Whats your Fav Roth era?

[PHOENIX]

I prefer the DLR from the 80's. I think this was his great heyday.

He was the best in this era. Actually he will always be best remembered for his style and look of the 80's.

[manwiththedogs]

80`s
The "Fair Warning" era VH cannot be topped.
I dont know if it was tension within the group or what, but the guys definitely kicked it up a whole buncha notches with that album/tour, imo.

[the big dawg]

i have to say the 80,s are the shit

[Roguesgirl]

I thought Dave looked his best physically from 84-88.

[Bill Lumbergh]

The 80's of course. WACF, FW, EEAS etc. I've enjoyed DLR in every era though.

[Carmine]

Most def...the 80's!!

The man rewrote the book in that decade!!

[academic punk]

Actually, remember the picture of his elementary school class picture in the photo section of Crazy from the Heat?

Verily, that was Dave at his most diamond-esque.

[academic punk]

(Bret Michaels and Vince Neil may have lifted Dave's '80s look, but Macauley Culkin and that kid in that Bruce Willis flick who sees dead people stole Dave's look from his elementary school era)

[vanzilla]

Dave rocked in the '80s no argument there. But I really dig his 90's material as well. IMO, YFLM was one of his best solo albums (behind EEAS). I think Dave was just overlooked because the country's taste in music had shifted to alternative, and he was best known as a heavy metal frontman - that's why he didn't get much play back in 94.

Plus, who can't say the DLR Band isn't an overlooked classic?

So, Dave kind of achieved a cult following in the 90's that only a dedicated few can appreciate. I'll take that over the mainstream crap playing on radio anyday.

[Christ67]

DLR from any era works for me. Loved the Vh stuff the Dave Stuff and DLRB stuff. No era is more than another. The look of EEAS and the sound Quality of Diamond Dave Combine those and you got a hit.

Hell, I Dj and play "Soul Kitchen" each night at closing time....Well the clock says it's time to go now.

[Fabulous Shadow]

70's. I loved it when he was just a cutting edge Rock and Roll singer.
Although I enjoyed him in the 80's I am not a big fan of his comedy so that kinda changed things for me.

[Big Troubles]

Originally posted by Fabulous Shadow
70's. I loved it when he was just a cutting edge Rock and Roll singer.
Although I enjoyed him in the 80's I am not a big fan of his comedy so that kinda changed things for me.

I agree. Dave in the 70's was fucking great. His voice was pitch perfect and nobody could touch him. Well, still can't. But Im sticking with the 70's. Just listen to Zero and After for proof.

[Splooge]

Fak, fab hates men with personalities I guess!!

The 80's for sure because that includes the majority of the six

pack, and the best tours IMO, including the ones I saw, Diver Down,

1984, Eat em and Smile, and Skyscraper.

[Rikk]

Originally posted by Splooge
Fak, fab hates men with personalities I guess!!

The 80's for sure because that includes the majority of the six

pack, and the best tours IMO, including the ones I saw, Diver Down,

1984, Eat em and Smile, and Skyscraper.

[Fabulous Shadow]

Originally posted by Splooge
Fak, fab hates men with personalities I guess!!

The 80's for sure because that includes the majority of the six

pack, and the best tours IMO, including the ones I saw, Diver Down,

1984, Eat em and Smile, and Skyscraper.

I love men with personalities... I just like them rugged and mysterious vs. slapstick and comical.

That said I didn't say I didn't like the Dave of the 80's, I just said I preferred the Dave of the 70's... Wasn't the question which Dave era we like BEST?

[Big Troubles]

temper temper now. How's Fabulous doin'?

[Splooge]

Just that there wasn't much to judge by in the seventies, yes

they blew people away touring but the media attention wasn't there

yet! Baby!!

[Rikk]

Originally posted by Splooge
Just that there wasn't much to judge by in the seventies, yes

they blew people away touring but the media attention wasn't there

yet! Baby!!

[Big Troubles]

Originally posted by Splooge
Just that there wasn't much to judge by in the seventies, yes

they blew people away touring but the media attention wasn't there

yet! Baby!!

true. But judging by voice work only, Id have to say 70's. 80's was obviously his peak. 90's were a downslide until DLR Band. Fuck Im just happy he hasn't over dosed like so many of the past greats.

[Fabulous Shadow]

You need to remember that VH is an LA band. They were already big here in the 70's. Not nationwide, but locally...

Doin fine BT... YOU?

[Splooge]

Originally posted by Fabulous Shadow
You need to remember that VH is an LA band. They were already big here in the 70's. Not nationwide, but locally...

Doin fine BT... YOU?

Point taken.....but weren't you too young?

[Big Troubles]

Originally posted by Fabulous Shadow


Doin fine BT... YOU?

cold, wet, horny and hungry. The usual.

[Fabulous Shadow]

Originally posted by Splooge
Point taken.....but weren't you too young?

I was young, but I have much older brothers who dragged me along with them. I was even at Cal Jam. I think I was in like 6th grade or something.

[Fabulous Shadow]

Originally posted by Big Troubles
cold, wet, horny and hungry. The usual.

COOL! Me to! wanna get warm, get dry, fuck and then go out to eat? :p

[Big Troubles]

In that order! I'll get my coat!

[Fabulous Shadow]

[PHOENIX]

So it seems that the majority has chosen the 80's.

[rustoffa]

Gotta go with the big eighties.

[Rikk]

Definitely the 80s. 1984/EAT 'EM AND SMILE/FAIR WARNING...

[Matt White]

THE 80's.
2000-5
70's
90's


DAVE HAS ALWAYS RULED. Time is a man-made concept.

[Last_Child]

80's!!

mosty because of WACF.

[DavidLeeNatra]

can't pick any era...love the YFLM style as much as I dig the early VH days...dave is dave any era...so what...

[VH80-84]

Late 70's-first half of the 80's for me.

[DavidLeeNatra]

I can say that I didn't like the skyscraper era THAT much...

[Jérôme Frenchise]

My favourite Dave era is when I first saw VH on TV back when I was 8 and couldn't believe my eyes and ears. The "You really got me" video...
Diamond's hair and tremendous voice, Ed's delirious sound and most exciting technique... That moment has remained unrivalled ever since.

I dig Dave's performances like nobody else's but that day he left a print so deep. The first one, that is the deepest.

So I'll say my favourite Dave period is the early years, as I first caught sight of him in those days.