DLR On Huffpost Live

[hambon4lif]

As much as I've enjoyed Roth's recent radio-blitz (and I truly have. It's been a far better alternative than having to comb through all of the bullshit speculation) I have to wonder why he didn't drop by Nikki Sixx's radio show (Sixx Sense). It's one of the better radio shows on the air right now, and there's also a long and colorful history between Roth and the Crue.

I was thumbing through Nikki's 'Heroin Diaries' today, and ran across this excerpt from the late Bob Timmons....

"Nikki would call me sporadically during the Girls tour asking for help but would never take it. He used to cover up his depression with anger--he felt that since now he was successful, people wanted to be around him but they liked the fame, not him, so he self-medicated his pain through his drug use. Motley Crue lived in an un-real world--I remember being on an earlier tour being backstage with them and David Lee Roth coming in and throwing an ounce of cocaine on the table and saying "Hey, guys, there you go!" That was their attitude: We are rock stars, so this is what we do."

Over the years, Roth has become an easier read. His likening new Van Halen music to Kentucky whiskey is just another way of saying there really isn't shit going on up there on Howdy-Doody Mountain, and probably won't be for another 3 years...tops!

Opie & Anthony,...Toyota Corolla.....Joe Rogaine.....I don't listen to any of of those motherfuckers on a regular basis.
Why not spend an hour or two shooting the shit with Nikki Sixx?
The stories those two could tell would entertain the hell out of me, and distract me from the fact that we really, really, really need some new Van Halen tunes.

[sadaist]

Over the years, Roth has become an easier read. His likening new Van Halen music to Kentucky whiskey is just another way of saying there really isn't shit going on up there on Howdy-Doody Mountain, and probably won't be for another 3 years...tops!

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I just wish the interviewer would ask him simple yes/no questions...



Q - will there ever be more new music with a Roth fronted VH?

doesnt lock him in to any timeframe or anything like that. Just will we ever get new VH music. 1 year, 3 years, 7 years. Yes/no? The problem is he is asked when its coming out, not if. And for fucks sake it's only been a year. You want more new VH? Get all your friends to buy ADKOT.

[hambon4lif]

You want more new VH? Get all your friends to buy ADKOT.

Myself, along with most of my friends, already own ADKOT, CD & Vinyl.
Roth is a far better lyricist than he was 35 years ago, and he applied that knowledge of the craft to songs that were about as old, and made them better.
Other than that? Wiith the possible exception of 3 or 4 tunes, none of that stuff is new.

[twonabomber]

I just wish the interviewer would ask him simple yes/no questions...

Yeah, that would work. Are you new here? lol

[Nitro Express]

I wasn't particularly thrilled with Wolf's "Energizer rabbit" assessment of Dave he once dead panned, but I wouldn't go so far as to project he'll someday speak negatively of Dave. Hell, if Wolf's a smart man, I'd say he should ask Dave for some lyric ideas down the road when he's moved on to another project. I see Wolf trying out some lead vocals within the next 5 years.

As soon as daddy gets too old and feeble to do anything, VH is done. It's gone. Nobody will care about Wolfie either. Sure he's a good musician but he doesn't have the stage presence or the magic to be a real rock star. Some people have the magic. Dave has it. Eddie has it. Wolfie doesn't have it. It's not there. There is no star dust being sprinkled on him. He will always look and be Joe Average playing an instrument and it's just not marketable.

[sadaist]

Yeah, that would work. Are you new here? lol

It's all in the phrasing. I remember Neil Cavuto (Fox Business host) asked him if he would ever return to Van Halen. Not when, or what the current status was, or if he had spoken with Eddie....but the way he asked it allowed Dave to answer....."Oh, I think it's inevitable".

So Dave can and will answer simple questions if phrased properly. But most interviewers ask these really simplistic general questions that allow him to go in a million directions. His ADHD really shines though. Before the interview they need to make sure they smoke a joint with him to slow him down from Fast Forward to normal speed.