Van Halen brothers' band Mammoth. Snake even once opened for Mammoth at a show at Pasadena High School. Mammoth's PA failed that night, so Anthony lent them Snake's PA.  While attending Pasadena City College, Anthony pursued a degree in music. Eddie Van Halen also took classes there and they would often see each other on campus. During this time, bass player Mark Stone parted ways with Mammoth and the Van Halens decided to audition Anthony as a replacement. Anthony was impressed by their skill during subsequent jam sessions even though he had seen the brothers play before. After the session, the Van Halen brothers asked Anthony to join their band. One story claims that he said he had to think about it and consulted Snake guitarist Tony Caggiano who advised Anthony to join Van Halen. However, according to Michael Anthony's web site, when asked if he wanted to join Mammoth, Anthony immediately said yes. This has become the accepted version of events. CANNOTANSWER
Snake played covers of ZZ Top, Lynyrd Skynyrd, and Foghat, along with some original songs.
Michael Anthony Sobolewski (born June 20, 1954) is an American musician who was the bassist and backing vocalist for the hard rock band Van Halen from 1974 to 2006. He performed on Van Halen's first 11 albums and was their longest-tenured bassist. Following his 2006 departure, Anthony has collaborated with fellow former Van Halen bandmate Sammy Hagar for the supergroups Chickenfoot and Sammy Hagar and the Circle. In addition to his music career, he markets a line of hot sauces named Mad Anthony and related products. Anthony was inducted to the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame as a member of Van Halen in 2007.

Early years 
Anthony got his interest in music from his father, who played trumpet. Anthony began by playing trumpet.

Anthony was partly raised in Chicago. The family moved to California twice in Anthony's early years, settling in 1966 in Arcadia, California (Arcadia being located next to Pasadena, where Alex and Edward Van Halen, with whom Anthony would later play in the band Van Halen, were raised). Anthony attended Dana Junior High School, in Arcadia, California, from 1967 to 1969.  Anthony was in the marching band at the school. He ran track in junior high and also showed promise in baseball, as a catcher, but by the time he started high school he had ceased doing athletics to concentrate on music.

Anthony graduated from Arcadia High in 1972.

Music career

(1967–1974) Early musical endeavors 

Anthony took an interest in guitar as a teenager, but picked up the bass instead since most of his other friends already played guitar or drums. Anthony's friend Mike Hershey gave him a Fender Mustang electric guitar that Anthony converted by removing the two highest strings and playing it as a bass guitar. Eventually, his father bought him a Victoria copy of a Fender Precision Bass and a Gibson amplifier. Anthony mostly modelled his bass playing after Jack Bruce of Cream, but also admired Led Zeppelin's John Paul Jones and Harvey Brooks of Electric Flag. His first band was called Poverty's Children. Other bands he played in included Black Opal, Balls, and Snake. Although Anthony is naturally left-handed, he plays right-handed.

Snake, a three-piece group featuring Anthony on lead vocals and bass guitar, was the last band in which Anthony played before joining Van Halen. Snake played covers of ZZ Top, Lynyrd Skynyrd, and Foghat, along with some original songs. They played several of the same types of gigs as did the Van Halen brothers' band Mammoth. Snake once opened for Mammoth during a show at Pasadena High School. Mammoth's PA failed that night, so Anthony lent them Snake's PA.

While attending Pasadena City College, majoring in music, Anthony met Eddie Van Halen, who also took classes there. During this time, bass player Mark Stone parted ways with Mammoth and the Van Halens auditioned Anthony as a replacement. Anthony was impressed by their skill during subsequent jam sessions even though he had heard the brothers play before. After the session, the Van Halen brothers asked Anthony to join their band. One story claims that he first consulted Snake guitarist Tony Caggiano, who advised Anthony to join up with the guitar prodigy and his brother. However, according to Anthony's web site, he immediately accepted. This has become the accepted version of events.

Anthony had planned to attend college in Santa Barbara after he graduated from Pasadena City College, but instead he dropped out of PCC just before he earned enough credits for a degree so that he could devote all his time to Van Halen.

