Between 1974 and 1985, Van Halen were a ship of Gods! Eddie Van Halen was the captain but Dave Lee Roth was the star. As a band, without Dave Lee Roth , Van Halen will always be a top band. But...with Dave Lee Roth, they were something better. A completely different animal. They were electrifying and everything just sounded so much better with a Dave owning not just the stage, but the whole stadia and everything, and one, in it. A lot of women loved Dave Lee Roth, a lot of men wanted to be Dave Lee Roth a d a lot of dogs wanted to, and did, hump Dave Lee Roth. In his prime he had everything you needed to be a top notch front person. Sex appeal - Decent voice - Charisma - Showmanship - Armed with banging tunes - .
Plus he had the ability to do the splits... mid-air! Eddie loaded up thosetunes and Dave Lettuce Raddish rattled them off into the crowd. A match made in heaven.
2 is all about a guy called Dave!
Dave was blessed to this earth October 10th 1954. As well as a singer, he is also an actor, author, and former radio personality but we best know him, and he's best loved as, the lead singer of Van Halen. He fronted Van Halen across two stints from 1974 to 1985 and again from 2006 onwards. He is also known as a successful solo artist, releasing numerous RIAA-certified Gold and Platinum albums. After more than two decades apart, Roth re-joined Van Halen in 2006 for a North American tour that became one of the highest grossing in the band's history and one of the highest grossing of that year. In 2012, Roth and Van Halen released the comeback album A Different Kind of Truth. In 2007, he was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame as a member of Van Halen.
Roth possesses a vocal range of five octaves and three notes which is a little better than me with zero octaves and a five pound note!
It is widely rumoured that it was Dave who was the one who suggested the name Van Halen to brothers Alex and Eddie? Van Halen was previously called Mammoth.
He ran the New York City Marathon with a finish time of 6:04:43, which pretty much means he was signing autographs all along the 26.2 mile route.
He also went on extreme sport-type expeditions to pleaces like the Amazon and Nepal during the '80s with a group of fellow adventurers that called itself the "Jungle Studs."
Back in 2003, Dave stopped an intruder at his home... with a shotgun. Dave talked with the 'San Francisco Chronicle' about the incident, explaining... "Some character comes crawling over what is truthfully a 15-foot-high wall... He ran half the length of a football field around the corner, and when I finally quietly confronted him from the window, he started babbling in three versions of Martian and takes off running and yelling. One of the beauties of a shotgun is that you don't actually have to aim it at most people if you rack that thing as hard as you can a couple of times. Just like on television, I made him put his hands up behind his head and lie down in the sprinkler system. I went and called the cops. I was a little jumpy."
Van Halen has, obviously, been very profitable for Dave. According to the website Celebrity Net Worth, Dave's fortune is at least $40 million large. A big hunk of that likely came from the 2007 Van Halen reunion tours, which netted some $93 million bucks. All those mega selling albums probably helped too.
In light of this wealth, Dave once insured his sperm for a million bucks? Well, not so much the sperm, but the unwanted pregnancy associated with said swimmers. In the event Dave knocked up a groupie, his insurance policy would kick in and pay him a million bucks. That money would then go to cover the child support. Naturally, Lloyds of London held the policy. Romantic huh!?
He also created a system which the road crew used to bring back the 'after party entertainment'. Apparently it was EXTREMELY successful and got rid of unnecessary time wasting. Time management Dave, way to go.
Romantic Dave has never been married but has remained friends with a lot of his past girlfriends who have since married. Rumour has it he is currently dating a billionaire?
Dave was once the victim of identity theft? Not in the steal-your-mail-and-credit-card-number way, but in the crazy imposter way. Back in 2008, a story circulated that Dave nearly died while in Ontario because of an allergic reaction to nuts. Turns out, the real Dave has no nut allergies and later Ontario police confirmed a David Lee Roth imposter was running around town, posing as the flamboyant singer. True to form, our beloved Dave says the only thing he's allergic to is "criticism."
Some die hard Van Halen fans/historians swear that way back in 1975, David Lee Roth was considered as a replacement for Sammy Hagar in Montrose. If Roth had joined Montrose, the course of American arena rock would have been altered forever.
Dave Quotes :
Money can't buy you happiness, but it can buy you a yacht big enough to pull up right alongside it
I'm not conceited. Conceit is a fault and I have no faults.
The world's a stage, and I want the brightest spot.
I don't get all the women that I want... I get all the women that want me.
I used to have a drug problem, now I make enough money.
So there we have it people, your silver medallist , the awesome Dave Lee Roth. Whilst I await Jameels rant, personally, I think it's a fair placing. Whilst not being the upmost best at one single particular thing, wrap all the things up and tie a pretty bow on it and yeah, he's one of the best. He is the complete package, and he knew it. Whilst Sammy was a great vocalist, Van Halen just weren't the same without Dave. He completed them, and they completed him. Without each other, they still rocked, but together they were dynamite. You may think, he's too high. Some may even think he is too low, but whatever the placing, your favourite will always be your favourite regardless of this, or any other, poll. Enjoy what you enjoy. People will love it or people will mock it, but they don't listen with your ears. I never got to see Van Halen live, but the clips look awesome. I would've loved to have seen them in their prime live!
