David lee roth solo songs
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David Lee Roth is American musician, artist and entrepreneur, renowned as the original and final frontman of Van Halen. In 1985 he embarked on a successful solo career.
Biography[]
Early life[]
Roth was raised in Indiana, his father was an eye surgeon. Daves's uncle, Manny Roth owned the Café Wha? in New York and upon visiting he was exposed to eclectic music and retro Americana at a young age.
Career[]
Red Ball Jet[]
The first band DLR sang for was Red Ball Jet, before joining the Van Halen brothers when they were called Mammoth.
Van Halen (1974-1985)[]
It was Roth's idea to rename the band simply Van Halen.
Van Halen performed in clubs before recording their first album.
Van Halen recorded and released six albums with him during this time.
Roth recorded the EP Crazy from the Heat in secret in 1984. He released it in 1985.
He left Van Halen shortly after the release of Crazy from the Heat in 1985.
Solo Career[]
He left Van Halen in 1985 and put together a band featuring former Alcatrazz guitarist Steve Vai, former Talas bassist Billy Sheehan, and dru
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The David Lee Roth Band
American rock band
The David Lee Roth Band was Van Halen frontman David Lee Roth's backing band, formed in Pasadena, California. Originally featuring a supergroup lineup of guitarist Steve Vai, bassist Billy Sheehan, and drummer Gregg Bissonette, the band released numerous popular songs and albums from the mid-1980s until the late 1990s. Other well-known musicians in the David Lee Roth Band have included guitarist Jason Becker, guitarist Steve Hunter, guitarist John Lowery, bassist Matt Bissonette, drummer Ray Luzier, and keyboardist Danny Wagner. The backing band's well-known songs include "Yankee Rose", "Goin' Crazy!", "Shy Boy", "Just Like Paradise", "Stand Up", "Damn Good", "A Little Ain't Enough", "She's My Machine", and "Slam Dunk!".
The backing band is not credited as an official band on any of Roth's solo releases outside of 1998's DLR Band.
History
Crazy from the Heat
Crazy from the Heat is David Lee Roth's first set of music following his departure from Van Halen. This EP is different from prior and future releases
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20 Years Ago: David Lee Roth’s ‘DLR Band’ Released
Twenty years ago this week, David Lee Roth released what we think is one of his very best solo albums… (if not THE best!) … DLR Band. Released on June 9, 1998, DLR Band was his fifth full-length album, and has to be his most Van Halen-sounding solo album since 1986’s Eat ‘Em And Smile.
DLR Band was recorded and mixed in ten days, a similar technique to 1979’s Van Halen II. John Lowery (aka John 5) and Mike Hartman played guitar on the record. Lowery also played bass guitar under the “B’ourbon Bob” pseudonym.
The album debuted at #172 on the charts with 8,000 copies sold in the first week. Within a year the album had sold 65,000 copies. It marked a return to the hard rock guitar-virtuoso sound that made Eat ‘Em and Smile such a classic rock album. The album was engineered, mixed, and mastered by Erwin Musper, who had just come off a short stint mixing some of Van Halen III.
DLR Band track listing:
01. Slam Dunk! (David Lee Roth, Joh
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