(1974–1996) Van Halen 

In 1974, Eddie Van Halen, Alex Van Halen, David Lee Roth and Anthony became known as Van Halen, dropping the name Mammoth when they discovered another local band using that moniker. After successfully navigating the Los Angeles & West Hollywood club scene and a 29 track demo produced by Kiss's Gene Simmons, Van Halen was signed to Warner Bros. in 1977 and released their self-titled debut album on February 10, 1978. Anthony was a 20% member (manager Noel Monk being the 5th) of all debts and profits, including merchandise, until midway through the 1984 tour, when tensions rose to the point that Roth and the Van Halen brothers insisted that he sign away all future songwriting credit and royalties, retroactive with the current 1984 LP. Noel Monk later wrote of the event, "If I were Mike, I would have told them to 'fuck off' and not played that night, to show them my worth. Instead Mike didn't say a word and signed away millions of dollars, as the three stood over him, lying on the floor."

The band released a total of ten studio albums from 1978 - 1995, a live album in 1993, as well as two greatest hits compilations during Anthony's tenure with the band.

Anthony produced a 1988 demo for his brother (Robert Lee Sobolewski) Bobby Leigh's band Asylum Suite, which was formed in 1984 and featured singer Michael Thomas Fiore.

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

As early as 1996, rumors periodically surfaced that Anthony had been fired from Van Halen, despite claims to the contrary. Anthony continued working with the band although the rumors persisted until his 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 three songs, with Eddie playing the bass parts for the remainder. Anthony is credited as a songwriter for the album along with the rest of the band. Anthony performed with the band for the 1998 tour, and was credited on messages from the band thereafter. He participated in the band's three reunion efforts with David Lee Roth in 1996, 2000 and 2001 (with the latter resulting in early versions of A Different Kind of Truth tracks). Anthony's name was also credited in a few band newsletters and appeared in band interviews during this time. Sometime after this, Anthony disappeared from public view until the 2004 reunion.

Anthony began periodic appearances with Sammy Hagar during his solo tours. He usually played as part of both the Waboritas and Los Tres Gusanos, two of Hagar's bands. During 2002's Roth/Hagar tour (otherwise known as the "Sans Halen" or "Sam and Dave" tour), both Anthony and ex-Van Halen vocalist Gary Cherone made guest appearances at concerts, sometimes together.

In 2002, Anthony, Hagar, Neal Schon, Deen Castronovo, and Joe Satriani formed the supergroup Planet Us and Anthony began making more frequent performances at Hagar concerts. Planet Us recorded two songs, including "Psycho Vertigo", which was intended for the original Spider-Man soundtrack but ultimately did not make the album. That and the other Planet Us song written for the band, "Peephole", were later released on the 2008 Hagar solo album Cosmic Universal Fashion.

(2003–2005) Van Halen reunion 
Initially when Eddie and Alex asked Hagar to rejoin at the end of 2003 for a 2004 tour, the plan was to not invite Anthony back. Hagar, however, refused to perform if Anthony did not rejoin, and Anthony agreed to play but on a reduced royalties contract. The contract drawn up was for the duration of the tour only.

In 2004, Van Halen released the compilation album The Best of Both Worlds which included three new songs. Anthony did not participate in the writing of nor did he play bass on the new songs and was not credited on the album for the new material, although he did sing backup vocals on all of them.

Anthony now states in media interviews that he has not spoken to the Van Halen brothers since the 2004 tour, except to Alex at the funeral of Van Halen drum tech Greg Emerson. He has also speculated that since the brothers were not pleased with Hagar's commercial ventures such as the Cabo Wabo product line, their similar displeasure with Anthony's hot sauce brand may have caused the rift that ultimately separated Hagar and Anthony from the band.

(2006–present) Departure from Van Halen and formation of Chickenfoot 
Anthony spent the summer of 2006 touring as a member of the Other Half during a segment of the Sammy Hagar and the Waboritas tour. The Other Half featured Anthony and Hagar performing classic Van Halen songs from both the Roth and Hagar periods.

On September 8, 2006, Eddie Van Halen announced that his son Wolfgang was replacing Anthony as Van Halen's bass player. On February 2, 2007, Van Halen announced that they were reuniting for a tour with original vocalist David Lee Roth. Their tour began on September 27, 2007.  Anthony commented that he heard about his replacement "on the Internet" and added, "I'm a little miffed that they're calling it a Van Halen reunion. If I was dead and they needed someone to play, that's one thing, but to me this is not a reunion." At the tour press conference David Lee Roth stated, "This is not a reunion, this is a revision."

