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David Lee Roth (often referred to as "Diamond Dave") (born October 10, 1954, Bloomington, Indiana
Bloomington, Indiana

Bloomington is a city and the county seat of Monroe County, Indiana in the southern region of the U.S. state of Indiana. According to the United States Census, 2000, the city population was 69,291 and its Bloomington, Indiana metropolitan area had a population of 175,506....
) is an American
United States

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 rock
Rock and roll

Rock and roll is a form of music that evolved in the United States in the late 1940s and early 1950s. Its roots lay mainly in rhythm and blues, Country music, folk music, gospel music, and jazz....
 vocalist, songwriter
Songwriter

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, actor
Actor

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, author
Author

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, and former radio personality
Radio personality

A radio personality is a person with an on-air position in radio broadcasting. A radio personality can be someone who introduces and discusses various genres of music, hosts a talk radio that may take calls from listeners, or someone whose primary responsibility is to give news, weather, sports or traffic information....
, best known as the lead singer of Van Halen
Van Halen

Van Halen is a hard rock band formed in in 1972. They enjoyed success from the release of their Van Halen in 1978. As of 2007 Van Halen has sold more than 80 million albums worldwide and have had the most number one hits on the Billboard Hot Mainstream Rock Tracks chart....
. In addition to his work with Van Halen, Roth is a successful solo artist and has released several platinum and gold solo albums. Roth rejoined Van Halen in 2007 for a North American tour that was the highest grossing tour in the band's history.

d Lee Roth is the son of the late Nathan Roth, an ophthalmologist, and Sibyl Roth, and the brother of Allison and Lisa Roth.






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David Lee Roth (often referred to as "Diamond Dave") (born October 10, 1954, Bloomington, Indiana
Bloomington, Indiana

Bloomington is a city and the county seat of Monroe County, Indiana in the southern region of the U.S. state of Indiana. According to the United States Census, 2000, the city population was 69,291 and its Bloomington, Indiana metropolitan area had a population of 175,506....
) is an American
United States

The United States of America is a Federal government constitutional republic comprising U.S. state and a federal district. The country is situated mostly in central North America, where its Contiguous United States and Washington, D.C., the Capital districts and territories, lie between the Pacific Ocean and Atlantic Oceans, Borders of the U...
 rock
Rock and roll

Rock and roll is a form of music that evolved in the United States in the late 1940s and early 1950s. Its roots lay mainly in rhythm and blues, Country music, folk music, gospel music, and jazz....
 vocalist, songwriter
Songwriter

File:Beethoven.jpgA songwriter is someone who writes the lyrics, as well the musical composition or melody to songs. One who writes only lyrics is a lyricist, while one who writes only music is a composer....
, actor
Actor

An actor or actress is a person who acting in a dramatic production and who works in film, television, theatre, or radio programming in that capacity....
, author
Author

An author is defined both as "the person who originates or gives existence to anything" and that authorship determines responsibility for what is created....
, and former radio personality
Radio personality

A radio personality is a person with an on-air position in radio broadcasting. A radio personality can be someone who introduces and discusses various genres of music, hosts a talk radio that may take calls from listeners, or someone whose primary responsibility is to give news, weather, sports or traffic information....
, best known as the lead singer of Van Halen
Van Halen

Van Halen is a hard rock band formed in in 1972. They enjoyed success from the release of their Van Halen in 1978. As of 2007 Van Halen has sold more than 80 million albums worldwide and have had the most number one hits on the Billboard Hot Mainstream Rock Tracks chart....
. In addition to his work with Van Halen, Roth is a successful solo artist and has released several platinum and gold solo albums. Roth rejoined Van Halen in 2007 for a North American tour that was the highest grossing tour in the band's history.

Early life

David Lee Roth is the son of the late Nathan Roth, an ophthalmologist, and Sibyl Roth, and the brother of Allison and Lisa Roth. Roth's paternal and maternal grandparents immigrated to Indiana
Indiana

The State of Indiana was the 19th U.S. state admitted into the union. It is located in the Midwestern United States of the United States of America....
 from Russia
Russia

Russia , or the Russian Federation , is a list of countries spanning more than one continent country extending over much of northern Eurasia....
. One of his grandmothers was from Azores
Azores

The Azores is a Portugal archipelago in the Atlantic Ocean, about 1,500 km from Lisbon and about 3,900 km from the east coast of North America....
, Portugal
Portugal

Portugal , officially the Portuguese Republic , is a country on the Iberian Peninsula. Located in southwestern Europe, Portugal is the westernmost country of mainland Europe and is bordered by the Atlantic Ocean to the west and south and by Spain to the north and east....
. Roth's uncle, Manny Roth
Manny Roth

Manny Roth was an influential New York City nightclub owner and entertainment entrepreneur. Manny Roth owned the famous New York establishment Cafe Wha?....
, is an influential New York City
New York City

The City of New York is the List of United States cities by population in the United States, while the New York metropolitan area ranks among the List of urban areas by population....
 nightclub
Nightclub

A nightclub is a Alcoholic beverage, Dance and entertainment Music venue which does its primary business after dark. People who frequent nightclubs are known as clubbers....
 owner and entertainment entrepreneur
Entrepreneur

An entrepreneur is a person who has possession of an organization, or venture, and assumes significant accountability for the inherent risks and the outcome....
. Manny Roth
Manny Roth

Manny Roth was an influential New York City nightclub owner and entertainment entrepreneur. Manny Roth owned the famous New York establishment Cafe Wha?....
 built and owned the famous New York establishment Cafe Wha?
Cafe Wha?

Cafe Wha? is a club in Greenwich Village in Manhattan, New York City that has been home to various musicians and comedians. Bob Dylan, Jimi Hendrix, Bruce Springsteen, The Velvet Underground, Kool and the Gang, Peter, Paul & Mary, Woody Allen, Lenny Bruce, Joan Rivers, Bill Cosby, Richard Pryor, and many others all began their careers at th...
 in the early 1960s, when the likes of Bob Dylan and Jimi Hendrix
Jimi Hendrix

James Marshall Hendrix was an American guitarist, singer and songwriter whose guitar playing continues to be a considerable influence on rock music....
 were working there. Seven-year-old David Lee got his first taste of, and desire for, show business from the inside by hanging out at Cafe Wha?.

Roth moved to Pasadena
Pasadena, California

Pasadena is a city in Los Angeles County, California, California, United States. Famous for hosting the annual Rose Bowl Game American football game and the Tournament of Roses Parade, Pasadena is the home of many leading scientific and cultural institutions, including the California Institute of Technology , the Jet Propulsion Laboratory ,...
, California
California

California is a U.S. state on the West Coast of the United States of the United States, along the Pacific Ocean. It is bordered by Oregon to the north, Nevada to the east, Arizona to the southeast, and to the south the Mexico state of Baja California....
 in his teens after living in Swampscott
Swampscott, Massachusetts

Swampscott is a New England town in Essex County, Massachusetts, Massachusetts, United States. The population was 14,412 at the 2000 census. A former summer resort on Massachusetts Bay, Swampscott is today a residential community which includes the village of Beach Bluff, as well as the unincorporated community of Clifton, Massachusetts....
, Massachusetts
Massachusetts

The Commonwealth of Massachusetts is a U.S. state located in the New England region of the Northeastern United States United States. It borders Rhode Island and Connecticut to the south, New York to the west, and Vermont and New Hampshire to the north....
, and Bloomington
Bloomington, Indiana

Bloomington is a city and the county seat of Monroe County, Indiana in the southern region of the U.S. state of Indiana. According to the United States Census, 2000, the city population was 69,291 and its Bloomington, Indiana metropolitan area had a population of 175,506....
, Indiana
Indiana

The State of Indiana was the 19th U.S. state admitted into the union. It is located in the Midwestern United States of the United States of America....
.

