Michael Anthony: "I went from 2 cars to 10 cars after Sammy joined"

**Little Dreamer** · 05.23.22, 09:04 AM

"I owned two cars when Sammy joined Van Halen. I had one and my wife had one. And by the next year or whatever, I owned 10 cars, and my wife hated me for that. She owed it all to Sammy Hagar.”

More about the famed contract renegotiation that changed VH's fortunes radically, that we've been discussing here recently.

https://www.metalcastle.net/michael-...g-sammy-hagar/

(headline misleading, not something Mike said)

**CaboChris** · 05.23.22, 10:16 AM

Sagar? Don't these people proof read this shit?

**MD 5150** · 05.23.22, 10:35 AM

Originally Posted by CaboChris

Sagar? Don't these people proof read this shit?

I tried to read that this past weekend. I let one Sagar slide, the second I closed it.

**lovemachine97(Version 2)** · 05.23.22, 10:39 AM

I, for one, am offended at the lack of editorial standards at...MetalCastle.net.

**CaboChris** · 05.23.22, 10:40 AM

And BTW. This is the lame ass headline

"Michael Anthony Crushes David Lee Roth On Van Halen: “Sammy Hagar Brought A Whole New Element”

Not the 10 cars...

**ziggysmalls** · 05.23.22, 12:03 PM

I know Mike obvioulsy knows better than me on his fortunes but I kind of think his decision on having 2 cars was more due to him being a bit frugal than anything else. They all got equal shares and Eddie had numerous sports cars. I don't think Val was buying them for him. Remember the whole Claudio meeting. Panama was his Lambo so he had that in 1983. Eddie also by 1984 had a huge classic guitar collection worht a lot of money. Yes Valiere could have been helping but how much did she really earn with One Day and some C movies?

Obviously the new contract helped but was that at the start of 5150? Likely after 5150. Can't see WB giving a huge deal to this new VH until they saw what they could do

Again he may have had 2 cars but I think Mike was able to afford a lot of cars prior to the new contract. Just chose not to.

**Rokgtar** · 05.23.22, 12:30 PM

Headline and article just for clickbait and to stir the pot.

Sure Sam's a stable guy, but no Ed and Dave, no VH - period, much less getting richer later.