David Lee Roth (born October
10, 1954) is an American
rock vocalist,
songwriter, actor,
author, and former radio personality, best known as the
original and current lead singer of Van
Halen. In addition to his work with Van Halen, Roth is a
successful solo artist, having released several platinum and gold
solo albums. Sometimes referred to as
Diamond
Dave, Roth rejoined Van Halen in 2007 for a North American
tour that became the highest grossing tour in the band's
history.
Early life
David Lee Roth, born 1954, is the son of the late Nathan Roth, an
ophthalmologist, and Sibyl Roth, and
the brother of Allison and Lisa Roth.
Roth's paternal and
maternal grandparents migrated to Indiana
from
Russia
. Roth comes from a family of Jewish doctors.
Roth has an uncle Dave who is a brain surgeon, an uncle Marty who
is an orthopedic surgeon, and a grandfather who was a surgeon. His
cousin Cameron is enrolled at Vanderbilt University.
One of his
grandmothers was from the Azores, Portugal
.
Roth's
uncle, Manny Roth, is an influential
New York
City
nightclub owner and entertainment
entrepreneur. Manny Roth built and owned the famous New
York establishment Cafe
Wha?
in the early 1960s, when the likes of Bob Dylan and Jimi
Hendrix were working there. Seven-year-old David Lee got
his first taste of, and desire for, show business from the inside
by hanging out at Cafe Wha?. Manny would be one of Roth's first
guests on Dave's short lived radio show that took place when he
replaced
Howard Stern.
Roth moved
to Pasadena,
California
in his teens after living in Swampscott,
Massachusetts
and Bloomington, Indiana
. Roth has stated that he bounced around to
many schools, and spent three years going to a psychiatrist.
According to Dave's Rolling Stone interview in 1985, he eventually
wound up at a ranch for troubled teens where he was given a horse
to take care of.
Roth was
educated at The Webb Schools in Claremont, California
and John Muir High School (Pasadena,
California). He later attended Pasadena City College (as did
the Van Halen brothers, Eddie and Alex), although he did not
graduate. During this period Roth worked as a hospital
orderly.
With Van Halen
Roth rose to prominence in the 1970s Los Angeles, California rock
scene as the lead singer of "Mammoth", which would eventually
become
Van Halen. In 1973, Roth rented his
PA system to the brothers
Eddie and
Alex Van Halen, after failing a
previous audition, and later joined their hard rock band as lead
vocalist when the band members decided that letting him join would
both save them money and allow Eddie to focus on guitar playing.
After finding out that the name Mammoth (which the Van Halens
called their band at the time) was being used by another band, Roth
persuaded the Van Halen brothers to change the band's name from
Mammoth to Van Halen.
In February 1978, Van Halen released their debut album,
Van
Halen. It quickly established the group as a commercial
success and is credited with establishing Los Angeles as hard
rock's unofficial capital during the 1980s and early 1990s.
Soon after Van Halen's debut, Roth became well-known for his
flamboyant showmanship and outrageous off-stage behavior. The 1983
Rolling Stone Record Guide Vol 2. described Roth as "the
most obnoxious singer in human history, an achievement notable in
the face of long tradition and heavy competition." Although often
noted more for physical than for technical vocal prowess, Roth's
bluesy baritone voice and
distinctive
screams, along with his often humorous and
campy lyrics, were integral to Van Halen's
sound. Roth is able to take his voice into a multi-pitched
wheeze/rasp, almost like a train whistle (see
Throat singing).
From 1979-1984, Van Halen released five more albums:
Van Halen II,
Women and Children
First,
Fair Warning,
Diver Down and
1984, each to increasing popular
success and critical acclaim. In 1983, Van Halen was paid $1.5
million to play one set at the
US
Festival in California, making them one of the two highest paid
bands in modern history, along with the festival's other headlining
act, David Bowie. Van Halen achieved their greatest commercial
success, including their first
Billboard #1 single, for the song
"
Jump", in
1984.
