Access Backstage Pass
Latest about David Lee Roth
Randy Rhoads was his guitar teacher. Then he ended up in Ozzy Osbourne’s band
Joe Holmes looks back on his time with Ozzy and David Lee Roth, and explains why his upcoming solo album, featuring former Ozzy band members, captures everything he’s learned up till now
David Lee Roth fights tears as he recalls his partnership with Eddie Van Halen
The singer spoke of the touching “full circle” moment that bookmarked their final chapter together
How Steve Vai ended up joining David Lee Roth's post-Van Halen band – thanks to Billy Sheehan
While Vai wasn’t his original choice, the Sheehan-Vai dynamic proved strong enough to outlast Roth’s project
Out went David Lee Roth and Frankenstein, in came Sammy Hagar and Kramer – the story of Van Halen’s rebirth
It was the end of an era. Roth’s exit, Frankenstein's last hurrah. But it was the start of a new one as Eddie Van Halen got experimental on 1986's blockbuster, 5150
How Steve Vai lived his ultimate guitar rockstar fantasy on David Lee Roth’s Eat ’Em and Smile
Working with David Lee Roth was like "being strapped to a rocket made of charisma and fueled by tequila” – and the music was pretty fun, too
How Steve Stevens saved Steve Vai on his David Lee Roth debut
Vai was a novice at “big rock guitar tones” at the time – but Stevens came to his rescue
Stevie Salas on Bill & Ted, playing arenas with Rod Stewart then opening for Joe Satriani, and turning down both Van Halen singers
The ahead-of-his-time guitar great recalls starting a trend followed by Steve Vai and Tosin Abasi, why he had to quit a Joe Satriani tour, and why he sometimes aimed to be the worst player in the room
Stevie Salas on being asked to join David Lee Roth and Sammy Hagar’s bands – and why he turned them down
For a “Van Halen nut” like Salas, it was all too weird
Matt Bissonette’s “dumb-guy” approach to bass has taken him round the world with pop and rock royalty
Still buzzed about his excessive ’80s rigs and five-string instruments, the session bass hero explains how to work with David Lee Roth, Joe Satriani, Jason Becker and others, his big-fun, big-paying Friends TV gig, and the discovery that’s making him a better player
