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David Lee Roth In ‘Hi-Fashion’ With Latest Single

by VHND — updated November 10, 2023 Leave a Comment

Turn to the left, turn to the right. It's David Lee Roth's latest release 'Hi-Fashion'! The song is another from the 2007 sessions with guitarist John 5 dubbed "The California Sessions", which also includes "Somewhere Over the Rainbow Bar and Grill", "Low-Rez Sunset", "Giddy-Up!", "Alligator Pants", "Pointing at the Moon", "Nothing Could Have Stopped Us Back Then", "Manda … [Read more...]

John 5 On ’07 David Lee Roth Recordings: ‘I’d Love To Do Some Songs ‘Fair Warning’ Style

by Eric Senich — updated October 30, 2023 Leave a Comment

Guitarist John 5 says he'd like to rework some of the songs he recorded with David Lee Roth in 2007, only this time with an old-school Van Halen edge. "I'd love to do some [of those] songs "Fair Warning" style," John 5 said during a recent interview on SiriusXM's "Trunk Nation with Eddie Trunk". "Heavy, distorted guitars, and riffs, and solos, and all that cool stuff but...I … [Read more...]

David Lee Roth Drops New Tune ‘The S— That Killed Elvis’ In Both Acoustic & Electric Flavors

by Eric Senich — updated October 21, 2023 Leave a Comment

David Lee Roth released a new song today called "The Shit That Killed Elvis" in both electric and acoustic versions. The song comes from Roth's 2007 recordings dubbed "The California Sessions" by guitarist John 5, who also teamed up with Roth for the songs "Somewhere Over the Rainbow Bar and Grill", "Low-Rez Sunset", "Giddy-Up!", "Alligator Pants", "Pointing at the Moon", … [Read more...]

David Lee Roth’s Weird New Song ‘Manda Bala’

by VHND — updated November 17, 2023 Leave a Comment

David Lee Roth capped off his birthday week by releasing a new song called "Manda Bala". The song, posted on Dave's YouTube channel on Friday (10/13), comes from his 2007 recording sessions with John 5. Those sessions resulted in the songs "Somewhere Over the Rainbow Bar and Grill", "Pointing at the Moon", and "Nothing Could Have Stopped Us Back Then". Gregg Bissonette … [Read more...]

David Lee Roth ‘Nothing Could Have Stopped Us Back Then Anyway’ Official Video

by VHND — updated October 20, 2023 Leave a Comment

The official video for David Lee Roth's latest single "Nothing Cold Have Stopped Us Back Then Anyway" has been released. The video, created by Roth's guitarist John 5 along with Mike Savage of Vision Savage Media, includes vintage photos and video of Van Halen during their early days as they quickly rose to fame and acclaim. It was first posted by John 5 Friday (July 29). … [Read more...]

David Lee Roth Gets Mellow With New Song ‘Pointing At The Moon’

by VHND — updated October 21, 2023 Leave a Comment

David Lee Roth has just released a new song titled "Pointing At The Moon". The track, released along with Dave's artwork [via a 3-D YouTube video which you can view above], begins with a piano piece very reminiscent of "Dark Side Of The Moon"-era Pink Floyd before the lush sounds of acoustic guitar, slide guitar, piano and organ flow right into Dave's reflective … [Read more...]

David Lee Roth’s New Song ‘Lo-Rez Sunset’ – Full Animated Video

by VHND — updated June 19, 2024 Leave a Comment

Ride off into the "Low-Rez Sunset" with Diamond Dave! David Lee Roth dropped a new song at midnight. The track was co-written and recorded a few years ago with guitarist/bassist John 5. We've heard a teaser of "Lo-Rez Sunset" before, but the full song has now been officially released by Roth and is accompanied by his original artwork made into a short animated video by … [Read more...]

David Lee Roth Releases New Song ‘Giddy – Up!’

by VHND — updated September 24, 2022 Leave a Comment

David Lee Roth has just released a brand new track titled "Giddy - Up!". Roth shared a clip of the song on his Twitter page along with his own artwork. The complete track from YouTube can be heard above: https://t.co/n1GgXrCWLe pic.twitter.com/ImgvfQvAvk— David Lee Roth (@DavidLeeRoth) May 31, 2021 "Giddy - Up!" is among five new songs included in his web comic … [Read more...]

Listen to David Lee Roth’s ‘Somewhere Over the Rainbow Bar and Grill’

by VHND — updated September 24, 2022 Leave a Comment

David Lee Roth released a new song just now. Could the timing and the title be an ode to Eddie? Dave gave us his hand-written lyrics and artwork for the song. Listen to 'Somewhere Over the Rainbow Bar and Grill' by David Lee Roth and John 5 below. Besides YouTube, you can listen to it via many other platforms HERE. … [Read more...]

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