In early 1985, while still a member of Van Halen, Roth released a
popular solo
EP of off-beat standards.
Singles for "
California Girls" and
"
Just a Gigolo/
I Ain't Got Nobody" (using an arrangement
from
Sam Butera &
Louis Prima) succeeded largely due to their
innovative music videos, which featured ridiculous characters
created by Roth.
On April 1, 1985, Roth and Van Halen parted ways. Both camps tell
different stories as to who was at fault . In his 1998
autobiography,
Crazy From The Heat, Roth characterized Van
Halen's music just before his 1985 departure as "
morose." Roth wished to record an album quickly,
tour, and then shoot a movie (the ill-fated
Crazy From The
Heat), but found his bandmates apathetic, lethargic, and
drunk.
Reportedly, Roth also disliked Eddie Van Halen's behavior regarding
an appearance on Michael Jackson's 1983 hit "Beat It". Van Halen
did not tell Roth that he had recorded the song for fear that Roth
would prevent him from releasing it. In
Crazy From The
Heat, Roth writes that he approved of Van Halen's
participation on "Beat It"; he believed that the Quincy
Jones-produced track provided an excellent vehicle for Eddie Van
Halen to showcase his talents. Roth later claimed that his issue
with Eddie's participation on the track was that Eddie had declined
to be paid for his work, receiving only a thank you note. Roth
lamented, "We don't think alike at all."
Van Halen showed signs of falling apart when Eddie made an
appearance on Late Night with David Letterman playing "Panama" with
the
NBC house band in 1984. Ed played the song
without the other members of Van Halen. Ed stated in many
interviews that he hated stardom, he didn't want to be a rock star,
and Dave did.
After Van Halen
In late 1985, Roth assembled a backing band, consisting of
guitarist
Steve Vai, bassist
Billy Sheehan, and drummer
Gregg Bissonette. With veteran Van Halen
producer Ted Templeman handling the production, Roth released his
debut full-length solo album,
Eat
'Em and Smile in July, 1986. The album saw Roth return to
hard rock music, and met with huge commercial and critical success,
charting at #4 on the Billboard Top 200 for 1986. In interviews of
this period, Roth claimed that he had recorded additional
Spanish and
Portuguese language versions of the
album, but to date only one of these, the Spanish language version
titled
Sonrisa Salvaje, appeared. The tour supporting the
album was one of the most successful concert tours of 1986.
Van Halen's first album with
Sammy
Hagar, Roth's replacement as lead vocalist, entitled
5150, met with greater commercial
success than
Eat 'Em and Smile, although it lacked much of
the heavier rock edge of the previous Roth-era albums. Van Halen
allegedly titled their
1988 album
OU812 — a homophone to "
Oh, you
ate one too?" — in reference to the title
Eat 'Em And
Smile.
In early 1988, Roth released
Skyscraper, a more experimental
offering than the first solo album. It featured Roth's most famous
original solo song, "Just Like Paradise," which was a worldwide
hit. As of 1997, "
Just Like
Paradise" was the theme song of a major radio station in Hawaii
and, according to Roth, was originally requested as the theme song
of the television program
Beverly
Hills 90210. "The manager," he said, "didn't feel that the
money they were offering was worthy of a phone call to me so I
never heard about it until some seasons later."
Skyscraper
was co-produced by Roth and Steve Vai, and displayed the growing
influence of the guitarist, featuring on many songs the dense
layers of compressed guitars that gave it a unique sound that was
to differentiate the album from the more Van Halen-sounding
Eat
'Em and Smile. The album was certified platinum (1 million in
sales) reaching #6 on the Billboard album chart.
Nonetheless, it met with a more tepid commercial response than
anything Roth had released previously. Roth then went on a
headlining arena tour with the Los Angeles hairband Poison opening
for him. Soon after
Skyscraper's release, Billy Sheehan
left Roth's band, which then embarked on a world tour with new
bassist
Matt Bissonette during 1988.
