David lee Roth - Van Halen

David Lee Roth

Birthday: October 10 1954
Birth place: Bloomington, Indiana,USA
Birth Name: David Lee Roth
AKA: Diamond Dave, Dave Roth, David Lee RothElement: Air
Ruling planet: Venus
Symbol: The Scales
Stone: Opals



We all remeber Van halen for their big 80s hit Jump in 1984. the song reached the # 1 in the Billboard charts. In 1985, David decided to branch out on his own. His solo career was a total success. Crazy From the Heat was his first hit. After his departure, Roth characterized Van Halen's music as "morose". David was against having too many synthesizers in th Van Halen sound.
In 1983, Van Halen didn't tell Roth that he had recorded for Michael Jackson, Beat it.
In 1985, while still with Van Halen, singles like California Girls and Just a Gigolo were 80s hits due the ridiculous characters created by Roth.
Since then, David Lee Roth has released several platinum and solo albums.
In 1991, Roth released his hard rock album A Little Ain't Enough, Jason Becker (28) played in the album, but he had to be replaced by Joe Holmes, cause he was diagnosed with Lou Gehrig's diseased.
In 1993, David Lee Roth was arrested in New York with 24 other people on drug charges, for purchasing marijuana from an undercover cop. He described it as : "$10 worth of Jamaican, bunk reefer maan".
In 1994, David Lee Roth released Your Filthy Little Mouth, an intrincate album that combined rock, reggae, hip hop, lounge and others.
In 1995, Roth devised and performed an adult lounge act in Las Vegas casinos, featuring Nile Rodgers, Edgar Winter, and members of the Miami Sound Machine.

Where is he now? Whatever happened to David Lee Roth ?
David lee Roth is living in New York city since the late 90s. He trained as an Emergency Medical Technician and worked as such for some time.
David Lee Roth was ranked # 100 on VH1's 100 Sexiest Artist.
On June 1996, David reunited with Van Halen for a brief time. They recorded two songs for Van Halen's Best of Volume 1 Album: " Can't Get This stuff No More" and " Me Wise Magic". On September, at the MTV Video Music Awards, Roth and Eddie Van Halen threatened each other. After this infamous appearance, Roth left and was replaced by Gary Cherone.
In 1997, David released his book Crazy From the Heat, where he revealed that he speaks spanish, he likes climbing and traveling to third world countries. He also talks about his experiences as child, teen and adult while playing in Van Halen.
In 2003, Roth released Diamond Dave. On December 31, he played a night one sold out New Year's Eve show at the House of Blues in Hollywood.
In 2004, David appeared on The Sopranos as a poker-playing guest of Tony Soprano. On July, Roth performed with the Boston Pops, at Boston's annual Pops Goes in the Fourth celebration.
On January 2006, he debuted on CBS radio, with his own show, featuring music reviews, interviews with porn stars and strippers, political discussions and guests. On February.
In 2006, David Lee Roth toured the United States, performing classic van Halen's hits, as well as song from his solo career. On March 29, Roth was taken off the air, saying that he would return on March 31, but when he returned the format of his show had changed drastically, which fans disliked. The show was cancelled after Roth began complaning that his show was not able to take calls or emails, so he started to read the stories, only getting throught halfway through a story before commenting he didn't care about it. However CBS pulled the plug on him and didn't aloow him to say good-bye to his fans.
That year, he obtained a Private Pilot license for rotorcraft-helicopter. In 2006, he also recorded the album Strumming with the Devil, a Van Halen tribute album.
In 2007, David rejoined Van Halen for a North American tour, the hightest grossing tour in the band history.
On June 5, 2008, Van Halen announced their 2007-2008 Tour with David Lee Roth. They played to nearly one million people during 74 arena shows though USA and Canada, beginning on September 27, 2007, in Charlotte, N.C. and wrapping June 3, 2008, in Quebec City for its 400th anniversary.


Interview on Joan Rivers show - 1986. Click to see.













Van Halen Reunion Tour 2007-2008 Press Conference. Click to see.







David Lee Roth in Pictures at: http://www.davidleeroth.com/