Roth was educated at The Webb Schools
The Webb Schools

The Webb Schools is the collective name for two private schools for grades 9-12, founded by Thompson Webb, located in Claremont, California. The Webb School of California for boys was established in 1922, and the Vivian Webb School for girls in 1981....
 in Claremont, California
Claremont, California

Claremont is a college town in eastern Los Angeles County, California, California, United States, about 30 miles east of downtown Los Angeles, California at the base of the San Gabriel Mountains....
 and John Muir High School
John Muir High School (Pasadena, California)

John Muir High School is a four-year comprehensive secondary school in Pasadena, California, California, United States and is a part of the Pasadena Unified School District....
 in Pasadena. He later attended Pasadena City College
Pasadena City College

Pasadena City College is a community college located on Colorado Boulevard in Pasadena, California, California, United States. PCC is the third largest community college campus in the United States....
 (as did the Van Halen brothers), although he did not graduate. During this period Roth worked as a hospital orderly
Orderly

A medical orderly or orderly is a hospital attendant whose job consists of assisting medical and/or nursing staff with various nursing and/or medical interventions....
.

With Van Halen

Roth rose to prominence in the 1970s Los Angeles
Los Angeles, California

Los Angeles is the largest city in the U.S. state of California and the List of United States cities by population in the United States. Often abbreviated as L.A. and nicknamed The City of Angels, Los Angeles is rated as a beta global city, has an estimated population of 3.8 million and spans over in Southern California....
 rock scene as the lead singer of Van Halen
Van Halen

Van Halen is a hard rock band formed in in 1972. They enjoyed success from the release of their Van Halen in 1978. As of 2007 Van Halen has sold more than 80 million albums worldwide and have had the most number one hits on the Billboard Hot Mainstream Rock Tracks chart....
. In 1974 Roth rented his PA system to the brothers Eddie
Eddie Van Halen

Edward Lodewijk "Eddie" Van Halen , is a Dutch-American guitarist, keyboardist, songwriter and music producer, most famous as the lead guitarist and co-founder of the hard rock band Van Halen....
 and Alex Van Halen
Alex Van Halen

Alexander Arthur Van Halen is a Dutch-American drummer and co-founder of the hard rock band Van Halen.Originally, his brother Eddie Van Halen had taken lessons for drums, while Alex practiced guitar....
, after failing a previous audition, and later joined their hard rock
Hard rock

Hard rock is a sub-genre of rock music which has its earliest roots in mid-1960s garage rock and psychedelic rock and is considerably harder than conventional rock music....
 band as lead vocalist when the band members decided that letting him join would both save them money and allow Eddie to focus on guitar playing. After finding out that the name Mammoth (which the Van Halens called their band at the time) was being used by another band, Roth persuaded the Van Halen brothers to change the band's name from Mammoth to Van Halen.

He spent much of his private time refining his martial arts skills and spinning kicks with martial arts Instructor Bob Smith also of Bloomington, Indiana after Smith had provided security for other 70's and early 80's Musicians.

In February 1978, Van Halen released their debut album, Van Halen. It quickly established the group as a commercial success, and is credited with establishing Los Angeles as hard rock
Hard rock

Hard rock is a sub-genre of rock music which has its earliest roots in mid-1960s garage rock and psychedelic rock and is considerably harder than conventional rock music....
's unofficial capital during the 1980s and early-1990s.

Soon after Van Halen's debut, Roth became well-known for his flamboyant showmanship and outrageous off-stage behavior. The 1983 Rolling Stone Record Guide Vol 2. described Roth as "the most obnoxious singer in human history, an achievement notable in the face of long tradition and heavy competition." Although often noted more for physical than for technical vocal prowess, Roth's bluesy baritone voice and distinctive screams
Whistle register

The whistle register is the highest vocal registration of the human voice lying above the modal register and falsetto register. This register has a specific physiological production that is different from the other registers, and is so called because the timbre of the notes that are produced from this register are similar to that of a whistl...
, along with his often humorous and campy
Camp (style)

'Camp' is an aesthetic sensibility wherein something is appealling because of its taste and irony value. When the usage appeared, in 1909, it denoted: ostentatious, exaggerated, affected, theatrical, effeminate, and homosexual behaviour, and, by the middle of the 1970s, the definition comprised: banality, artifice...
 lyrics, were integral to Van Halen's sound. Roth is able to take his voice into a multi-pitched wheeze/rasp, almost like a train whistle
Train whistle

A train whistle or air whistle, , is an audible signaling device on a steam locomotive used to warn that the train is approaching, and to communicate with rail workers....
 (see Throat singing). Over the course of his career, he displayed a range from G1-Eb6, totaling out to nearly 5 octaves.

1979 to 1984 saw Van Halen release five more albums: Van Halen II
Van Halen II

Van Halen II is the second album by United States hard rock band Van Halen, released in 1979 in music. The actual recording of the album took place less than a year after the release of the eponymous Van Halen album....
, Women and Children First, Fair Warning
Fair Warning

Fair Warning is the fourth studio album by United States hard rock band Van Halen, released in 1981 in music. Fair Warning went 2x platinum,, which was disappointing compared to the sales of the band's previous albums, making it the least commercially successful album of the David Lee Roth years....
, Diver Down
Diver Down

Diver Down is the fifth album by United States hard rock band Van Halen, released in 1982 in music. According to , it spent 65 weeks on the US album charts and had, by 1998, sold 4 million copies in the United States....
, and 1984
1984 (Van Halen album)

1984 is the sixth album by United States hard rock band Van Halen. One of the band's more popular albums , 1984 is the final album featuring singer David Lee Roth, who later left the band in the spring of the following year due to escalating tensions between him and guitarist Eddie Van Halen, as well as Roth's desire to pursue a sol...
, each to increasing popular success and critical acclaim. In 1983, Van Halen was paid $1,500,000 to play one set at the US Festival
US Festival

The US Festivals were two early 1980s music and culture festivals sponsored by Steve Wozniak of, at the time, Apple, Inc., and broadcast live on cable television....
 in California
California

California is a U.S. state on the West Coast of the United States of the United States, along the Pacific Ocean. It is bordered by Oregon to the north, Nevada to the east, Arizona to the southeast, and to the south the Mexico state of Baja California....
, making them one of the two highest paid bands in modern history, along with the festival's other headlining act, David Bowie
David Bowie

David Bowie is an English musician, actor, record producer and Arrangement. Active in five decades of rock music and frequently reinventing his music and image, Bowie is widely regarded as an innovator, particularly for his work in the 1970s....
. Van Halen achieved their greatest commercial success, including their first Billboard
Billboard Hot 100

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 #1 single, for the song "Jump
Jump (Van Halen song)

"Jump" is a song recorded by the rock group Van Halen. It is the only single the group released in their career to reach #1 on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100....
", in 1984
1984 in music

Events*January 21 - "Relax " by Frankie Goes to Hollywood reaches number one in the UK singles chart; it spends a total of forty-two weeks in the Top 40....
.

In early 1985, while still a member of Van Halen, Roth released a popular solo EP
Extended play

An extended play is a vinyl record, Compact disc, or music download which contains more music than a Single , but is too short to qualify as an LP album....
 of off-beat standards. Singles for "California Girls
California Girls

"California Girls" is a song written by Brian Wilson and Mike Love and recorded by The Beach Boys in 1965. It features contrasting verse-chorus form....
", and "Just a Gigolo/I Ain't Got Nobody
Just a Gigolo (song)

"Just a Gigolo" is a popular song, adapted by Irving Caesar in 1929 from the Austrian song "Sch?ner Gigolo", written in 1928 by Leonello Casucci and Julius Brammer ....
" succeeded largely due to their innovative music video
Music video

A music video is a short film or video that accompanies a complete piece of music, most commonly a pop music or rock music song with lyrics. Modern music videos are primarily made and used as a marketing device intended to promote the sale of music recordings....
s, which featured ridiculous characters created by Roth.

In April 1985
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, Roth either left Van Halen or was fired, depending on who is telling the story. Reportedly, tensions between Roth and guitarist Eddie Van Halen broke over Van Halen's desire to incorporate keyboards
Keyboard instrument

A keyboard instrument is any musical instrument played using a musical keyboard. The most common of these is the piano. Other widely used keyboard instruments include various types of organ s as well as other mechanical, electromechanical and electronic musical instrument....
, synthesizers, and power ballad
Power ballad

A Power ballad is a type of song typically characterized by having a slow tempo, long voiced notes, Electric guitar and/or acoustic guitars, and deemphasized percussion and bass guitar....
s into the group's sound. In his 1998 autobiography, Crazy From the Heat, Roth characterized Van Halen's music just before his 1985 departure as "morose." Roth wished to record an album quickly, tour, and then shoot a movie (the ill-fated Crazy From the Heat), but found his bandmates apathetic, lethargic, and drunk.