The tour was a major production featuring, at various points, Roth
surfing above the audience on a
surfboard suspended on wires, and in a
boxing ring. Both parts of the stage show were
seen in the "
Just Like Paradise"
music video. The show also featured robotic replicas of the band in
a calypso segment and all playing Caribbean steel drums and in an
unplugged segment where the band performed acoustic covers of some
rock and roll classics such as "Wake-Up Little Susie" by
The Everly Brothers.
The tour was a huge success and met with positive reviews in many
places.
A
Sounds magazine review of a show
on the tour in St. Louis, Missouri
(published May 5, 1988) declared it "the greatest
rock show on earth" and Kerrang magazine
summed up the tour as "a don't blink or you'll miss it spectacular"
that had the reporter Mick Wall
"scrabbling to put new batteries into his pacemaker."
Despite the critical and commercial triumphs of the Skyscraper
Tour, Steve Vai left the band to pursue a solo career and record
and tour with Whitesnake.
In 1991, Roth released
A
Little Ain't Enough, a more mainstream hard rock album
produced by
Bob Rock. It achieved
RIAA gold status.
Twenty-year-old guitar prodigy
Jason
Becker played on the album but he was diagnosed with
Lou Gehrig's disease shortly before the
accompanying arena tour. He was replaced by
Joe Holmes. The stage show for the accompanying
tour featured two devil statues that urinated
whiskey at Roth's audience and a pair of giant
inflatable legs positioned "spread-eagle" wearing ripped,
fishnet stockings. Musical tastes had
changed dramatically by the end of 1991 with the arrival of
grunge, hence Roth's tour did not do as well
financially as planned.
In 1993,
Roth was arrested in New York City's Washington Square Park
for buying what he described as "$10 worth of
Jamaican
bunk reefer" from an
undercover police officer. The arrest
made headlines and became a late-night television punch-line. When
asked by
Howard Stern whether the bust
was a publicity stunt, Roth said, "Howard, in New York City this
small of a bust is a $35 traffic citation. It literally says
'Buick, Chevy, Other'. Your dog poops on the sidewalk, it's $50. If
I was looking for publicity, I would have pooped on the
sidewalk."
In 1994, Roth released
Your
Filthy Little Mouth, an eclectic, lyrically intricate
album produced by
Nile Rodgers. It
combined elements of rock, country music, reggae, hip hop music,
lounge, and others. For example, it included the song "Cheating
Heart Cafe," a duet with the popular country singer
Travis Tritt. It did not sell well, considered
by many to be a commercial failure, failing to achieve gold status.
Roth's career was in decline, and he began to perform at smaller
venues in the United States.
Nevertheless, many loyal fans remained, and the Roth/Van Halen
split entered
pop culture. For example,
in the hit 1994 film
Airheads,
fans loyal to Roth were regarded as cool, whereas a character loyal
to Van Halen was suspected as an undercover police officer.
Similarly, in 2001, the title character of the film
Joe Dirt declared he was a Van Halen fan, not
a "Van Hagar" fan.
Bowling For
Soup's 2004 hit song "1985" features the lyrics, "Where's the
mini-skirt/ Made of snakeskin/ Who's the other guy/ Singing with
Van Halen?". In the 1998
Adam Sandler
film
The Wedding Singer,
which was set in 1985, Sandler's character tells his cheating
girlfriend, "Please get out of my Van Halen t-shirt before you jinx
the band and they break up."
Nerf Herder
had a minor hit in 1996 with the song "Van Halen." The lyrics
heralded David Lee Roth ("I bought
Van
Halen I/It was the best damn record I ever owned") and bemoaned
Sammy Hagar ("Is this what you wanted, Sammy Hagar? ... I'll never
buy your lousy records again"). Canadian rock band
The Salads released a single in 2003 entitled
"The Roth Kung Fu" with lyrics hailing Roth such as "My eyes are
half closed, so are yours/Hey Yankee Rose, I'm Just a
Gigolo."
