tommy p Posted October 1, 2019 Share Posted October 1, 2019 We were discussing this album a few months back so here's the latest on it: https://ultimateclassicrock.com/david-lee-roth-john-5-album-release/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bubs_42 Posted October 1, 2019 Share Posted October 1, 2019 Good, I can't wait to hear it! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gorch Posted October 1, 2019 Share Posted October 1, 2019 12 minutes ago, bubs_42 said: Good, I can't wait to hear it! Do the needful, report and I will say the same or reject. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Travis Posted October 1, 2019 Share Posted October 1, 2019 John 5 is a monster player and he did some good work with Roth on the DLR band record. I’ll be interested to hear what this is like. I’m more skeptical of Dave’s vocals than anything else. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
diablo175 Posted October 1, 2019 Share Posted October 1, 2019 I can't imagine any guitarist, alive or dead, being able to balance out the awfulness of an aged DLR. Even if you were to assemble a stage full of rock's best and brightest and bump them up in the mix, the moment DLR starts "singing" the show's DOA. Just my .02 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
princeofdarkness56 Posted October 1, 2019 Share Posted October 1, 2019 DLR did not age well. Nor did Eddie. I’m not taking just looks either although DLR is on his way to resembling Jim Dandy. If you look up a recent photo of him just brace yourself. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve Haynie Posted October 1, 2019 Share Posted October 1, 2019 Jim Dandy reminded me a lot of Rodney Dangerfield when I saw him a few years ago. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Biz Prof Posted October 2, 2019 Share Posted October 2, 2019 6 hours ago, diablo175 said: I can't imagine any guitarist, alive or dead, being able to balance out the awfulness of an aged DLR. Even if you were to assemble a stage full of rock's best and brightest and bump them up in the mix, the moment DLR starts "singing" the show's DOA. Just my .02 In his heyday, he was a true badass--at least IMHO. But frankly, his musical contributions would be more easily appreciated if he'd pulled a Hendrix/Joplin/Morrison and shed his mortal coil in his late twenties. ETA: Yeah, Roth has not aged exceptionally well for a guy who seemed to me a Daltrey-like rock god, but to compare him to Jim Dandy...nah. DLR looks more and more like Malcolm McDowell, which means he looks like a bony old guy with a buzz cut. Jim Dandy looks like....well....this: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RobB Posted October 2, 2019 Share Posted October 2, 2019 4 hours ago, Biz Prof said: But frankly, his musical contributions would be more easily appreciated if he'd pulled a Hendrix/Joplin/Morrison and shed his mortal coil in his late twenties. That’s a fucked up thing to post. Like school in summertime: no class. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
svl Posted October 2, 2019 Share Posted October 2, 2019 Something to note- this was recorded in 2014, just 2 years after the VH reunion album. The engineers were able to get a decent sound with what Dave gave them on that, pretty sure this disc will be able to pull at least that level of quality out of Roth’s takes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
it's me HHB Posted October 2, 2019 Share Posted October 2, 2019 I love Dave and everything he stands for! Its HIM who understood that Van Halen was the DAD playing swing through the sons w him doing Loius Prima on top. Then he goes and become an NYC emt. Dave is the fuckin man Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sixesandsevens Posted October 2, 2019 Share Posted October 2, 2019 8 hours ago, RobB said: That’s a fucked up thing to post. Like school in summertime: no class. It was a fucked up thing to post, but let's be honest: it's not wrong. He'd be a total legend if he'd gone out in his prime. I guess this is just another example of the old staple: Always leave them wanting more. p.s. Nicely played with the Dangerfield line. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
diablo175 Posted October 2, 2019 Share Posted October 2, 2019 49 minutes ago, sixesandsevens said: It was a fucked up thing to post, but let's be honest: it's not wrong. He'd be a total legend if he'd gone out in his prime. I guess this is just another example of the old staple: Always leave them wanting more. I took it in the spirit Biz Prof likely intended it : His career should have gone the way of Hendrix/Joplin/Morrison; Come to screeching halt. Not necessarily for the reasons theirs did. But let's face it, DLR could no more walk away from performing while he has breath left in his body than he could stop breathing. For that reason, a premature demise might've been the only possible way to see that happen. And yes, he'd have gone out a total fucking legend. Again, just my .02. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve Haynie Posted October 2, 2019 Share Posted October 2, 2019 Al Czervik Jim Dandy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
it's me HHB Posted October 2, 2019 Share Posted October 2, 2019 Plus buzz cuts on old guys are cool Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
burningyen Posted October 2, 2019 Share Posted October 2, 2019 2 hours ago, sixesandsevens said: p.s. Nicely played with the Dangerfield line. Fat Albert. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
