what turned you on to roth?

[rikredbrain]

hey.. with all this downward shit with Van hagar reforming last year and no hope of a halen reunion anytine before they all die things klook bleak... so to keep the smiles..... what got you into 'Roth' or Classic Van Halen at the start?


ME... it was 91 and i saw a documentory on Roth at 2 am on friday evening.. it played gigilo... a little aint enough.... jump.... you really got me.... crazy from the heat... and more.. it had a big interview with the man himself... i was hooked on Roth their and then.... went out and bought the a little aint enough album the next day... and crazy from the heat on the monday..... whilst buying that album i enquired if he was touring soon...... to my eternal dimay i was informed that he had played in belfast the very friday that i had watched the documentory......................SHIT............. . thankfully i gotta see him in 94 and last year where due to being freinds with the suport group who played dublin (rock n roll band called the red hot roosters) i got his autograph on my cover of Fair Warning and got to say hello and great show as he said 'cheers and have a good night'.. all i could reply was you too dave.... (not through btryin to be cool.. it was all i could think of upon meeting my idol.) then he was whisked off by his HUGE body gaurd...

so whos next?

[guwapo_rocker]

A girlfriend played Van Halen 1 for me back in '78 and I was hooked.

Van Halen died when Dave left.

[Carmine]

I have been a fan of Van Halen since 1980. And what truly turned me into a ROTH- HEAD for life was the arrival of hagar and the albums, 5150 and EEAS. I will admit that when Dave left, I was like..ok, we still have VH and now we got Dave solo too. This is great! I was 14, mind you. I first heard WCTBL on the radio coming home from our camp in the Adirondacks and was like...WTF!! Thats what they sound like now!! I still bought 5150...but NOTHING could save me from that first jolt of post-Roth VH!!

So I "Ate one and smiled" and have NEVER looked back!

[Dave's Bitch]

i heard you guys talkin about how great dave was,so i thought fuck it ill give him a try,so i downloaded some stuff from VH 1 and the rest as they say is history

[Carmine]

Originally posted by Sammy's Bitch
i heard you guys talkin about how great dave was,so i thought fuck it ill give him a try,so i downloaded some stuff from VH 1 and the rest as they say is history

Keep dowloading then SB, there's plenty more for you to check out!!

[Dave's Bitch]

ok will do....oh yea i think hot for teacher (or something to that effect) is cool

[Dave's Bitch]

great cd

[Hollywood Jesus]

I'm a relative late-comer.

Sometime in 1983, I saw/heard some kind of interview with Dave. Probably on MTV. I liked what stuff I'd heard of VH, but I was much more into sports than music until that precise moment.

Now, my sport is the Mrs!

[DLRisGOD]

Roth has CHARISMA and SOUL.
That's a combination that's hard to beat.
He was "Keepin' it Real" before the term was even coined.

Something about his persona, appearance and vocals made me want to emulate him. Not surprisingly, the man is the Greatest Frontman Ever and a shining example to every wannabee Rock Star on how the position should be properly filled...

[SammySucks1984]

I got into Dave over night i guess i had always been interested into his music but all the sudden i just got into it more.

[badbloodmatt]

dave,well where do i start.the man knows how to keep a crowd going,if i may mention being smashed on j.d. while doing it,thats some kinda talent,pple say sammy has a better voice.......no he doesn't and dave's singing and groovier then sammy's.i'm in a band and never will we play van hagar,first of all cause i don't feel like being depressed with these stupid shit love ballads over and over again and second cause we'd probably be booed off stage.dave's the man and he's still going strong thats y i thinm he's the greatest

[Hardrock69]

Well, I had heard Ain't Talkin 'Bout Love on the radio, but that was all....then as luck would have it, I found out they were opening for Black Sabbath a month later...
went and saw them, took the pics I have posted on this site....and the rest is history...

Saw them 3 more times with Roth (missed them on the WACF and 1984 Tours...
Saw 5150 Tour and knew the greatness was gone....

Walked out on their Monsters Of Rock Set, and saw Dave in 1998 or 1999, and again on the Sam & Dave Tour..

Dave is the Motherfucking Man!!!

And no amount of whining, cock-gobbling or ass-licking by Thorman, 3 Suck Cock or ANYONE ELSE will EVER convince me otherwise....

[rikredbrain]

as the sayin goes ROTH-ON......

[Big Troubles]

his self protrayed confidence, sex appeal, hair and beautiful voice. Screams to soft whispers. The man knows how to pull on your strings.

[WARF]

David Lee Roth