In 1995,
Roth returned with an adult lounge act, performing largely in
Las
Vegas
casinos, with a brass band that featured Nile
Rodgers, Edgar Winter, and members of
the Miami Sound Machine.
It also featured several
exotic
dancers, who in Roth's words were "so sweet, I bet they shit
sugar!".
By the late 1990s, Roth trained as an Emergency Medical Technician
and worked as an EMT for some time. He occasionally told stories
about his experiences as an EMT on his radio show.
Career explorations
In June 1996, Roth reunited with Van Halen for a brief time and to
great public fanfare. He recorded two new songs for Van Halen's
Best of Vol. 1 album, "Can't Get This Stuff No
More" and "Me Wise Magic." After an infamous appearance on
September 5, 1996, at the
MTV
Video Music Awards during which Roth and Eddie Van Halen
reportedly threatened each other, Roth was passed over for Van
Halen's new lead vocalist job in favor of
Gary Cherone. (Cherone's previous band,
Extreme, had opened for Roth in
1991).
In 1997, Roth wrote a well-received memoir, entitled
Crazy From
the Heat.
The 359-page book was whittled down from
over 1,200 pages of monologues, which were recorded and transcribed
by a Princeton
University
graduate who followed Roth around for almost a
year. Among the book's revelations, aside from stories about
backyard parties, Van Halen, and catching
malaria in
Third world
jungles, was the infamous "Brown M&Ms" clause written into Van
Halen's early contract riders. The clause was included in contracts
not because of ego, but rather to make sure that structural stage
specifications in the contract were read thoroughly and were
adequately provided. Roth writes of a time when he found brown
M&Ms in a bowl and subsequently had a
fit. In the press, he was accused of causing
US$85,000 worth of damage to the arena.
Most of the monetary damages were due to Van Halen's staging
sinking through the floor. Roth writes, "they didn't bother to look
at the weight requirements or anything, and this sank through their
new flooring and did eighty-thousand dollars worth of damage to the
arena floor. The whole thing had to be replaced. It came out in the
press that I discovered brown M&Ms and did $85,000 worth of
damage to the backstage area. Well, who am I to get in the way of a
good rumor?"
In 2001, rumors swirled that Roth and the members of Van Halen had
recorded several new songs together and were in the process of
attempting yet another reunion. Roth later confirmed this, but
nothing became of the music. A box set was also rumored, but never
materialized. Instead,
Warner Bros.
re-released remastered versions of all six early Van Halen studio
albums.
In 2002, Roth's Heavyweights of Rock and Roll Tour with Sammy Hagar
revived his career somewhat. Despite this, Roth's future with Van
Halen seemed uncertain.
"Yankee Rose" appeared in the
2002
videogame Grand Theft Auto: Vice
City, playing on
rock station
V-Rock.
In 2003, Roth released
Diamond
Dave, an album of (mostly) classic rock cover songs
("
If 6 Was 9", "Soul Kitchen," and a
solo/big band version of "Ice Cream Man").
In 2003, On December 31, Roth played a one night sold out New
Year's Eve show at the House of Blues in Hollywood, CA consisting
of Van Halen era songs as well as Roth era songs, and some drunken
midgets roaming about the stage.
In 2004, he appeared on
The
Sopranos as a poker-playing guest of
Tony Soprano, to which Roth was quoted on his
website as saying, "Mom says I'm going to look like
Lee Marvin in 10 years whether I'm in movies or
not, so I might as well get after it!"
On
July 4 2004, Roth
performed with the Boston Pops at
Boston's
annual Pops Goes the Fourth
celebration.
Roth's website has stated that he is also working on the book
The Tao of Dave: Rock 'n' Roll Philosophy with David Lee
Roth, a follow-up to his autobiography.
