- Born
- Nickname
- Diamond Dave
- Height6′ (1.83 m)
- David Lee Roth was born in Bloomington Indiana in 1954. A few years later, his father Nathan, a doctor, moved the family to sunny California. The move proved to be a good one because while attending Pasadena Community College, David teamed up with the Van Halen brothers and Michael Anthony to form the Mighty Van Halen hard rock band. Their debut album was in 1978, the self titled album "Van Halen". Their biggest success was the song "Jump" in 1984 - the song reached No. 1 on the Billboard charts. In 1985, Dave decided to branch out on his own and leave the popular Van Halen. Dave's EP "Crazy From The Heat" was a hit and his solo career was on its way. As years passed, Dave's solo career faded. In 1996, Van Halen and Dave reconvened (due to the departure of Dave's replacement, Sammy Hagar) for two new songs on the band's greatest hits CD. Their reunion was short lived as the Van Halen brothers chose a another singer (Gary Cherone formerly of Extreme) over Dave. In 1997, he wrote and released his autobiography book titled "Crazy From The Heat". These days, he still tours as a solo artist.- IMDb Mini Biography By: Anonymous
- ParentsSibyl Roth
- Irrepressibly bombastic interview style, where he will use a variety of cultural, literary, and worldly references, in a very stream-of-consciousness manner.
- High raspy voice
- Long blonde hair and blue eyes
- His charismatic dancing
- Performing bare chested
- One of the few all-time famous rock stars who has never married.
- He is fluent in Spanish.
- Back in the mid-1970s when Van Halen was forming, the band originally agreed on the name "Mammoth". When they found out later that "Mammoth" was already taken, it was Dave's idea to call the band Van Halen.
- He is an avid mountain climber.
- He will be training in New York City to be an EMT (Emergency Medical Technician).
- I don't get all the women that I want...I get all the women that want me.
- I used to jog but the ice cubes kept coming out of my glass.
- Van Halen can keep providing the rain and I'll keep providing the parade.
- You want a hero in the music world? James Brown. He brought a feeling to music without really using words. He's just famous for his sound.
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