Reportedly, Roth also disliked Eddie Van Halen's behavior regarding an appearance on Michael Jackson
Michael Jackson

Michael Joseph Jackson is an American recording artist, entertainer, and businessman. The seventh child of the Jackson family, he debuted on the professional music scene at the age of 11 as a member of The Jackson 5 and began a solo career in 1971 while still a member of the group....
's 1983 hit "Beat It
Beat It

"Beat It" is a hit Single from Michael Jackson's album Thriller , released in 1983 . It was the third single from the album, following "The Girl Is Mine" and "Billie Jean"....
"—Van Halen did not tell Roth that he had recorded the song, for fear that Roth would prevent him from releasing it. In Crazy From The Heat, Roth writes that he approved of Van Halen's participation on "Beat It"; he believed that the Quincy Jones
Quincy Jones

Quincy Delight Jones, Jr. , is an United States music Conductor , record producer, musical arranger, film composer and trumpeter. During five decades in the entertainment industry, Jones has earned a record 79 Grammy Award nominations, 27 Grammys, including a Grammy Legend Award in 1991....
-produced track provided an excellent vehicle for Van Halen to showcase his talents. Roth later claimed that his issue with Eddie's participation on the track was that Eddie had declined to be paid for his work, receiving only a thank you note. Roth lamented, "We don't think alike at all."

After Van Halen


In late 1985, Roth assembled a band that he often considered a supergroup, composed of guitarist Steve Vai
Steve Vai

Steven "Steve" Siro Vai is an United States instrumental rock guitarist, songwriter, vocalist, record producer, and actor. After starting his professional career as a music transcriptionist for Frank Zappa, Vai would also record and tour in Zappa's backing band starting in 1980....
, bass player Billy Sheehan
Billy Sheehan

William 'Billy' Sheehan is an United States bassist known for his work with Talas , Steve Vai, David Lee Roth, Mr. Big , and Niacin . Sheehan has won the "Best Rock Bass Player" readers' poll from Guitar Player Magazine five times for his "lead bass" playing style....
 and drummer Gregg Bissonette
Gregg Bissonette

Gregg Bissonette, is an American drummer. Gregg was born in a family of musicians. His father Bud Bissonette plays drums, his mother Phyllis plays piano and vibraphone, and brother Matt Bissonette plays bass guitar....
. He later enlisted Van Halen producer Ted Templeman to produce the band's debut album. Eat 'Em and Smile saw Roth return to hard rock music, and met with huge commercial success. In interviews around this time, Roth claimed that he had recorded additional Spanish and Portuguese language versions of the album, but to date only one of these, the Spanish language version titled "Sonrisa Salvaje", appeared. The Eat 'em and Smile Tour was one of the most successful concert tours of 1986.

Van Halen's first album with Sammy Hagar
Sammy Hagar

Samuel Roy "Sammy" Hagar , known as "The Red Rocker", is an United States rock music guitarist, singer, composer and solo artist. Hagar was one of the three singers for Van Halen, as well as of the early 1970s rock band Montrose ....
, Roth's replacement as lead vocalist, entitled 5150, met with greater commercial success than Eat 'Em and Smile, although it had lost a lot of the heavier rock edge from the previous Roth-era albums. Van Halen allegedly titled their 1988
1988 in music

This is a list of notable events in music that took place in the year 1988....
 album OU812
OU812

OU812 is the eighth album by United States hard rock band Van Halen, released in 1988 in music. The album title is allegedly a joke on Van Halen's previous lead singer David Lee Roth's 1986 album Eat 'Em and Smile ....
 -- a homophone
Homophone

A homophone is a word that is pronounced the same as another word but differs in meaning. The words may be spelled the same, such as rose and rose , or differently, such as Carat , caret, and carrot, or to, two and too....
 to "Oh, you ate one too?" -- in reference to the title Eat 'Em And Smile.

In early 1988
1988 in music

This is a list of notable events in music that took place in the year 1988....
, Roth released Skyscraper
Skyscraper (album)

Skyscraper was the second full-length album by David Lee Roth , released in 1988. It was the last to feature guitarist Steve Vai as he left the group in 1989 to join Whitesnake and continue his solo career....
, a more experimental offering than the first solo album. It featured Roth's most famous original solo song, "Just Like Paradise", which was a worldwide hit. Skyscraper was co-produced by Roth and Steve Vai, and displayed the growing influence of the guitarist, featuring on many songs the dense layers of compressed guitars that gave it a unique sound that was to differentiate the album from the more Van Halen-sounding Eat 'Em and Smile. The album was certified platinum, reaching #6 on the Billboard album chart.

Nonetheless, it met with a more tepid commercial response than anything Roth had released previously. Roth then went on tour supporting the british metal band Iron Maiden
Iron Maiden

Iron Maiden are an English Heavy metal music band from Leyton, East London, England, formed in 1975. The band is led by founder, bassist and songwriter Steve Harris ....
 on their 7th Tour Of A 7th Tour
7th Tour of a 7th Tour

The 7th Tour Of A 7th Tour was a world tour conducted by British heavy metal music band Iron Maiden in 1988....
 in support of their album Seventh Son of a Seventh Son
Seventh Son of a Seventh Son

Seventh Son of a Seventh Son is a concept album by heavy metal band Iron Maiden, released in 1988 as the band's seventh studio album on EMI in Europe and its sister label Capitol Records in the US ....
. Soon after Skyscraper's release, Billy Sheehan left Roth's band, who then embarked on a world tour with new bassist Matt Bissonette during most of 1988. The tour was a major production featuring, at various points, Roth surfing above the audience on a surfboard suspended on wires and in a boxing ring, (both parts of the stage show seen in the "Just Like Paradise" video). The show also featured robotic replicas of the band in a calypso segment and all playing Caribbean steel drums and in an unplugged segment where the band performed acoustic covers of some rock and roll classics such as "Wake-Up Little Susie" by The Everly Brothers.

The tour was a huge success and met with ecstatic reviews in many places. A Sounds magazine review of a show on the tour at St. Louis, Missouri (published May 5, 1988) declared it "the greatest rock show on earth" and Kerrang magazine summed up the tour as "a don't blink or you'll miss it spectacular" that had the reporter Mick Wall
Mick Wall

Mick Wall is a British music journalist, radio and TV presenter, and author, and one of the best-known names in the field of rock journalism. He began his career writing for music weekly Sounds in 1977, where he began writing about punk and the new wave, before graduating to rockabilly, funk, New Romantic pop and, eventually, hard rock...
 "scrabbling to put new batteries into his pacemaker." Despite the critical and commercial triumphs of the Skyscraper Tour, Steve Vai left the band to release a solo album.

In 1991
1991 in music

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, Roth released A Little Ain't Enough
A Little Ain't Enough

A Little Ain't Enough was the third full-length album by David Lee Roth , released in 1991. It was certified Gold on April 11, 1991. Produced by Bob Rock, the album featured the lead guitar work of the legendary guitarist Jason Becker, a then up-and-coming guitarist who was diagnosed with motor neurone disease a week after joining the...
, a more mainstream hard rock album, produced by Bob Rock
Bob Rock

Robert Jens Rock, aka Bob Rock,, is a Canada musician, sound engineer, and record producer....
; it achieved RIAA gold status
RIAA certification

In the United States, the Recording Industry Association of America awards certification based on the number of albums and single sold through retail and other ancillary markets....
. Twenty-year-old guitar prodigy Jason Becker
Jason Becker

Jason Becker, is an American neo-classical metal guitarist and composer. At the age of 16, he became part of the Mike Varney-produced duo Cacophony with his friend Marty Friedman ....
 played on the album, but he was diagnosed with Lou Gehrig's disease shortly before the accompanying arena tour. He was replaced by Joe Holmes
Joe Holmes

Joe Holmes was born on June 11 1963 in New Jersey. As a child, Holmes took lessons from guitarist Randy Rhoads in 1979. Holmes joined an L.A based band Terriff in 1983....
. The stage for the A Little Ain't Enough Tour featured statues that spat whiskey at Roth's audience, and a pair of giant inflatable legs, positioned 'spread-eagle', wearing ripped, fishnet stockings. Musical tastes changed dramatically by the end of 1991, with the arrival of grunge music, hence Roth's tour did not sell out many venues, as in the past.

