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From SomethingElseReviews: For drummer Gregg Bissonette, as a youngster, Van Halen was the pinnacle. There was one problem, of course. “My dream was always to play in a rock back — and to me,” Bissonette says in the Vic Firth video below, “there was no other rock band than Van Halen. I loved Van Halen.” [...]
Episode 3 of David Lee Roth’s Tokyo Hi-Power Style Radio Show has arrived. You can listen to or download the show here. Want more episodes of the radio show? You can also check out Episode 1 and Episode 2.
Fifteen years ago today, David Lee Roth released one of his very best solo albums, DLR Band. Released on June 9, 1998, DLR Band was his fifth full-length album, and probably 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 [...]
This week’s photo is a never-before-seen candid taken backstage by a roadie in 1982. “All Access” Van Halen photos is a weekly feature at VHND.com. Every weekend we will be posting a photo from a roadie, friend, or band insider. Many will be exclusives that have never been seen anywhere before, and some will be supplied [...]
Lead singer of Van Halen, David Lee Roth, and Jay Mohr sit down with Opie & Anthony today (June 5th) and reminisce about David’s childhood and playing the game ‘hot lava’. David discusses the competitive and risky nature of the game and how it has developed into his band’s current life; Van Halen trying to [...]
In part 2, your host, David Lee Roth, speaks more about professional wrestling. Because of DLR’s summer touring schedule, The Roth Show is taking a bit of a break. We will be back with Season 2 at the end of the Summer. See you then!
Some fans call David Lee Roth “The Most Interesting Man In The World.” And now that he wrote and starred in an exotic short new film, he just became even more interesting. A short Tarantino-esque video hit YouTube Wednesday, starring the Van Halen frontman. Roth’s video channel uploaded it with the title “DLRmovietrailer.” Roth gives us [...]
“I was so hammered here; I thought I was taking a pic with Josie & The Pussycats…” -David Lee Roth This week’s photo shows David Lee Roth pictured with The Beastie Boys and Sean Penn in 1986. “All Access” Van Halen photos is a weekly feature at VHND.com. Every weekend we will be posting a [...]
In this episode, your host, David Lee Roth, discusses professional wrestling, as he saw it, when he was growing up.
From NY Daily News: Together, Nina Blackwood, Mark Goodman, Alan Hunter, Martha Quinn and the late J.J. Jackson invented the role of VJ and worked it on MTV from 1981 to 1985. The four survivors tell all in “VJ: The Unplugged Adventures of MTV’s First Wave,” an oral history with Gavin Edwards. They were in [...]
REVEALED: David Lee Roth is the half-hour special that aired during mid-April on REELZ, a US based cable network channel dedicated to stars, fans and all aspects of Hollywood. The legendary Van Halen frontman talks about the band’s early days, comeback, and what it’s like to be a Samurai swordsman! Watch the 22-minute interview above.
Your host, David Lee Roth, explains about Iaido and also demonstrates some techniques. Iaido is a modern Japanese martial art associated with the smooth, controlled movements of drawing the sword from its scabbard or saya, striking or cutting an opponent, removing blood from the blade, and then replacing the sword in the scabbard. While new students of iaido may start learning with a wooden sword [...]
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