Tag: David Lee Roth
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David Lee Roth’s Just Like Paradise is 25 Years Old Today. How Old Does That Make You Feel?
The 21st January 2013 marks the 25th anniversary of the release of Skyscraper – David Lee Roth‘s second solo album following his acrimonious split from Van Halen. I mention this just in case you weren’t feeling old enough already. Given that a quarter of a century is the average age of some of Roth’s more…
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Albums of the Year! From 25 Years Ago! What Were They Thinking?!
Did you used to look forward to magazine end of year best-of lists? The magazine I bought every week when I was a teenager was Kerrang! magazine – and (true to form for someone of the highest geekery such as myself) I read every issue from cover to cover. And I would look forward to the…
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Rock Stars And Their Old Jobs…(Pt 2)
I set a quiz a few days ago asking you to match up rock stars with the old jobs they used to do before they were famous. Some were easier than others, but I enjoyed the comment hoping that Lemmy might have been a hotel bellhop. It might have made his movie even better… So…
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Guns n Roses at Donington ’88 – The Triumph and The Tragedy
The Donington Monsters of Rock Festival in 1988 was headlined by Iron Maiden, but Guns n Roses – and a tragedy – stole the headlines. Now known as The Download Festival, the annual pilgrimage of UK Heavy Metal fans to a field outside Nottingham (Castle Donington) is as essential a rite de passage for every…
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Van Halen – A Different Kind of Record?
Exciting times. Van Halen have a new album out today. I just saw a TV advert for it on Channel 5. One wrinkle though. The tune on the advert isn’t on the new record. The tune they played on the advert was “Jump”. Jump was one of the first songs I taped off the radio.…
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