In 1993, Roth was arrested in New York City
New York City

The City of New York is the List of United States cities by population in the United States, while the New York metropolitan area ranks among the List of urban areas by population....
's Washington Square Park
Washington Square Park

Washington Square Park is one of the best-known of New York City's List of New York City parks. At 9.75 acres , it is a landmark in the Manhattan neighborhood of Greenwich Village, as well as a meeting place and center for cultural activity....
 for buying what he once described as "$10 worth of Jamaica
Jamaica

Jamaica is an island nation of the Greater Antilles, in length and as much as in width situated in the Caribbean Sea. It is about south of Cuba, and west of the island of Hispaniola, on which Haiti and the Dominican Republic are situated....
n, bunk reefer
Reefer

Reefer may refer to:...
 maan" from an undercover police officer. The arrest made headlines, and became a late-night television punch-line. When asked by Howard Stern
Howard Stern

Howard Allan Stern is an American radio presenter and media personality, best known for hosting The Howard Stern Show, currently an uncensored talk radio show that airs on Howard 100 on SIRIUS XM Radio....
 whether the bust was a publicity stunt, Roth said, "Howard, in New York City this small of a bust is a $35 traffic citation. It literally says 'Buick, Chevy, Other'. Your dog poops on the sidewalk, it's $50. If I was looking for publicity, I would have pooped on the sidewalk."

In 1994
1994 in music

This is a list of notable events in music that took place in the year 1994....
, Roth released Your Filthy Little Mouth, an eclectic, lyrically intricate album produced by Nile Rodgers
Nile Rodgers

Nile Gregory Rodgers is an United States musician, composer, arranger, and guitarist, and is considered one of the most influential record producers in the history of popular music....
. It combined elements of rock, country
Country music

Country music is a blend of popular American music forms originally found in the Southern United States and the Appalachian Mountains. It has roots in Traditional music, Celtic music, gospel music, and old-time music and evolved rapidly in the 1920s....
, reggae
Reggae

Reggae is a music genre first developed in Jamaica in the late 1960s.While sometimes used in a broader sense to refer to most types of Music of Jamaica, the term reggae more properly denotes a particular music style that originated following on the development of ska and rocksteady....
, hip hop
Hip hop music

Hip hop music is a music genre typically consisting of a rhythmic vocal style called rapping which is accompanied with backing beats. Hip hop music is part of hip hop culture, which began in the Bronx, in New York City in the 1970s, predominantly among African Americans and Latino Americans....
, lounge, and others; for example, it included the song "Cheating Heart Cafe", a duet with the popular country singer Travis Tritt
Travis Tritt

James Travis Tritt is a Grammy award-winning American country music artist and occasional actor, more commonly known as Travis Tritt.Starting with the debut single release of "Country Club" in 1989, Travis Tritt has charted more than thirty singles on the U.S....
. It did not sell well, failing to achieve gold status. Roth then began to perform at smaller venues in the United States.

Nevertheless, many partisan fans remained, and the Roth–Van Halen split entered iconic pop culture. For example, in the film Airheads
Airheads

Airheads is a comedy film released on August 5, 1994. It was written by Rich Wilkes and directed by Michael Lehmann.It stars Brendan Fraser, Steve Buscemi, and Adam Sandler as a group of loser musicians called The Lone Rangers who take a radio station hostage, just so that their song would get played on the radio....
 released that year, people who sided with Roth in the Van Halen split were denoted as cool, whereas a character siding with Van Halen was fingered as an undercover police officer. Similarly, in 2001, the title character of the film Joe Dirt
Joe Dirt

Joe Dirt is a 2001 in film comedy film starring David Spade, Dennis Miller, Christopher Walken, Brittany Daniel, Jaime Pressly, Erik Per Sullivan, Adam Beach and Kid Rock....
 declared he was a Van Halen fan, not a "Van Hagar" fan. In Bowling For Soup
Bowling for Soup

Bowling for Soup is an United States rock band who originally formed in Wichita Falls, Texas, Texas in 1994. Now based in Denton, Texas, the band is best known for their single "Girl All the Bad Guys Want" "Almost ", "High School Never Ends", and "1985 "....
's song "1985", the narrator sings about the frustrated soccer mom, "Where's the mini-skirt/ Made of snakeskin? Who's the other guy/ Singing with Van Halen?..." And in the 1998 Adam Sandler
Adam Sandler

Adam Richard Sandler is an United States comedian, actor, musician, screenwriter and film producer. After becoming a Saturday Night Live cast member, he went on to star in several Hollywood feature films that grossed over US$100 million at the box office....
 film The Wedding Singer
The Wedding Singer

The Wedding Singer is a 1998 film written by Tim Herlihy and directed by Frank Coraci that stars Adam Sandler as Robbie Hart, a wedding singer, and Drew Barrymore as Julia Sullivan, the object of his affections....
, set in 1985, Sandler's character tells his cheating girlfriend "Please get out of my Van Halen t-shirt before you jinx the band and they break up". Nerf Herder
Nerf Herder

Nerf Herder is a pop punk band from Santa Barbara, CA formed in 1994 by Parry Gripp , Charlie Dennis and Steve Sherlock . They describe themselves as a "geek rock" band, and are known for simplistic modern punk-style songs with frequently humorous, juvenile and pop-culture-referencing lyrics....
 had a minor hit in 1996 with the song "Van Halen". The lyrics heralded David Lee Roth ("I bought Van Halen I/It was the best damn record I ever owned") and bemoaned Sammy Hagar ("Is this what you wanted, Sammy Hagar? ... I'll never buy your lousy records again").

In 1995, Roth devised and performed an adult lounge act, largely in Las Vegas
Las Vegas, Nevada

Las Vegas is the most populous city in the U.S. state of Nevada, the seat of Clark County, Nevada, and an internationally renowned major resort city for gambling, shopping, and entertainment....
 casinos, with a brass band that featured Nile Rodgers, Edgar Winter
Edgar Winter

Edgar Holland Winter is an American musician who had significant success in the 1970s and 1980s. Edgar is a multi-instrumentalist, performing on the keyboards, and as a vocalist, saxophonist and percussionist, well-versed in jazz, blues and rock music....
, and members of the Miami Sound Machine. It also featured several exotic dancers, who in Roth's words were "so sweet, I bet they shit sugar!"

Living in New York City since the late 1990s, David Lee Roth trained as an Emergency Medical Technician
Emergency medical technician

Emergency medical technician is a term used in various countries to denote a healthcare provider trained to provide pre-hospital emergency medical services....
 and worked as such for some time. He occasionally told stories about his experiences as an EMT on his radio show.

Career explorations


In June 1996, Roth reunited with Van Halen for a brief time and to great public fanfare. He recorded two new songs for Van Halen's Best of Vol. 1 album, "Can't Get This Stuff No More" and "Me Wise Magic." After an infamous appearance on September 5, 1996, at the MTV Video Music Awards
MTV Video Music Awards

The MTV Video Music Awards were established in the end of the summer of 1984 in television by MTV to celebrate the top music videos of the year....
 during which Roth and Eddie Van Halen reportedly threatened each other, Roth was passed over for Van Halen's new lead vocalist job in favor of Gary Cherone
Gary Cherone

Gary Cherone is an United States Rock music singer-songwriter. He is best known for his work with the rock group Extreme , as well as his short stint as the lead singer for Van Halen on the Van Halen III album and subsequent tour....
. (Cherone's previous band, Extreme
Extreme (band)

Extreme is an American Rock music band that reached the height of their popularity in the late 1980s and early 1990s.Among some of Extreme's musical influences are Queen and Van Halen; The band have described their music as 'Funky Metal'....
, had opened for Roth in 1991).