On May 25, 2006 in an interview with Billboard magazine, Roth
predicted a classic Van Halen reunion. "There's contact between the
two camps..." says Roth, and "To me, it's not rocket surgery. It's
very simple to put together. And as far as hurt feelings and water
under the dam, like what's-her-name says to what's-her-name at the
end of the movie 'Chicago' -- 'So what? It's showbiz!' So I
definitely see it happening." In the same interview, Roth also
admitted that he hadn't seen Eddie Van Halen "in a couple of
years."
During the summer and fall of 2006 Roth toured the United States.
He performed classic Van Halen hits as well as selected songs from
his solo career. Roth also promoted a new CD, "Strummin' with the
Devil," a Van Halen bluegrass tribute album, which features his
vocals on two songs, "Jump" and "Jamie's Cryin'". Roth performed a
bluegrass rendition of "Jump" on The Tonight Show with Jay
Leno.
Also in 2006, Roth recorded the album
Strummin' With The Devil:
The Southern Side of Van Halen - A Tribute which was released
on
CMH Records. This album consists of
tributes to Van Halen performed by David Lee Roth, The John
Jorgenson Bluegrass Band, Blue Highway, Mountain Heart, The John
Cowan Band,
Iron Horse,
David Grisman and Sons.
Radio show
On
January 3, 2006, Roth began a career as a radio personality, hosting a self titled
show that replaced
satellite-radio-bound Howard Stern in
the morning drive slot on CBS Radio
stations in New York
City, Boston, Philadelphia
, Dallas
, Pittsburgh
, Cleveland
, and West Palm Beach
. Roth stated in an October 2005 interview
with Stern that his show would be political, but at the same time,
not overly serious.
Roth's show developed into a mix of music reviews, interviews with
porn stars and strippers, political discussions, and guests from
many walks of life. Roth's show featured an in-studio guitarist,
Brian Young, referred to on air as "B. Young."
On Feb. 27, 2006, the Dallas, Boston, and Philadelphia affiliates
started airing local programming in Roth's morning time slot,
rather than repeat airings of "Best of Roth" while Roth was on
vacation. When ratings were released on Feb. 28, 2006, certain
entertainment bloggers suggested Roth's hiatus would become
permanent. However, on March 6, 2006, Roth returned as scheduled,
and continued to broadcast on weekday mornings. On March 8 and 9,
Roth blasted his management on the air, explaining to his audience
that they had asked him to stop catering towards ethnic groups and
women, and instead focus on 35-year-old white males. On his March
10 show, he announced that things between him and the management
had been settled "for the time being." During the week of March
27-March 31, Roth Radio took its show on the road for the first
time, broadcasting from Miami, Florida all week long.
On Wednesday, March 29, 2006, Roth was taken off the air by CBS;
affiliates were told to find other programming to air. That day,
Karen Mateo of CBS radio released a statement saying that David Lee
Roth would return to the airwaves from New York on Friday, March
31. Upon Roth's return on March 31, the format of his show had
changed drastically. Many of the show's callers expressed dislike
of the new format, saying they felt that the show had "lost its
edge." One caller aired his opinion that Roth's tendency to laugh
at one-liners was annoying.
Starting Monday, April 10, 2006, the Dallas
affiliate (now KRLD-FM
) moved Roth up one hour from 6-10 central to 5-9 by
running the show live instead of on an hour delay. The extra
hour was given to the newly acquired
Jagger
Show.
On April 10, 2006, the
New York
Post reported that CBS Radio would replace Roth with the
team of
Opie and Anthony "within
weeks." On the morning of April 21, 2006, about halfway through the
show, Roth began complaining that his show was not able to take
calls or emails. He then went on to read the news stories, only
getting halfway through a story before commenting that he didn't
care about it and going on to the next one. Following a commercial
break, Roth chose to play only songs because of his frustration
with CBS radio. At 8 AM, Roth returned to the air to interview car
salesman "Chop," and then at 9 AM he interviewed actor
Jeff Bridges. Roth made an agreement with CBS
to address the situation with 15 minutes left in the show; however,
when that time came CBS pulled the plug on him, and did not allow
him to say good-bye to his fans.
