NEWS: David Lee Roth: Off the Radio and Back on the Road

MUSIC: David Lee Roth: Off the Radio and Back on the Road

The biggest mistake Van Halen ever made was firing David Lee Roth. Alternately, the biggest mistake CBS Radio ever made was hiring David Lee Roth. His radio show was so bad, it offends me to think about it. My favorite part of his show was when he would make a joke and turn some bad music all the way up. Then he would turn it down and you'd hear his crew laughing and then he would turn it up again. It was putrid, awful disgraceful radio.



But Roth is the type of guy who will get right back on the horse after it kicks him off, steps on his head and takes a dump on his chest. This time, he's doing this by going back to doing something he does well; performing live. Diamond Dave wasted no time in announcing some tour dates after his radio career was leveled by CBS only a month ago. The 30 day tour will kick off at the end of June, but Dave's still seeing red about being shitcanned.

It's going to cost all of us who will most likely have to put up with another David Lee Roth studio album. It will also cost those who go to the shows and have to listen to in-between-song banter about how shitty CBS is. Hopefully Dave finds peace out on the road. Here are the only three dates confirmed thusfar.



Jun. 28 - House of Blues - Chicago, IL

Jun. 30 - Summer Celebration - Muskegon, MI

Jul. 01 - Summerfest - Milwaukee, WI

My favourite Van halen album will always be... 5150.

The biggest mistake Van Halen ever made was hiring that guy from Extreme

And the fact that it was the same joke over and over again only made it worse.

It was truely some of the worst radio i've ever heard.

One of rocks greatest showman! Even though he got most of his moves watching Jim Dandy from Black Oak Arkansas.

"i want to do an r. kelly on your seed..."

david lee roth...that's funny just in itself. what an ass that guy is. and a tour? yikes. of what? with whom? what for? who cares about this idiot!? why does he linger about? amazing, really. shows what's wrong with america.

i like his solo song "hina" off skyscraper.
i was forced to go see him in concert by my then Poison obsessed girlfriend (they opened for Roth on the skyscraper tour)
if i remember correctly, Steve Vai played guitar on that tour and it was actually pretty good.

what can i say? it was the 80's, and my girlfriend wouldnt go see Mercyful Fate with me.

I hope you dumped the poseur.

You guys do realize that Eddie was the only talented member of Van Halen, right?

omg!

Fuck that. Alex VH is a master on the drums. Their Best album is their first, VH I. "Ain't talkin' 'bout Love" is one of the great hard rock songs of all-time

their biggest mistake was working with sammy hagar

OMG, you're totally right! They completely faded into obscurity after that!

Van Hagar might have sucked, but it made them all very, very rich. I doubt they consider a it a mistake at all.

do you ever get sick of trying _so_ hard to be 'right' all the time? is it so challenging to read something you don't agree with and not feel so compelled to be grandiose?

Yes.

worst. radio. ever. like listening to your dad tell a story, but not as funny.

embarassing to listen...and i'm a radio fan AND a DLR fan.

Who can replace Howard Stern? No one can, The man is pure genius! (and he loves Suicide girls!)