In 1997, Roth wrote a well-received memoir, entitled Crazy From the Heat. The 359-page book was whittled down from over 1,200 pages of monologues, which were recorded and transcribed by a Princeton University
Princeton University

Princeton University is a private university university located in Princeton, New Jersey, New Jersey, United States. The school is one of the eight universities of the Ivy League and has the largest per-student Financial endowment in the world....
 graduate who followed Roth around for almost a year. Among the book's revelations, aside from stories about backyard parties, Van Halen, and catching malaria
Malaria

Malaria is a Vector -borne infectious disease caused by protozoan parasites. It is widespread in Tropics and subtropical regions, including parts of the Americas, Asia, and Africa....
 in Third world
Third World

Third World is a categorical label used to describe states that are considered to be developed in terms of their economy or level of industrialization, globalization, standard of living, health, education or other criteria for 'advancements'....
 jungles, was the infamous "Brown M&Ms" clause written into Van Halen's early contract riders. The clause was included in contracts not because of ego, but rather to make sure that structural stage specifications in the contract were read thoroughly and were adequately provided. Roth writes of a time when he found brown M&Ms in a bowl and subsequently had a fit. In the press, he was accused of causing US$
United States dollar

The United States dollar is the unit of currency of the United States and was defined by the Coinage Act of 1792 to be between 371 and 416 grains of silver ....
85,000 worth of damage to the arena. Most of the monetary damages were due to Van Halen's staging sinking through the floor. Roth writes, "they didn't bother to look at the weight requirements or anything, and this sank through their new flooring and did eighty-thousand dollars worth of damage to the arena floor. The whole thing had to be replaced. It came out in the press that I discovered brown M&Ms and did $85,000 worth of damage to the backstage area. Well, who am I to get in the way of a good rumor?"

In 2001, rumors swirled that Roth and the members of Van Halen had recorded several new songs together and were in the process of attempting yet another reunion. Roth later confirmed this, but nothing became of the music. A box set was also rumored, but never materialized. Instead, Warner Bros.
Warner Bros.

Warner Bros. Entertainment, Inc. is one of the world's largest film producer of film and television.It is a subsidiary of Time Warner, with its headquarters in Burbank, California and New York City....
 re-released remastered versions of all six early Van Halen studio albums.

In 2002, Roth's Heavyweights of Rock and Roll Tour with Sammy Hagar revived his career somewhat. Despite this, Roth's future with Van Halen seemed uncertain.

"Yankee Rose"
Yankee Rose (song)

"Yankee Rose" is a rock music song recorded by David Lee Roth. It was written by Roth and Steve Vai and was Roth's first single on his 1986 first full-length album Eat 'Em and Smile....
 appeared in the 2002 videogame Grand Theft Auto: Vice City
Grand Theft Auto: Vice City

Grand Theft Auto: Vice City is a Nonlinear gameplay action-adventure game computer game and video game designed by Rockstar North and published by Rockstar Games....
, playing on rock station V-Rock
V-Rock

V-Rock is the name of two radio stations, one of which are broadcasting as of today.*WSTB #V-Rock was the branding of WSTB in Streetsboro, Ohio, during the 90's when the station played heavy metal music. See WSTB ....
.

In 2003, Roth released Diamond Dave
Diamond Dave (album)

Diamond Dave is the sixth full-length studio album by David Lee Roth, vocalist of Van Halen. It was recorded at Henson Studios in Hollywood, California and released in 2003....
, an album of (mostly) classic rock cover songs ("If 6 Was 9
If 6 Was 9

"If 6 Was 9" is a song written by Jimi Hendrix and recorded by The Jimi Hendrix Experience. It appeared on the release of their 1967 in music album Axis: Bold as Love and on the Easy Rider for the 1969 in film film Easy Rider....
", "Soul Kitchen," and a solo/big band version of "Ice Cream Man").

In 2003, On December 31, Roth played a one night sold out New Year's Eve show at the House of Blues in Hollywood, CA consisting of Van Halen era songs as well as Roth era songs, and some drunken midgets roaming about the stage.

In 2004, he appeared on The Sopranos
The Sopranos

The Sopranos was an United States television drama series created and Executive producer#Television by David Chase. It was originally broadcast in the United States on the premium television cable television HBO from January 10, 1999 to June 10, 2007, spanning List of The Sopranos episodes....
 as a poker-playing guest of Tony Soprano
Tony Soprano

Anthony John Soprano, Sr., played by James Gandolfini, is a fictional character on the HBO television series The Sopranos, created by David Chase....
, to which Roth was quoted on his website as saying, "Mom says I'm going to look like Lee Marvin
Lee Marvin

Lee Marvin was an United States film actor. Known for his gravelly voice, white hair and 6'2" stature, Marvin at first did supporting roles, mostly villains, soldiers, and other hard-boiled characters, but after winning a Academy Award for Best Actor for his dual roles in Cat Ballou, he landed more heroic and sympathetic leading roles....
 in 10 years whether I'm in movies or not, so I might as well get after it!"

On July 4 2004, Roth performed with the Boston Pops at Boston's
Boston, Massachusetts

Boston is the State capital and largest city of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, and is one of the oldest cities in the United States. The largest city in New England, Boston is considered the economic and cultural center of the region, and is sometimes regarded as the unofficial "Capital of New England." Boston city proper had a 2007 est...
 annual Pops Goes the Fourth celebration.

Roth's website has stated that he is also working on the book The Tao of Dave: Rock 'n' Roll Philosophy with David Lee Roth, a follow-up to his autobiography.

On May 25, 2006 in an interview with Billboard magazine, Roth predicted a classic Van Halen reunion. "There's contact between the two camps..." says Roth, and "To me, it's not rocket surgery. It's very simple to put together. And as far as hurt feelings and water under the dam, like what's-her-name says to what's-her-name at the end of the movie 'Chicago' -- 'So what? It's showbiz!' So I definitely see it happening." In the same interview, Roth also admitted that he hadn't seen Eddie Van Halen "in a couple of years."

During the summer and fall of 2006 Roth toured the United States. He performed classic Van Halen hits as well as selected songs from his solo career. Roth also promoted a new CD, "Strummin' with the Devil," a Van Halen bluegrass tribute album, which features his vocals on two songs, "Jump" and "Jamie's Cryin'". Roth performed a bluegrass rendition of "Jump" on The Tonight Show with Jay Leno.

Also in 2006, Roth recorded the album Strummin' With The Devil: The Southern Side of Van Halen - A Tribute which was released on CMH Records
CMH Records

Founded in 1975, CMH Records is a Los Angeles based independent country and bluegrass label with several subsidiary labels, including Vitamin Records, Crosscheck, Dwell, and Rockabye Baby!, which release diverse styles of music including string quartet tributes, punk, metal, and lullabies, respectively....
. This album consists of tributes to Van Halen performed by David Lee Roth, The John Jorgenson Bluegrass Band, Blue Highway, Mountain Heart, The John Cowan Band, Iron Horse (band)
Iron Horse (band)

Iron Horse is a Bluegrass music band from Killen, Alabama. They are known for performing and recording bluegrass cover versions of rock songs, particularly their bluegrass treatments of heavy metal music songs popularized by Metallica....
 , David Grisman
David Grisman

David Grisman is a Bluegrass music/Progressive bluegrass mandolinist and composer of acoustic music. In the early 1990s, he started the Acoustic Disc record label in an effort to preserve and spread acoustic or instrumental music....
 and Sons.

Radio show

On January 3, 2006, Roth began a career as a radio personality
Radio personality

A radio personality is a person with an on-air position in radio broadcasting. A radio personality can be someone who introduces and discusses various genres of music, hosts a talk radio that may take calls from listeners, or someone whose primary responsibility is to give news, weather, sports or traffic information....
, hosting a self titled show
The David Lee Roth Show

The David Lee Roth Show was a short-lived syndicated morning radio program in 2006....
 that replaced satellite-radio-bound Howard Stern
Howard Stern

Howard Allan Stern is an American radio presenter and media personality, best known for hosting The Howard Stern Show, currently an uncensored talk radio show that airs on Howard 100 on SIRIUS XM Radio....
 in the morning drive slot on CBS Radio
CBS Radio

CBS Radio Inc., formerly known as Infinity Broadcasting Corporation, is one of the largest owners and operators of radio stations in the United States, fourth behind main rival Clear Channel Communications , Cumulus Media and Citadel Broadcasting....
 stations in New York City
New York City

The City of New York is the List of United States cities by population in the United States, while the New York metropolitan area ranks among the List of urban areas by population....
, Boston
Boston, Massachusetts