As of April 22, 2006, David Lee Roth was rumored to be in talks
with
Sirius Satellite Radio
to do an afternoon show. This was later denied by
Howard Stern and Sirius CEO
Mel Karmazin, who stated, "Mr. Roth is still
under contract and unable to go to another radio medium while still
being paid by CBS Radio." Roth is also expected to pursue his full
one year payout of approximately $4 million.
Howard Stern has come to Roth's defense
claiming that he should have been allowed time to grow an
audience.
On April 24, 2006, the rumor about
The David Lee Roth Show being
replaced by
Opie and Anthony was
confirmed. The duo filled Roth's former timeslot on Wednesday,
April 26, 2006. Two days later, an article appeared in the
Boston Herald, which stated
that CBS, supposedly, never intended for Roth to replace Stern
permanently. Reportedly, the company wanted Opie and Anthony to
replace Stern all along; however, because of a public feud between
Stern and the duo, they selected Roth to 'go first,' so as bear the
brunt of fan outrage, and thus ensure Opie and Anthony's
success.
During a brief war with
Howard Stern in
1988, Stern was expecting Roth to show up at his K-Rock WXRK (in
New York) station
The Howard Stern
Show, but when Roth failed to show up, Stern declared war on
Roth and told his listeners to call him David "Weave" Roth. When
Stern and Roth buried the hatchet, Roth came on and proved to Stern
that he wasn't wearing a weave by having Stern pull his golden
locks.
Relationship with the Howard 100 News
During the course of Roth's radio show, he maintained a
relationship with
Howard Stern News
Department reporter
Steve Langford.
Roth and Langford met frequently after shows, with Langford
bringing tape back to Howard of Roth's complaints towards WXRK's
management. Issues included Roth's firing, the missing podcast, and
his show being cut off early. Langford and Roth met last on Roth's
final day, April 21, 2006, Roth performed the
Rolling Stones song "You Can't Always Get
What You Want" for Howard and discussed an impending lawsuit
against CBS.
Recent events
On December 28, 2006, David Lee Roth warned that a reunion with Van
Halen could result in a "NASCAR-style wreck."
On January 24, 2007, after much anticipation, Billboard.com
reported that David Lee Roth would rejoin Van Halen for a 40-date
amphitheater tour in Summer 2007. This report, among many others,
was confirmed with an official press release posted on the official
Van Halen website on Feb. 2, 2007.
On Feb. 2, 2007 The Official Van Halen Web Site released
information that David Lee Roth had rejoined the band along with
current members Alex, Eddie, along with Eddie and Valerie's teenage
son, Wolfgang Van Halen. Michael Anthony, Van Halen's original and
only bass player up to now (excluding Eddie played bass himself on
some of Van Halen III and all the new songs on the Best of Both
Worlds compilation), was fired by Eddie before the summer 2004 tour
with Sammy Hagar and played that tour under a 'hired gun' contract.
Michael Anthony's website confirms his firing. David Lee Roth's
website has a fan poll asking if Michael's absence will detract
from a "reunion" tour. On March 8 the official Van Halen website
posted a letter from Eddie Van Halen stating that Ed was entering
rehab and that the tour with Roth had been indefinitely
postponed.
In March 2007 five members of Van Halen, the four original members
and Sammy Hagar were inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.
The Van Halen brothers did not attend due to Eddie's condition.
Roth was to perform with the band
Velvet
Revolver; however, conflict with the band caused his part to be
canceled. Roth subsequently did not attend the induction, leaving
only Michael Anthony and Sammy Hagar to represent Van Halen. Both
Anthony and Hagar thanked Roth publicly for his contribution to the
band during the awards acceptance.
