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“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 [...]
Former Skid Row singer Sebastian Bach had quite the experience yesterday! While flying home after performing at the Stone Music Festival in Australia, he noticed that one of his fellow passengers was none other than Diamond Dave! Here’s what he posted to facebook once he landed in Los Angeles: “30,000 feet above the ocean w Diamond David Lee [...]
David Lee Roth, Billy Joel, and the members of Aerosmith held a press conference at 11am today in Australia. The musical giants are headlining the inaugural Stone Music Festival at ANZ Stadium in Sydney this weekend, the first time they have ever shared a bill. Here’s three articles which feature highlights from the press conference, and [...]
Van Halen hits the stage in Sydney this Saturday night! Naturally, we’ll be featuring youtube clips as soon as they come in, which could be as early as Saturday morning here in the U.S. Yesterday Eddie Van Halen posted to facebook, “Heading 2 Australia…gonna Rock the Stone Music Festival!” Eddie also tweeted, “Australia get ready to Rock…I’m [...]
As long as it doesn’t interfere with Van Halen’s schedule, David Lee Roth could play with The Duke Ellington Big Band this November in Tokyo. By Something Else! Reviews: Van Halen fans are rightly thrilled with the news that David Lee Roth is retaking the road after Eddie Van Halen’s recent health scares. But that’s not the only [...]
Lead singer of Van Halen, David Lee Roth, comes to the Fake Mustache studio to guest on Jay Mohr’s audio podcast. They discuss making music, touring, The Roth Show, and much more. Mohr, who’s favorite band is Van Halen, actually gets David to divulge which Van Halen album is his all-time favorite. 109 minutes. Lots [...]
“Coliseum, 1979. Rothing your room was just a start; Hey Ma, I’m an adverb …” -David Lee Roth This week’s photo is from Van Halen’s 1979 “World Vacation” tour. Van Halen was playing the Los Angeles Coliseum with Aerosmith in front of ninety thousand people. David Lee Roth tells the hilarious story behind this photo, [...]
Here’s a MUST READ article/interview with David Lee Roth from BUZZFEED.com, by Steve Kandell The once and future Van Halen frontman has parlayed the sex and drugs and rock ‘n’ roll of his youth into a wild middle age, and he wants to teach us all about it. Drinking, smoking, and swinging swords on a [...]
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