princeofdarkness56 Posted October 2, 2019 Share Posted October 2, 2019 Well after seeing the picture of Jim Dandy and the video, I’m out the door headed to the gym. Fear is a good a motivator as anything. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SSII x 2 Posted October 2, 2019 Share Posted October 2, 2019 20 hours ago, Ed Rechts said: Somebody leaked some footage of DLRs upcoming Vegas review rehearsals onto YouTube last Friday, which was promptly deleted the next day. Just fucking awful. Three guitar players in the band doing VH staples and DLR wandering around stage wheezing and bellowing like an Alzheimer's victim retelling the happiest moments of his life to a bemused yet uninterested hospice gathering that just missed 4pm dinner call. You sir, have a way with words! Couldn't have said it better... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bigolsparky Posted October 2, 2019 Share Posted October 2, 2019 I saw VH / Davis Lee Roth in the early 80s. He rarely sang. He did a lot of jumping, sword twirling, and screaming, but very little actual singing. The band was awesome though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stike Posted October 2, 2019 Share Posted October 2, 2019 4 hours ago, it's me HHB said: I love Dave and everything he stands for! Its HIM who understood that Van Halen was the DAD playing swing through the sons w him doing Loius Prima on top. Then he goes and become an NYC emt. Dave is the fuckin man Roth is an interesting, odd, and intelligent guy. I'm going to guess he's somewhere on the spectrum. I've always found it odd though that with the amount of effort he has put into his non musical endeavors (mountain climbing, martial arts, learning Japanese, the EMT thing, etc.) he never seemed to do much about trying to be a good singer live? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
it's me HHB Posted October 2, 2019 Share Posted October 2, 2019 Cuz he cant sing and he knows it. Also, he came up in a monitor world that just isnt even close. Tell ed to turn down? Have you seen the drum kit? It didnt matter live Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sixesandsevens Posted October 2, 2019 Share Posted October 2, 2019 21 minutes ago, Stike said: Roth is an interesting, odd, and intelligent guy. I'm going to guess he's somewhere on the spectrum. I've always found it odd though that with the amount of effort he has put into his non musical endeavors (mountain climbing, martial arts, learning Japanese, the EMT thing, etc.) he never seemed to do much about trying to be a good singer live? Where would learning to sing better get him that he wasn't already? If he felt like he was giving a good show every night and people kept paying, it must have been working for everyone. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
princeofdarkness56 Posted October 2, 2019 Share Posted October 2, 2019 After watching that video it’s lucky for Dave that he’s well off financially. Otherwise he’d be medicated in a state facility. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeff R Posted October 2, 2019 Share Posted October 2, 2019 All this ^^^^. I went to Van Halen shows to be entertained, never once did I go to be sung to. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stike Posted October 2, 2019 Share Posted October 2, 2019 44 minutes ago, Ed Rechts said: Bill is right, Roth is a song-and-dance man of the old school variety. He's said so in many interviews. I think he thought of himself as a white Sammy Davis Jr., albeit, Sammy was more rounded and supremely talented. He's more frontman than singer, for sure, but I think he actually CAN sing, he just prefers not to. Like Bartleby the Scribner in spandex pants. You gotta admit, he was pretty clever writing catchy anthemic choruses for the fans to echo back to him on stage, which saved him a lot of vocal wear-and-tear out on the road. And although I find him amusing in that unapologetically adolescent bro-venturous kind of way, I know being around that personality for an excessive period would wear thin quickly for bandmates. Like it tends to with all heavy cocaine users that babble incessantly as if every quip out of their mouths was some gold nugget of clever insight to be cherished and rendered into a pocket mantra. Not that I know ANYTHING about that (**cough*cough**). He does play the indulgent hedonistic rockstar persona to the hilt, which is a skill that deserves appreciation in any western culture worth celebrating, to be sure. The new promo for his upcoming Vegas review is pretty damn funny: Edited to add: To bring this thread partly back to OP's topic, there is a rumor going around Hollywood this week that Motley Crue is going back out on tour next year with John 5 in the Mick Mars slot. While I can't abide those bloated fucks in Crue milking their notoriety to collect the millions of dollars that dejected KISS fans are accustomed to throwing away annually, I would love to see John 5 get more exposure to the uninitiated mainstream classic rock crowd and the kids still disposed to picking up a musical instrument for the purposes of playing it in lieu of posing with it.. The bolded reminded me of this. https://www.maximumfun.org/tags/david-lee-roth And Motley Crue should be replacing Vince not Mick. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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