Boston is the State capital and largest city of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, and is one of the oldest cities in the United States. The largest city in New England, Boston is considered the economic and cultural center of the region, and is sometimes regarded as the unofficial "Capital of New England." Boston city proper had a 2007 est...
, Philadelphia
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Philadelphia is the largest city in Pennsylvania and the List of United States cities by population city in the United States. It is the fifth-largest metropolitan area and fourth-largest urban area by population in the United States, the nation's fourth-largest consumer media market as ranked by the Nielsen Media Research, and the 49th-most...
, Dallas
Dallas, Texas

Dallas is the third largest city in the state of Texas and the List of United States cities by population in the United States.The city, with a population of over 1.3 million, is the main economic center of the 12-county Dallas/Fort Worth Metroplex which contains 6.1 million people, and is the fourth-largest United States metropolitan area...
, Pittsburgh
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

Pittsburgh is the second largest city in the U.S. state of Pennsylvania with a population of 312,819. The population of the seven-county metropolitan area is 2,462,571....
, Cleveland
Cleveland, Ohio

Cleveland is a city in the U.S. state of Ohio and the county seat of Cuyahoga County, Ohio, the most populous county in the state. The municipality is located in northeastern Ohio on the southern shore of Lake Erie, approximately 60 miles west of the Pennsylvania border....
, and West Palm Beach
West Palm Beach, Florida

West Palm Beach, also known as West Palm, is the most populous city in Palm Beach County, Florida, United States. The city is also the oldest incorporated municipality in South Florida....
. Roth stated in an October 2005 interview with Stern that his show would be political, but at the same time, not overly serious.

Roth's show developed into a mix of music reviews, interviews with porn stars and strippers, political discussions, and guests from many walks of life. Roth's show featured an in-studio guitarist, Brian Young, referred to on air as "B. Young."

On Feb. 27, 2006, the Dallas, Boston, and Philadelphia affiliates started airing local programming in Roth's morning time slot, rather than repeat airings of "Best of Roth" while Roth was on vacation. When ratings were released on Feb. 28, 2006, certain entertainment bloggers suggested Roth's hiatus would become permanent. However, on March 6, 2006, Roth returned as scheduled, and continued to broadcast on weekday mornings. On March 8 and 9, Roth blasted his management on the air, explaining to his audience that they had asked him to stop catering towards ethnic groups and women, and instead focus on 35-year-old white males. On his March 10 show, he announced that things between him and the management had been settled "for the time being." During the week of March 27-March 31, Roth Radio took its show on the road for the first time, broadcasting from Miami, Florida all week long.

On Wednesday, March 29, 2006, Roth was taken off the air by CBS; affiliates were told to find other programming to air. That day, Karen Mateo of CBS radio released a statement saying that David Lee Roth would return to the airwaves from New York on Friday, March 31. Upon Roth's return on March 31, the format of his show had changed drastically. Many of the show's callers expressed dislike of the new format, saying they felt that the show had "lost its edge." One caller aired his opinion that Roth's tendency to laugh at one-liners was annoying. Starting Monday, April 10, 2006, the Dallas affiliate (now KRLD-FM) moved Roth up one hour from 6-10 central to 5-9 by running the show live instead of on an hour delay. The extra hour was given to the newly acquired Jagger Show.

On April 10, 2006, the New York Post
New York Post

The New York Post is the 13th-oldest newspaper published in the United States and generally acknowledged as the oldest to have been published continually as a daily, although -- like most other papers -- its publication has been interrupted by labor actions....
 reported that CBS Radio would replace Roth with the team of Opie and Anthony
Opie and Anthony

Opie and Anthony are the hosts of The Opie & Anthony Show, a talk radio program airing in The United States and Canada on XM Satellite Radio and Sirius Satellite Radio....
 "within weeks." On the morning of April 21, 2006, about halfway through the show, Roth began complaining that his show was not able to take calls or emails. He then went on to read the news stories, only getting halfway through a story before commenting that he didn't care about it and going on to the next one. Following a commercial break, Roth chose to play only songs because of his frustration with CBS radio. At 8 AM, Roth returned to the air to interview car salesman "Chop," and then at 9 AM he interviewed actor Jeff Bridges
Jeff Bridges

Jeffrey Leon Bridges is a four-time Academy Award-nominated American actor and musician. His most notable films include The Last Picture Show, The Fabulous Baker Boys, Tron , Starman , The Fisher King , The Big Lebowski, Seabiscuit , and Iron Man ....
. Roth made an agreement with CBS to address the situation with 15 minutes left in the show; however, when that time came CBS pulled the plug on him, and did not allow him to say good-bye to his fans.

As of April 22, 2006, David Lee Roth was rumored to be in talks with Sirius Satellite Radio
Sirius Satellite Radio

Sirius Satellite Radio is a satellite radio service operating in the United States and Canada, owned by Sirius XM Radio. Headquartered in New York City, with smaller studios in Los Angeles and Memphis, Tennessee, Sirius was officially launched on July 1, 2002 and currently provides 69 streams of music and 65 streams of sports, news and ente...
 to do an afternoon show. This was later denied by Howard Stern
Howard Stern

Howard Allan Stern is an American radio presenter and media personality, best known for hosting The Howard Stern Show, currently an uncensored talk radio show that airs on Howard 100 on SIRIUS XM Radio....
 and Sirius CEO Mel Karmazin
Mel Karmazin

Melvin Alan "Mel" Karmazin is an United States executive. He co-founded and was the president of CBS Radio and eventually became the president and chief executive officer of CBS....
, who stated, "Mr. Roth is still under contract and unable to go to another radio medium while still being paid by CBS Radio." Roth is also expected to pursue his full one year payout of approximately $4 million. Howard Stern
Howard Stern

Howard Allan Stern is an American radio presenter and media personality, best known for hosting The Howard Stern Show, currently an uncensored talk radio show that airs on Howard 100 on SIRIUS XM Radio....
 has come to Roth's defense claiming that he should have been allowed time to grow an audience.

On April 24, 2006, the rumor about The David Lee Roth Show
The David Lee Roth Show

The David Lee Roth Show was a short-lived syndicated morning radio program in 2006....
 being replaced by Opie and Anthony
Opie and Anthony

Opie and Anthony are the hosts of The Opie & Anthony Show, a talk radio program airing in The United States and Canada on XM Satellite Radio and Sirius Satellite Radio....
 was confirmed. The duo filled Roth's former timeslot on Wednesday, April 26, 2006. Two days later, an article appeared in the Boston Herald
Boston Herald

The Boston Herald is a daily newspaper that serves Boston, Massachusetts, United States and its surrounding area. It was started in 1846 and is one of the oldest daily newspapers in the USA....
, which stated that CBS, supposedly, never intended for Roth to replace Stern permanently. Reportedly, the company wanted Opie and Anthony to replace Stern all along; however, because of a public feud between Stern and the duo, they selected Roth to 'go first,' so as bear the brunt of fan outrage, and thus ensure Opie and Anthony's success.

During a brief war with Howard Stern
Howard Stern

Howard Allan Stern is an American radio presenter and media personality, best known for hosting The Howard Stern Show, currently an uncensored talk radio show that airs on Howard 100 on SIRIUS XM Radio....
, Stern was expecting Roth to show up at his K-Rock WXRK (in New York) station The Howard Stern Show, but when Roth failed to show up, Stern declared war on Roth and told his listeners to call him David Weave Roth. When Stern and Roth buried the hatchet, Roth came on and proved to Stern that he wasn't wearing a weave by having Stern pull his golden locks.

Relationship with the Howard 100 News

During the course of Roth's radio show, he maintained a relationship with Howard Stern
Howard Stern

Howard Allan Stern is an American radio presenter and media personality, best known for hosting The Howard Stern Show, currently an uncensored talk radio show that airs on Howard 100 on SIRIUS XM Radio....
 News Department reporter Steve Langford. Roth and Langford met frequently after shows, with Langford bringing tape back to Howard of Roth's complaints towards WXRK's management. Issues included Roth's firing, the missing podcast, and his show being cut off early. Langford and Roth met last on Roth's final day, April 21,2006, Roth performed the Rolling Stones song "You Can't Always Get What You Want" for Howard and discussed an impending lawsuit against CBS.