Anthony joined Hagar on live national television on February 25, 2007, during a pre-race performance for the California NASCAR race on Fox television. Anthony jumped onstage and joined Hagar during a performance of "I Can't Drive 55."

Anthony and Hagar were the only members, former or current, to appear at Van Halen's induction into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame on March 12, 2007. Eddie Van Halen was in rehab at the time, and Alex Van Halen and David Lee Roth declined to appear.

Anthony is a founding member, bassist and backing vocalist for the band Chickenfoot with Sammy Hagar, Red Hot Chili Peppers drummer Chad Smith and guitarist Joe Satriani. The band released their first studio album in Europe on June 5, 2009, followed by the North American release on June 9. Chickenfoot released their sophomore effort, Chickenfoot III, on September 27, 2011.

Anthony is a member of Sammy Hagar and the Circle, a supergroup that formed in 2014 and features Hagar as well as guitarist Vic Johnson and drummer Jason Bonham.

Personal life
Anthony met Sue Hendry when both attended Arcadia High School. They married in 1981. They have two daughters: Elisha (born 1985) and Taylor (born 1992). Anthony and his family reside in Newport Beach, California. He can be seen during televised car shows, often being interviewed regarding his love and knowledge for classic motorcycles and cars.

Anthony mostly stayed on the sidelines of the rockstar "party hard" lifestyle, though he was often seen and photographed with a cigarette and a Jack Daniel's (whiskey logo) bass guitar.

Discography

with Van Halen
Van Halen (1978)
Van Halen II (1979)
Women and Children First (1980)
Fair Warning (1981)
Diver Down (1982)
1984 (1984)
5150 (1986)
OU812 (1988)
For Unlawful Carnal Knowledge (1991)
Balance (1995)
Van Halen III (1998)

with Chickenfoot
Chickenfoot (2009)
Chickenfoot III (2011)

with the Circle
Space Between (2019)
 Lockdown 2020 (2021)

Commercial ventures
Anthony maintains a personal website titled "Mad Anthony's Cafe" where he markets and sells a number of signature products including hot sauce, BBQ sauce, and hot mustard. His line of commercial foods is the result of a collaboration with a San Diego, California restaurant noted for its hot sauces. His hot sauce brand, "Mad Anthony," has been noted on local news segments and on the Food Network for being "high-end" due to the quality of its ingredients and manufacturing process. The site also provides information on Anthony's Schecter Guitar Research bass guitar series. Chickenfoot bandmate Sammy Hagar carries the bassist's hot sauces at his Sammy's Beach Bar & Grill locations.

References

References

External links
Official Web site
Van Halen Store
Van Halen News Desk

People from the San Gabriel Valley
Planet Us members
1954 births
American heavy metal bass guitarists
American male bass guitarists
Living people
Van Halen members
Chickenfoot members
American people of Polish descent
American rock bass guitarists
Pasadena City College alumni
20th-century American bass guitarists
21st-century American guitarists
Sammy Hagar and the Circle members
Judson Lawrence Daley (March 14, 1884 – January 26, 1967) was a professional baseball outfielder and manager. He played two seasons in Major League Baseball with the Brooklyn Dodgers. Daley was 5 feet, 8 inches tall and weighed 172 pounds.

Career
Daley was born in South Coventry, Connecticut, in 1884. He started his professional baseball career with the Southern Association's Shreveport Pirates in 1906. Besides one short stint in the National League, Daley played in the Southern Association until 1915. He spent the early part of his career with the Shreveport Pirates, Mobile Sea Gulls, and Montgomery Climbers.

Daley did not have a batting average above .270 in a season until 1910, when he batted .298. He led the league in at bats that year and also finished second in hits to the future major league star, Shoeless Joe Jackson. The following season, he raised his average to .306 and finished second in hits again, this time to Del Pratt. He joined the Brooklyn Dodgers late in the season, and in 19 games, he batted .231. Daley was also with the Dodgers in early 1912. He batted .256 for them before making his last MLB appearance in July.

Daley then spent the next few years back in the Southern Association. He moved to the Eastern League in 1916, where he stayed until the end of his career in 1920. During his last two seasons, he also managed his team, the Waterbury Nattatucks/Brasscos.

In 1,679 minor league games over 15 years, Daley batted .279 and had 1,710 hits. Later in life, he worked for Goodyear. He died in Gadsden, Alabama, in 1967.

