A Little Ain’t Enough
David Lee Roth
Rock icon David Lee Roth was born in Bloomington, Indiana on October 10, 1954. A few years later, he moved to California, where he began his musical career singing in the band Mammoth, alongside brothers Eddie and Alex Van Halen.
The hard-rock outfit was later renamed Van Halen, and became one of the biggest bands ever to rock America. Roth performed with the band during their glory years, 1978-1985, throughout which the band sold over 40 million albums.
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After leaving Van Halen, Roth went on to do one better, forming a supergroup as his backing band, composed of guitarist Steve Vai, bass player Bill Sheehan and drummer Gregg Bissonette. He enlisted Van Halen producer Ted Templeman to work on his first solo album ‘Eat ‘Em and Smile’ which saw him, once again, gain huge commercial success, with the album going double-platinum.
He released his next solo album, ‘Skyscraper’, in 1988, which peaked at number 6 in the US billboard charts, again reaching double-platinum. Shortly after, Sheehan and Vai left the backing band to concentrate on solo projects.
Roth recruited new musicians for the follow-up album, ‘A Little Ain’t Enough’, which was released in 1991. Another album was released three years later, with the charming title ‘Your Filthy Little Mouth’, but the album failed to reach the success of it’s predecessors.
In 1996, Roth rejoined with his Van Halen band ‘mates’, to record two new singles for their greatest hits album, ‘The Best’. More solo work followed; with the albums ‘DLR Band’ (1998), ‘Diamond Dave’ (2003) and ‘Strummin' With The Devil: The Southern Side of Van Halen’ (2006).
Roth joined Van Halen, again, in 2007 for a North American tour that became the highest grossing tour in the band's history. To date, he’s still rocking around the USA as a solo artist.
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