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 hooked 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.
Lead singer of Van Halen from the mid 70s through 1985. His last two public appearances with the other members of Van Halen (besides Sammy Hagar) were at awards shows: In 1996, he appeared with Eddie, Alex, and Michael as a presenter at MTV's Video Music Awards; his last appearance before that was in 1985, as a nominee (with the other members of Van Halen) at the American Video Awards, a precursor to the MTV awards and produced by Casey Kasem. The last Video Music Awards show was held in 1987. One of the few all-time famous rock stars who has never married. He is an avid Mountain Climber. After an unsuccessful attempt in 1996, he reconvened with Van Halen again in 2000. They recorded a couple of songs but soon parted ways due to legal reasons. He will be appearing on The Sopranos this year (2004). He will be playing himself in a VIP poker game that involves Tony Soprano!! He will be training in New York City to be an EMT (Emergency Medical Technician) [2004] was against having too many synthesizers in the Van Halen sound - especially during the 1984/Jump period, which was one of the things that led to his departure because David wanted more of a bluesy sound (this is according to Dave in his book Crazy from the heat) Works with guitarist Brian Young, who was a member of an early Van Halen Tribute band called The Atomic Punks. His Uncle Manny Roth owned the famous Cafe Wha in Manhattan's Greenwich Village. 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. Will start as an "all talk format" radio disc jockey in January 2006. He will replace Howard Stern on New York's K-Rock Station and some other US cities as well. He is fluent in Spanish. Although known as a lead singer, he can also play guitar quite well; on tour he plays a three to four minute bluesy acoustic guitar solo that will eventually lead into the "Ice Cream Man" riff; then his band will break into the heavy part of the song; at this point Dave puts his guitar away and sings Attended John Muir High School in Pasadena, California. Graduated in 1972. He was released from CBS owned radio station Free Fm, after only three months of being on the air.