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Baseball players from Connecticut is a Japanese former Nippon Professional Baseball second baseman and shortstop. He played for the Tokyo/Lotte Orions from 1965 until 1978 and the Seibu Lions from 1979 until his retirement in 1984.

Over his career, he won five Best Nine Awards and three Golden Glove Awards. He led the NPB in batting average twice and was an All-Star eleven times. With 2081 hits, he is a member of the Meikyukai and is ranked 37th in terms of NPB players by total career hits.

Early life 
Before playing professional baseball, Yamazaki grew up in Ageo and attended high school there. He participated in the 1964 Japanese High School Baseball Championship as a shortstop. Out of high school, he drew comparisons to Shigeo Nagashima due to his home run-hitting ability. Unrelated to his baseball ability, Yamazaki was a participant in the 1964 Summer Olympics torch relay.

Playing career

Tokyo/Lotte Orions 
He joined the Tokyo Orions in 1965. His contract fee coming out of high school was reportedly very high and may have helped lead to the formation of the NPB draft later that year.

Yamazaki made his debut on April 10 against the Toei Flyers and had his first hit in the NPB the next day. That year, he recorded 36 hits and recorded a .190 batting average. His second season was cut short due to a broken jaw, leaving him with eight hits and a .123 average. 1967 marked the first time he hit above the Mendoza Line, recording 76 hits. He improved upon that the next season, hitting .255 with 107 hits, 14 of those being home runs. He was a regular at shortstop and set the record for most putouts in a game for the position on September 1 against the Nankai Hawks. He switched to second base the following season. 1969 could be called Yamazaki's breakout season. He hit .301 with 149 hits and 14 home runs. He was selected as an All-Star and Pacific League Best Nine Award winner for the first time. 1970 saw a slight decrease in offensive production for Yamazaki, going to a .247 average with 117 hits, but he still was an All-Star and Best Nine selection and recorded 25 home runs, tied for the most he would hit in a season. In 1971, Yamazaki was selected for a Best Nine Award but did not make the All-Star team. His stats did improve a bit, going to a .280 average with 123 hits. On August 14, Yamazaki hit for the cycle against the Toei Flyers, the second Orions player to accomplish the feat. 1972 saw Yamazuki obtain a .242 average and 107 hits. On the defensive side, he set a new Pacific League record, with 272 consecutive putout attempts without an error.

1973 saw yet another stat decrease, going to a .239 average and 90 hits. He yet again made the All-Star team. He was another Best Nine selection in 1974, hitting .278 with 126 hits. 1975 and 1976 were both All-Star seasons, hitting .270 and .273 with 116 and 114 hits, respectively. In 1977, he was not only an All-Star (hitting .257 with 116 hits), but he was selected for the relatively new Golden Glove Award. In his final year with the Orions in 1978, he hit .290 with 126 hits, but failed to qualify for any awards for the first time since 1968.

Seibu Lions 
Yamazaki was traded to the Seibu Lions, not far from his hometown of Ageo, for the 1979 season. His first season for his new team saw him go .332 with 95 hits, missing a few games in the season and failing to obtain any awards for the second year in a row. 1980 was the only season where Yamazaki won All-Star, Best Nine, and Gold Glove honors. He hit .294 with 140 hits that season. He hit more than 20 home runs for the first time since 1971, obtaining 25. On August 7, against the Kintetsu Buffaloes, he hit two home runs in one inning. 1981 saw him as a Gold Glove and an All-Star recipient, with a .271 average and 124 hits. His 97 runs scored led the league. 1982 was a seemingly quieter year, he had 102 hits with a .246 average and no awards. In 1983, he led the league in plate appearances, at-bats, and runs on his way to his eleventh and final All-Star appearance. He had a .287 average and recorded a career-high 148 wins. On September 1, he hit two home runs in one inning yet again, this time against the Nippon-Ham Fighters. 17 days later, against his former team, he recorded his 2,000th hit, becoming the 18th player to achieve the feat in Japanese baseball history. In his final season, he had a .228 average and 61 hits. He retired after that season.

Post-playing career 
When he retired, Yamazaki became a member of the Meikyukai and has been involved in events of the club. He has since become a baseball writer and commentator.

References

External links 
Hiroyuki Yamazaki at Baseball Reference
Career stats at Nippon Professional Baseball

1946 births
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