I am sure we all now know who will be number one, but for this moment, let's give it up for the singer of Omar's favourite Van Halen track, Hot For Teacher..... Silver Position man, Mr Dave Lee Roth.
Goodbye my friends....til next time. The mighty G will be here soon with the numero uno!
Plus he had the ability to do the splits... mid-air! Eddie loaded up thosetunes and Dave Lettuce Raddish rattled them off into the crowd. A match made in heaven.
2 is all about a guy called Dave!
Dave was blessed to this earth October 10th 1954. As well as a singer, he is also an actor, author, and former radio personality but we best know him, and he's best loved as, the lead singer of Van Halen. He fronted Van Halen across two stints from 1974 to 1985 and again from 2006 onwards. He is also known as a successful solo artist, releasing numerous RIAA-certified Gold and Platinum albums. After more than two decades apart, Roth re-joined Van Halen in 2006 for a North American tour that became one of the highest grossing in the band's history and one of the highest grossing of that year. In 2012, Roth and Van Halen released the comeback album A Different Kind of Truth. In 2007, he was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame as a member of Van Halen.
Roth possesses a vocal range of five octaves and three notes which is a little better than me with zero octaves and a five pound note!
It is widely rumoured that it was Dave who was the one who suggested the name Van Halen to brothers Alex and Eddie? Van Halen was previously called Mammoth.
He ran the New York City Marathon with a finish time of 6:04:43, which pretty much means he was signing autographs all along the 26.2 mile route.
He also went on extreme sport-type expeditions to pleaces like the Amazon and Nepal during the '80s with a group of fellow adventurers that called itself the "Jungle Studs."
Back in 2003, Dave stopped an intruder at his home... with a shotgun. Dave talked with the 'San Francisco Chronicle' about the incident, explaining... "Some character comes crawling over what is truthfully a 15-foot-high wall... He ran half the length of a football field around the corner, and when I finally quietly confronted him from the window, he started babbling in three versions of Martian and takes off running and yelling. One of the beauties of a shotgun is that you don't actually have to aim it at most people if you rack that thing as hard as you can a couple of times. Just like on television, I made him put his hands up behind his head and lie down in the sprinkler system. I went and called the cops. I was a little jumpy."
Van Halen has, obviously, been very profitable for Dave. According to the website Celebrity Net Worth, Dave's fortune is at least $40 million large. A big hunk of that likely came from the 2007 Van Halen reunion tours, which netted some $93 million bucks. All those mega selling albums probably helped too.
In light of this wealth, Dave once insured his sperm for a million bucks? Well, not so much the sperm, but the unwanted pregnancy associated with said swimmers. In the event Dave knocked up a groupie, his insurance policy would kick in and pay him a million bucks. That money would then go to cover the child support. Naturally, Lloyds of London held the policy. Romantic huh!?
He also created a system which the road crew used to bring back the 'after party entertainment'. Apparently it was EXTREMELY successful and got rid of unnecessary time wasting. Time management Dave, way to go.
Romantic Dave has never been married but has remained friends with a lot of his past girlfriends who have since married. Rumour has it he is currently dating a billionaire?
Dave was once the victim of identity theft? Not in the steal-your-mail-and-credit-card-number way, but in the crazy imposter way. Back in 2008, a story circulated that Dave nearly died while in Ontario because of an allergic reaction to nuts. Turns out, the real Dave has no nut allergies and later Ontario police confirmed a David Lee Roth imposter was running around town, posing as the flamboyant singer. True to form, our beloved Dave says the only thing he's allergic to is "criticism."
Some die hard Van Halen fans/historians swear that way back in 1975, David Lee Roth was considered as a replacement for Sammy Hagar in Montrose. If Roth had joined Montrose, the course of American arena rock would have been altered forever.
Dave Quotes :
Money can't buy you happiness, but it can buy you a yacht big enough to pull up right alongside it
I'm not conceited. Conceit is a fault and I have no faults.
The world's a stage, and I want the brightest spot.
I don't get all the women that I want... I get all the women that want me.
I used to have a drug problem, now I make enough money.
So there we have it people, your silver medallist , the awesome Dave Lee Roth. Whilst I await Jameels rant, personally, I think it's a fair placing. Whilst not being the upmost best at one single particular thing, wrap all the things up and tie a pretty bow on it and yeah, he's one of the best. He is the complete package, and he knew it. Whilst Sammy was a great vocalist, Van Halen just weren't the same without Dave. He completed them, and they completed him. Without each other, they still rocked, but together they were dynamite. You may think, he's too high. Some may even think he is too low, but whatever the placing, your favourite will always be your favourite regardless of this, or any other, poll. Enjoy what you enjoy. People will love it or people will mock it, but they don't listen with your ears. I never got to see Van Halen live, but the clips look awesome. I would've loved to have seen them in their prime live!
I am sure we all now know who will be number one, but for this moment, let's give it up for the singer of Omar's favourite Van Halen track, Hot For Teacher..... Silver Position man, Mr Dave Lee Roth.
Goodbye my friends....til next time. The mighty G will be here soon with the numero uno!
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