Bassist Michael Anthony told Sirius XM’s Eddie Trunk during a conversation that he didn’t realize he was the only original Van Halen member left who is still touring until a friend of his mentioned this to him.

Michael said:

“I don’t really think about it consciously that I’m the only person. I’m the only one from the original band left out here doing this. And I thought, ‘Whoa, that’s a trip.’ I never thought about it.”

“I always thought that it would have been either him and Alex or whatever that would have carried on after everybody was gone or everyone broke up or everyone stopped getting along. And here I am, I’m the guy.”