The conflict was rumored to be based on song selection. Roth wanted
to perform "Jump", the band's highest charting song, but Velvet
Revolver would only agree to play "Ain't Talkin' 'Bout Love" or
"You Really Got Me". When it was finally agreed upon that
Paul Shaffer would perform "Jump", Roth claimed
that there was no longer enough time to rehearse and opted not to
attend the ceremony.
On G4's show
Code Monkeys, Dave is
shown giving an inspirational speech to keep the others from taking
up jobs at Bellecovision and asks "Would David Lee Roth leave Van
Halen?" The show takes place in the 1980s.
On August
13, 2007, 6 months after the initial reunion tour was postponed, it
was finally confirmed by Van Halen with Roth at a press conference
in Los
Angeles
that they would start the tour back up again and
schedule it starting in September 2007. At that conference,
Eddie Van Halen stated that he and Roth were "like brothers" now.
Calling Van Halen a "real band", both Edward and Roth spoke of the
possibility of further worldwide touring and a new album in mind
for the future.
On June 5, 2008, Van Halen announced the 2007-2008 tour with Roth
grossed more than $93 million, a record for the rock band. Van
Halen played to nearly one million people during 74 arena shows
throughout the United States and Canada, beginning September 27,
2007 in Charlotte, N.C. and wrapping June 3, 2008 in Quebec City,
Qc for the 400th anniversary of the city. Although currently
inactive, it is rumored that the band will release an album of new
material following Eddie Van Halen's marriage in June 2009 and
allowing Wolfgang Van Halen to graduate high school before
embarking on any further ventures.
When asked about the recent Rolling Stone blurb concerning Eddie
Van Halen jamming again with Wolfgang and Alex Van Halen, David Lee
Roth mentioned "Oh, I'm just waiting for a call you know. We've got
no new songs yet, no new lyrics but we've got forward momentum and
that's the key. (Alex Van Halen)'s got this idea to use the kid
from the '84 album grown up for the cover art though. Who knows?
I'm gonna have to start hittin' the snooze button and not set an
alarm, 'cause I'm expecting
that call at any
minute."
Solo Band members
Guitars
Bass
Drums
Keyboards
- Brett Tuggle (1988-1994, 1997)
- Richard Hilton (1994-1995)
- Patrick Howard I (1998-1999)
Discography
With Van Halen
Studio albums
Compilations
| Album |
Year |
Chart (USA) |
RIAA (USA) |
Chart (Canada) |
CRIA (Canada) |
Chart (UK) |
BPI (UK) |
Release period covered (Roth) |
Newly released songs with Roth |
| Best of Volume
I |
1996 |
1 |
3x Platinum |
1 |
3x Platinum |
45 |
- |
1978-1985 |
2 songs |
| The Best of Both
Worlds |
2004 |
3 |
Platinum |
- |
- |
15 |
- |
1978-1985 |
No |
|
Solo
EPs
| EP |
Year |
Chart (USA) |
RIAA (USA) |
Chart (Canada) |
CRIA (Canada) |
Chart (UK) |
BPI (UK) |
| Crazy from
the Heat |
1985 |
15 |
Platinum |
14 |
4x Platinum |
91 |
- |
|
Studio Albums
Note: None of Roth's albums have achieved a sales
certification in the UK
Compilations
Video
Singles
with Van Halen
Solo
Notes
-
http://www.rollingstone.com/artists/davidleeroth/albums/album/142208/review/5945590/eat_em_and_smile?source=davidleeroth_rssfeed
- Quotes For Movie Title: Airheads - 1994
- http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,138684,00.html
- Roth Predicts Van Halen Comeback
- Bluegrass Jump! - SPIKE Powered By IFILM
- CMT : News : David Lee Roth Jumps for Bluegrass
Album
- http://www.nypost.com/news/regionalnews/64800.htm
- Dave Says Van Halen's Hot for Combat
- Exclusive: Van Halen Reuniting With Roth For
Tour
Bibliography
- David Lee Roth (1997). Crazy From the Heat. ISBN
0786863390
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