Recent events


On August 23, 2006, it was announced at the Interprovincial Music Camp "Rock Camp" in Ontario, Canada, that for the 2007 camp, Roth was to teach the "Advanced Vocals" student
Student

The word student is etymology derived through Middle English from the Latin Latin conjugation#Principal parts for the active voice Grammatical conjugation verb "studere", Meaning "to direct one's zeal at"; hence a student could be described as 'one who directs zeal at a subject'....
s.

On December 28, 2006, David Lee Roth warned that a reunion with Van Halen could result in a "NASCAR-style wreck."

On January 24, 2007, after much anticipation, Billboard.com reported that David Lee Roth would rejoin Van Halen for a 40-date amphitheater tour in Summer 2007. This report, among many others, was confirmed with an official press release posted on the official Van Halen website on Feb. 2, 2007.

On Feb. 2, 2007 The Official Van Halen Web Site released information that David Lee Roth had rejoined the band along with current members Alex, Eddie, along with Eddie and Valerie's teenage son, Wolfgang Van Halen. Michael Anthony, Van Halen's original and only bass player up to now (excluding Eddie played bass himself on some of Van Halen III and all the new songs on the Best of Both Worlds compilation), was fired by Eddie before the summer 2004 tour with Sammy Hagar and played that tour under a 'hired gun' contract. Michael Anthony's website confirms his firing. David Lee Roth's website has a fan poll asking if Michael's absence will detract from a "reunion" tour. On March 8 the official Van Halen website posted a letter from Eddie Van Halen stating that Ed was entering rehab and that the tour with Roth had been indefinitely postponed.

In March 2007 five members of Van Halen, the four original members and Sammy Hagar were inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. The Van Halen brothers did not attend due to Eddie's condition. Roth was to perform with the band Velvet Revolver
Velvet Revolver

Velvet Revolver is a Grammy Award-winning hard rock supergroup consisting of former Guns N' Roses members Slash , Duff McKagan and Matt Sorum, alongside Dave Kushner formerly of punk rock band Wasted Youth....
; however, conflict with the band caused his part to be canceled. Roth subsequently did not attend the induction, leaving only Michael Anthony and Sammy Hagar to represent Van Halen. Both Anthony and Hagar thanked Roth publicly for his contribution to the band during the awards acceptance.

The conflict was rumored to be based on song selection. Roth wanted to perform "Jump", the band's highest charting song, but Velvet Revolver would only agree to play "Ain't Talkin' 'Bout Love" or "You Really Got Me". When it was finally agreed upon that Paul Shaffer
Paul Shaffer

Paul Allen Wood Shaffer, Order of Canada is a Canadian musician, actor, voice actor, author, comedian and composer currently the bandleader and sidekick on the Late Show with David Letterman....
 would perform "Jump", Roth claimed that there was no longer enough time to rehearse and opted not to attend the ceremony.

On G4's show Code Monkeys
Code Monkeys

Code Monkeys is an United States animated series on the video game-oriented television channel G4 . The show was created by Adam de la Pe?a, the creator of Adult Swim's Minoriteam and Comedy Central's I'm With Busey, and follows the adventures of fictional video game company GameaVision in the early 1980s....
, Dave is shown giving an inspirational speech to keep the others from taking up jobs at Bellecovision and asks "Would David Lee Roth leave Van Halen?" The show takes place in the 1980s.

On August 13, 2007, 6 months after the initial reunion tour was postponed, it was finally confirmed by Van Halen with Roth at a press conference in Los Angeles
Los Ángeles

Los ?ngeles is the Capital of the Biob?o Province, in the municipality of the same name, in Regions of Chile VIII , in the center-south of Chile....
 that they would start the tour back up again and schedule it starting in September 2007. At that conference, David Lee Roth claimed that he and Eddie were "like brothers" now. It was also announced that the band had the possibility of further worldwide touring and a new album in mind for later on afterwards.

On June 5, 2008, Van Halen announced the 2007-2008 tour with Roth grossed more than $93 million, a record for the rock band. Van Halen played to nearly one million people during 74 arena shows throughout the United States and Canada, beginning September 27 2007 in Charlotte, N.C. and wrapping June 3 2008 in Quebec City, Qc for the 400th anniversary of the city. Although currently inactive, it is rumored that the band will release a DVD of the largely-successful tour in time for the Christmas holiday. A studio album of new material is also expected to follow.

Solo Band members


Guitars

  • Steve Vai
    Steve Vai

    Steven "Steve" Siro Vai is an United States instrumental rock guitarist, songwriter, vocalist, record producer, and actor. After starting his professional career as a music transcriptionist for Frank Zappa, Vai would also record and tour in Zappa's backing band starting in 1980....
     (1985-1989)
  • Jason Becker
    Jason Becker

    Jason Becker, is an American neo-classical metal guitarist and composer. At the age of 16, he became part of the Mike Varney-produced duo Cacophony with his friend Marty Friedman ....
     and Steve Hunter
    Steve Hunter (guitarist)

    Steve "The Deacon" Hunter, born 1948 in Decatur, Illinois, is an United States guitarist best known for his collaborations with Lou Reed. He first played with Mitch Ryder's Detroit , beginning a long association with record producer Bob Ezrin....
     (1990-1991)
  • Joe Holmes
    Joe Holmes

    Joe Holmes was born on June 11 1963 in New Jersey. As a child, Holmes took lessons from guitarist Randy Rhoads in 1979. Holmes joined an L.A based band Terriff in 1983....
     and Steve Hunter (1991-1992)
  • Terry Kilgore
    Terry Kilgore

    Terry Gene Kilgore is an American politician. A Republican Party , he was elected to the Virginia House of Delegates in 1993. He the 1st district in the far southwestern corner of the state, near Cumberland Gap....
     and Rocket Ritchotte (1993-1994)
  • Terry Kilgore (1994)
  • Steve Hunter (1997)
  • Mike Hartman and John Lowery
    John Lowery

    John 5, born John William Lowery in Grosse Pointe, Michigan, Michigan, on July 31, 1971, is an United States guitarist. His stage name was bestowed upon him back in 1998 when he joined rock group Marilyn Manson as their guitarist taking over from Zim Zum ....
     (1998)
  • Bart Walsh (1999, 2001)
  • Brian Young (2002-2003)
  • Toshi Hiketa (2003-2005)
  • Brian Young and Toshi Hiketa (2006)


Bass

  • Billy Sheehan
    Billy Sheehan

    William 'Billy' Sheehan is an United States bassist known for his work with Talas , Steve Vai, David Lee Roth, Mr. Big , and Niacin . Sheehan has won the "Best Rock Bass Player" readers' poll from Guitar Player Magazine five times for his "lead bass" playing style....
     (1985-1988)
  • Matt Bissonette
    Matt Bissonette

    Matt Bissonette is an American bass player and the brother of drummer Gregg Bissonette. He attended the University of North Texas's jazz music program....
     (1988-1992)
  • James Hunting (1993-1994)
  • John Regan
    John Regan

    John Regan is an United States musician, songwriter, producer and bassist. He is notable for being a member of ex-Kiss guitarist Ace Frehley's band "Frehley's Comet" from 1984 to 1990....
     (1994)
  • Steve Hunter (1997)
  • B'urbon Bob aka Bob Marlette (1998)
  • Marco Mendoza
    Marco Mendoza

    Marco Mendoza is an American musician - bass player and vocalist. He was born in San Diego, California, in 1956. He spent his formative years living with his grandmother in Tijuana, Mexico....
     (1999-2000)
  • James LoMenzo
    James Lomenzo

    James "JLo" LoMenzo is a heavy metal music bassist. He currently plays in the thrash metal band Megadeth. ...
     (2001-2005)
  • Todd Jensen
    Todd Jensen

    Todd Jensen is a bassist who has played for various artists, including the bands Sequel, Hardline , and Harlow, as well as David Lee Roth, Ozzy Osbourne, Alice Cooper, and Paul Rodgers....
     (2006)


Drums

  • Gregg Bissonette
    Gregg Bissonette

    Gregg Bissonette, is an American drummer. Gregg was born in a family of musicians. His father Bud Bissonette plays drums, his mother Phyllis plays piano and vibraphone, and brother Matt Bissonette plays bass guitar....
     (1985-1992)
  • Ron Wikso - Drums & Percussion (1993-1994)
  • Ray Luzier
    Ray Luzier

