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| Crazy From The Heat 357 pages 1997 |
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EEAS-1986 (OH) Pretty Woman Yankee Rose 1984-1984 Goin Crazy Jump Thats Life Hot For Teacher Skyscraper-1988 Panama Just Like Paradise CFTH-1985 Stand Up California Girls A Little Ain't Enough-1991 Just a Gigolo/ I Ain't got Nobody A Lil' Ain't Enough Your Filthy Little Mouth-1994 Sensible Shoes Night Life She's My Machine Tell the Truth Diamond Dave-2003 Shoo Bop |
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| David Lee Roth Biography On Cd Now |
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October 10, 1955, Bloomington, Indiana. With Van Halen, vocalist David Lee
Roth raised the role of a heavy metal frontman to a performance art.
After the band's commercial breakthrough with the 1984 album, Roth
released Crazy from the Heat, a 1985 EP that displayed his blatant pop
roots, covering everything from the Beach Boys to Louis Prima. With
two hit singles, Crazy from the Heat confirmed Roth's solo commercial
potential, prompting his decision to leave Van Halen in June of 1985. For his first full-length album, 1986's Eat 'em and Smile, Roth hired guitarist Steve Vai and bassist Billy Sheehan for a grossly exaggerated take on heavy arena rock. It was a mammoth hit, as was the more pop-oriented follow-up, Skyscaper. After Skyscraper, Vai and Sheehan left to form their own bands (the Steve Vai Band and Mr. Big, respectively). Roth put together a new band for 1991's A Little Ain't Enough, which was his first album not to go platinum. Sensing that it was time for a change, he tried to refashion himself as a slick hard rock singer/songwriter with 1994's Your Filthy Little Mouth, but it resulted in his least successful album yet. DLR Band followed in 1998. ~ Stephen Thomas Erlewine, All-Music Guide |
| David Lee Roth On Rolling Stone's Site |
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Born in Bloomington, Ind. in 1954, rock vocalist "Diamond"
David Lee Roth moved to California in the early 1970s, where he
performed with the local group Red Ball Jets before joining the Van
Halen brothers' band, Mammoth, in 1974. After Mammoth found a
permanent bassist, Mike Anthony, the group changed its name to Van
Halen to avoid conflict with another band named Mammoth, and began
gigging around the West Coast. The group was eventually discovered by
KISS bassist Gene Simmons, who got them a deal with Warner Bros. in
1978. Along with guitarist Eddie Van Halen, Roth became the centerpiece of Van Halen as it gained a huge international following over the next several years, its hard rock albums selling millions of copies each. Roth gained a reputation as the "bad boy" of the group due to sexist comments on stage and a wild lifestyle behind the scenes that included strippers and trashed hotel rooms. His 1985 solo debut, Crazy From the Heat, became a hit and led to talk of a movie career; the rest of the band began accusing Roth of having a big ego. After repeated disagreements, Roth quit Van Halen in 1985 to pursue a full-time solo career.
David Lee Roth recruited a backing band, including famed guitarist
Steve Vai and bassist Billy Sheehan, for his second solo album, 1986's
Eat `Em and Smile. The album sold over two million copies,
establishing "Diamond Dave" as a successful musician in his
own right. Following the release of his hit 1988 follow-up,
Skyscraper, Sheehan left Roth's band to form his own group, Mr. Big,
and Steve Vai embarked on a solo career. Roth recruited new musicians
for 1991's A Little Ain't Enough. |