Pre-Van Halen fame, the brothers were scheduled to play a gig at a local park – only to get replaced by Roth’s band at the ...

St. Vincent re-recorded an album in Spanish, David Lee Roth tried the same trick – and it didn’t work out for him ...

Van Halen may be the biggest band to successfully survive the loss of one popular lead singer by replacing him with an ...

In Brothers – Alex Van Halen's eulogy to Eddie Van Halen – the Van Halen drummer captures the push-and-pull dynamic between lead singer David Lee Roth and the two brothers. Among other revelations, he ...

Sharing his thoughts about the conflict within the band, Alex admitted that jealousy played an important part in Roth leaving Van Halen. In his book Brothers, the drummer wrote, “He couldn’t ...

A reunion tour for the legendary rock band Van Halen was axed because the group's lead singer, David Lee Roth, refused to pay ...

There’s coincidences and there’s coincidences. And then there’s David Lee Roth, as mercurial and eccentric a rock n’ roll frontman and personality as has ever lived and likely ever will. Roth ...

This may be common knowledge to Van Halen / David Lee Roth die-hards, but it’s a new story to me: John 5, who played with DLR on his 1998 album DLR Band (and later went on to become sideman for ...

Hear David Lee Roth Cover Tommy Tutone's '867-5309 / Jenny' Former Van Halen frontman has kept active in recent months by releasing songs, dance videos and spoken-word musings. Bryan Rolli ...

Best Post Van Halen Split Album - 'Eat 'Em and Smile' vs. '5150' After David Lee Roth's Van Halen exit, which artist had the better post-split album. Vote for either Roth's 'Eat 'Em and Smile' or ...

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