    Ray Luzier is an United States rock drummer. He was the drummer for Army of Anyone, a rock band composed of Filter frontman Richard Patrick and brothers Dean DeLeo and Robert DeLeo of Stone Temple Pilots....
     (1997-2000, 2001-2005)
  • Jimmy DeGrasso
    Jimmy DeGrasso

    Jimmy DeGrasso is an United States Heavy metal music drummer. He is currently the drummer for F5 .DeGrasso was born in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania and graduated from Liberty High School in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania in 1981....
     (2006)


Keyboards

  • Brett Tuggle (1988-1994, 1997)
  • Patrick Howard I (1998-1999)


Discography


With Van Halen

  • Van Halen
    Van Halen (album)

    Van Halen is the eponymous debut album by United States hard rock band Van Halen, released in 1978 in music....
     (1978)
  • Van Halen II
    Van Halen II

    Van Halen II is the second album by United States hard rock band Van Halen, released in 1979 in music. The actual recording of the album took place less than a year after the release of the eponymous Van Halen album....
     (1979)
  • Women and Children First (1980)
  • Fair Warning
    Fair Warning

    Fair Warning is the fourth studio album by United States hard rock band Van Halen, released in 1981 in music. Fair Warning went 2x platinum,, which was disappointing compared to the sales of the band's previous albums, making it the least commercially successful album of the David Lee Roth years....
     (1981)
  • Diver Down
    Diver Down

    Diver Down is the fifth album by United States hard rock band Van Halen, released in 1982 in music. According to , it spent 65 weeks on the US album charts and had, by 1998, sold 4 million copies in the United States....
     (1982)
  • 1984
    1984 (Van Halen album)

    1984 is the sixth album by United States hard rock band Van Halen. One of the band's more popular albums , 1984 is the final album featuring singer David Lee Roth, who later left the band in the spring of the following year due to escalating tensions between him and guitarist Eddie Van Halen, as well as Roth's desire to pursue a sol...
     (1983)
  • Best of Volume I
    Best of Volume I

    Best of Volume I is the first compilation of studio tracks by United States hard rock band Van Halen, released in 1996 in music.In addition to material from nine of the band's first ten studio albums , Best of Volume I also features the band's contribution to the Twister soundtrack and two newly recorded songs with original vo...
     (1996)
  • The Best of Both Worlds
    The Best of Both Worlds (Van Halen album)

    The Best of Both Worlds is a greatest hits album by United States hard rock band Van Halen, released in 2004 in music. The title "The Best of Both Worlds" references both their song of the same name, and the fact that the album has the greatest songs from their two main and successful vocalists David Lee Roth and Sammy Hagar....
     (2004)


Solo

  • Crazy from the Heat
    Crazy from the Heat (EP)

    This article is about the David Lee Roth EP, for Roth's autobiography of the same name see Crazy from the Heat Crazy from the Heat is a 1985 EP by David Lee Roth, his debut solo release....
     (EP, 1985) #15 US: Platinum
  • Eat 'Em and Smile (1986) #4 US:Platinum
  • Sonrisa Salvaje (1986)
  • Skyscraper
    Skyscraper (album)

    Skyscraper was the second full-length album by David Lee Roth , released in 1988. It was the last to feature guitarist Steve Vai as he left the group in 1989 to join Whitesnake and continue his solo career....
     (1988) #6 US:Platinum
  • A Little Ain't Enough
    A Little Ain't Enough

    A Little Ain't Enough was the third full-length album by David Lee Roth , released in 1991. It was certified Gold on April 11, 1991. Produced by Bob Rock, the album featured the lead guitar work of the legendary guitarist Jason Becker, a then up-and-coming guitarist who was diagnosed with motor neurone disease a week after joining the...
     (1991) #18 US:Gold
  • Your Filthy Little Mouth
    Your Filthy Little Mouth

    Your Filthy Little Mouth is the fourth full-length studio album by David Lee Roth , released in 1994. It was the last David Lee Roth album released on the Warner Music Group label....
     (1994) #78 US
  • The Best (1997) #199 US
  • DLR Band
    DLR Band

    DLR Band is the fifth full-length studio album by David Lee Roth, the then-former and now current vocalist of Van Halen. It was released in 1998 and remains the only installment on Roth's own wawazat!! label....
     (1998) #172 US
  • Diamond Dave
    Diamond Dave (album)

    Diamond Dave is the sixth full-length studio album by David Lee Roth, vocalist of Van Halen. It was recorded at Henson Studios in Hollywood, California and released in 2003....
     (2003)
  • Strummin' With The Devil: The Southern Side of Van Halen
    Strummin' With The Devil: The Southern Side of Van Halen

    Strummin' with the Devil: The Southern Side of Van Halen is a tribute album released in 2006. It features artists performing covers of Van Halen songs of the Roth era, done in bluegrass style music....
     (2006)


Video

  • David Lee Roth (1986) US: Platinum
  • No Holds Bar-B-Q (2002)


Singles


Year Song US Hot 100
Billboard Hot 100

The Billboard Hot 100 is the United States music industry standard Single popularity chart issued weekly by Billboard magazine. Chart rankings are based on airplay and sales; the tracking-week for sales begins on Monday and ends on Sunday; while the airplay tracking-week runs from Wednesday to Tuesday....
US MSR
Mainstream Rock Tracks

Hot Mainstream Rock Tracks is a ranking in Billboard magazine of the most-played songs on mainstream rock radio stations, a category that includes stations that play primarily rock music but are not modern rock stations, which are counted in the Hot Modern Rock Tracks chart....
UK singles
UK Singles Chart

The UK Singles Chart is compiled by The Official UK Charts Company on behalf of the British record industry. The chart week runs from Sunday to Saturday, with the chart being printed in Music Week magazine , ChartsPlus , and published online on various sites ....
Album
1985
1985 in music

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"California Girls
California Girls

"California Girls" is a song written by Brian Wilson and Mike Love and recorded by The Beach Boys in 1965. It features contrasting verse-chorus form....
"
3368 Crazy from the Heat
"Just a Gigolo
Just a Gigolo (song)

"Just a Gigolo" is a popular song, adapted by Irving Caesar in 1929 from the Austrian song "Sch?ner Gigolo", written in 1928 by Leonello Casucci and Julius Brammer ....
/I Ain't Got Nobody"
1225-
"Easy Street"-14-
1986
1986 in music

This is a list of notable events in music that took place in the year 1986....
"Yankee Rose
Yankee Rose (song)

"Yankee Rose" is a rock music song recorded by David Lee Roth. It was written by Roth and Steve Vai and was Roth's first single on his 1986 first full-length album Eat 'Em and Smile....
"
1610- Eat 'Em and Smile
"Goin' Crazy!"6612-
"That's Life
That's Life (song)

"That's Life" is a popular music song written by Dean Kay and Kelly Gordon for Frank Sinatra, and released on his That's Life . Both the album and the song proved major successes for Sinatra....
"
85--
"Tobacco Road
Tobacco Road (song)

"Tobacco Road" is a song written and first recorded by John D. Loudermilk in 1960 that was a hit for The Nashville Teens in 1964 and has since become a standard across several musical genres....
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-10-
1988
1988 in music

This is a list of notable events in music that took place in the year 1988....
"Knucklebones"---Skyscraper
"Just Like Paradise"6127
"Stand Up"64572
"Damn Good"-2-
1991
1991 in music

See also:* 1991 in music * :Category:Record labels established in 1991...
"A Lil' Ain't Enough"-332 A Little Ain't Enough
"Sensible Shoes"-681
"Tell the Truth"-39-
1994
1994 in music

This is a list of notable events in music that took place in the year 1994....
"She's My Machine"-1264 Your Filthy Little Mouth
"Night Life"--72
1997
1997 in music

This is a list of notable events in music that took place in the year 1997....
"Don't Piss Me Off"--- The Best
1998
1998 in music

This is a list of notable events in music that took place in the year 1998....
"Slam Dunk"--- DLR Band
2000
2000 in music

See also:* 2000 in music * :Category:Musical groups established in 2000* :Category:Record labels established in 2000...
"Look at All the People Here Tonight"--- Internet Only Release
2003
2003 in music

See also:* 2003 in music * :Category:Record labels established in 2003...
"Shoo Bop"--- Diamond Dave


Bibliography

  • David Lee Roth (1997). Crazy From the Heat. ISBN 0786863390


External links