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Born: 1955 10 10
iSound Site: www.isound.com/david_lee_roth
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Influenced By
Led Zeppelin, Alice Cooper, Aerosmith, Robert Plant, Jim Dandy, Louis Prima,Black Oak Arkansas
David Lee Roth is born on October 10th, 1955 in Bloomington, IN. In almost every hard rock fans eyes DLR is one of the most dynamic frontmen. |
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Influenced By
Led Zeppelin, Alice Cooper, Aerosmith, Robert Plant, Jim Dandy, Louis Prima,Black Oak Arkansas
David Lee Roth is born on October 10th, 1955 in Bloomington, IN. In almost every hard rock fans eyes DLR is one of the most dynamic frontmen. Roth has a flamboyant, seems larger-than-life persona and a big party hearty/surfer dude persona (not to mention his acrobatic leaps, long mane of blond hair, and skintight spandex outfits), Roth was an integral part of Van Halen's meteoric rise to global dominance from 1978 through 1984. He was one of the greatest liver performers when he was with Van Halen. He was able to get the crowd to dance along with the music. Roth was introduced to music at an early age, via his father's affinity for Al Jolson, Ray Charles, Frank Sinatra, and Louis Prima. By the dawn of his teenage years, his family had relocated to California, and by the early '70s, Roth had become a major rock fan (Led Zeppelin, Black Oak Arkansas, Grand Funk, ZZ Top, Alice Cooper, etc.). Roth was soon singing in local bands, including the Red Ball Jets, who would play shows along with another up-and-coming rock band from Pasadena, CA — Mammoth. The members of Mammoth, which included brothers Eddie (guitar) and Alex (drums) Van Halen, would often borrow Roth's PA system for their gigs, and a friendship was struck up. Soonafter, Roth was asked to join forces with the Van Halen brothers, who had enlisted a new bassist as well, Michael Anthony. The new quartet decided on a name change by the mid-'70s as they played the Sunset Strip — Van Halen (reportedly Roth's idea). By 1977, the quartet was signed to Warner Bros, and 1978 saw the release of their landmark self-titled debut, one of rock's all-time great recordings. They're was a lot of mixing of different kinds of music on Van Halen's first album. It was basically mixing heavy metal riffs, with punk's fury, Van Halen was on a completly different level than any other rock band during that era. Those new sounds, took the world by storm. The band issued a string of classic mega-selling albums (1979's Van Halen II, 1980's Women & Children First, 1981's Fair Warning, 1982's Diver Down, and two years later, 1984), while becoming a major arena-headlining concert draw in the process. When the group had reached their peak, they felt that nothing could stop them. But in 1985 Roth either left Van Halen or was fired (this happened right after their biggest album, 1984). Roth issued a four-track solo EP in 1985, entitled Crazy From the Heat, with rumors swirling that the group was bickering behind the scenes and that the singer was going to make a major motion picture. It was a big shock to rock fans everywhere that Roth left Van Halen. (Van Halen would soldier on with Sammy Hagar filling Roth's spot) — leading to a war of words in the press. His plans for his movie was a bust. Then he formed a top-notched solo band,consisting of ex-Talas bassist Billy Sheehan (often called "the Eddie Van Halen of bass"), ex-Frank Zappa guitarist Steve Vai, and ex-Maynard Ferguson drummer Gregg Bissonette. In 1986, Roth issued his first full-length solo effort, Eat Em & Smile, which was another hit and gave way to another sold-out tour. Roth had also become a master of creating hilarious and highly original music videos (featuring a wide assortment of wacky characters), especially Van Halen's "Hot for Teacher," and Roth's solo clips "California Girls," "Just a Gigolo," "Yankee Rose," and "Goin' Crazy." But while Roth's new solo band seemed to be on their way to a very promising future, the lineup began to splinter with each subsequent release (1988's Skyscraper, 1991's A Little Ain't Enough), until Roth was the only remaining member. With interest waning, Roth attempted to branch out musically on his experimental 1994 release, Your Filthy Little Mouth (produced by Nile Rodgers), but it was met with a cool reception, as was his attempt to break into the Vegas circuit around the same time. In 1996, Van Halen parted ways with Sammy Hagar, which led to rumors that Van Halen and Roth were getting back together. They appeared on the MTV Video Music Awards in New York to present an award. Roth did two new tracks for Van Halen's Best of Vol. one album. There was almost a fight between Eddie and Roth in the backstage area (so, it was basically a trick into thinking Roth was back in the band), when they secretly hired ex-Extreme vocalist Gary Cherone. Undeterred, Roth penned a tell-all biography, 1997's Crazy From the Heat, and issued his best solo album in years, 1998's back-to-basics DLR Band. When Cherone was dismissed from Van Halen in 1999 after only a single album (the horrific Van Halen III), rumors began swirling once again about a possible Roth/Van Halen reunion. With both camps keeping things very hush-hush, Roth finally broke the silence in April of 2001, issuing a statement on his website that he and his former Van Halen bandmates had indeed regrouped the previous year in the recording studio, but that he hadn't heard back from them in months. Barely a week later, Eddie Van Halen went public with the fact that he was diagnosed with cancer.
Bio written by: riff_master |
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