From FMQB.com: The 2009 MTV Video Music Awards are coming up soon. This year's nominees include a category of classic videos competing for "Best Video (That Should Have Won A Moonman)." The nominees from the past for this new award are: U2 - "Where The Streets Have No Name," Dr. Dre - "Nuthin' But A G Thang," Beastie Boys - "Sabotage," Bjork - "Human Behavior," Radiohead - … [Read more...]
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Billy Sheehan Talks Van Halen, David Lee Roth
From BigMusicGeek.com: Acclaimed bassist Billy Sheehan (Talas, David Lee Roth, Mr. Big, and Devil’s Slingshot, among others), always a man of many words and interesting stories, was kind enough to take a break from his decidedly hectic schedule to speak with us regarding, among many other things, the release of his latest solo opus Holy Cow… Here's the Van Halen-related … [Read more...]
Flashback: Van Hagar Talk Synths, But Not Diamond Dave on “ET”
From Rolling Stone: There’s been so much negativity in the Van Halen universe this week — Eddie claims bassist Mike Anthony quit, Anthony says Eddie forced him out, the Guitar Hero: Van Halen video game features Wolfgang but apparently not Sammy Hagar, Anthony or Gary Cherone — that this week’s Flashback showcases the band at a happier time. The year was 1986, Van … [Read more...]
DAVID LEE ROTH’s ‘DLR Band’ album now available for download
DLR Band sounds closer to classic Van Halen than any other David Lee Roth solo album save Eat 'Em And Smile. Nothing goes better with that Van Halen-esque guitar playing than Diamond Dave's irreplaceable vocals and lyrics. It's a brilliant album that we highly recommend, and it's available on for download for the first time. 14 down-and-dirty songs for $9.99 at iTunes or just … [Read more...]
Flashback: David Lee Roth Dons “Jesus Ensemble” For Joan Rivers
From RollingStone.com: This week, long-running rumors that Guitar Hero: Van Halen would be coming to your nearest GameStop were confirmed when Activision announced the title will be ready before year’s end. So, for this week’s Flashback, in honor of this momentous gaming news, we bring you the sometimes-inebriated, but always-hilarious David Lee Roth. Which Dave showed … [Read more...]
“Diamond Dave” — A Song/Video Ode to David Lee Roth
The Bird and The Bee's singer, Inara George, not only has a beautiful voice, but also a great taste in rock 'n' roll front men. "Diamond Dave" is a love song she wrote to David Lee Roth, which is on the band's new album, Ray Guns Are Not the Future. Lyrics: "Diamond Dave" When I was a child you captured my devotion I spent so many hours exploring mixed emotions All of … [Read more...]
Top 10 Rock ‘N’ Roll Front Men: David Lee Roth
AskMen.com has a new "Top 10" list of the greatest rock 'n' roll front men of all time. David Lee Roth was their eighth pick. Of course we think he deserves to beat most, if not all of the others on their list, but at least they didn't make the mistake of leaving him out of the Top 10! By Nathan Atnikov from AskMen.com: You can have the chops, you can have the songs and … [Read more...]
David Lee Roth “Trippin’ With The Beatles”
With the torrential flood of remixes and mash-ups hitting the internet daily at an alarming rate, it is surprising that no one has thought of this idea before: Combining the Beatles' original version of "Tomorrow Never Knows" with the interpretation offered by David Lee Roth on his own Diamond Dave album. Throw in some samples of Roth's isolated vocal from "Runnin' With The … [Read more...]
Top 3 “Runnin’ With The Devil” Mashups
Ever since the vocal-only track of Van Halen's "Runnin' With the Devil" somehow leaked out onto the internet, people have been creating some very clever "mashups." It's time the VHND featured the very best of 'em. Here's our short list of the Top 3 "Runnin' With The Devil" mashups: 3) "Runnin' With Billie Jean": 2) "Runnin' With Stevie Wonder": 1) "Runnin' … [Read more...]
“Where is David Lee Roth?” Song
Here is a song called "David Lee Roth" by The Fuglees.Cool song, fitting lyrics, and classic old photos:"Where is David Lee Roth? You know we need him more than ever now...." … [Read more...]
Diamond David Lee Roth Turns 54
From: chattanoogapulse.com Abominable Showman Written by Chuck Crowder Wednesday, 08 October 2008 21:27 This Friday (Oct. 10th) marks the 54th birthday of rock 'n roll's number-two best front man of all time: (Diamond) David Lee Roth. I say number two, because it's widely understood that Mick Jagger has held the top spot since basically the beginning of rock as we know … [Read more...]
Rare David Lee Roth Track Sung in Portuguese!
Note: This song was recorded before Roth joined Van Halen for their 2007-2008 tour. From My Poproks: This has been floating around lately and I thought it was pretty interesting. It appears that David Lee Roth recorded a track in Portuguese without Van Halen. The song is called “Take Sarava” and was recently put up on this site, the home of NYC based guitarist Jeff … [Read more...]