Infamous as the lead vocalist and colorful front man for Van Halen, one of America's most popular hard-rock bands, David Lee Roth turned solo artist in 1985. Indeed, after the enormous success of his extended play album "Crazy From the Heat," Roth, in a decision that stunned Van Halen fans, decided to leave the group permanently. Although many of Van Halen's followers feared that neither he nor the band would survive the split, each has continued to dazzle rock and roll devotees.
David Lee Roth, flamboyant as ever, has managed to keep his talents in the public eye with masterful videos and such albums as "Eat 'em and Smile" and "Skyscraper."
More than any other band member, David Lee Roth is credited with promoting Van Halen's image as the quintessential rock band, one devoted to a lifestyle described by David Fricke in Rolling Stone as "a nonstop booze-and-babes party train."
Sometimes referred to as "the bad boy of rock and roll" and "Mr. Bigmouth," David Lee Roth, in fact, is just as famous for his off-stage antics. Reports abound of the rocker's antipathy toward marriage, his refusal to permit other band members' wives to go on tour with the group, and of nude girls dancing on table tops backstage as well as of his party-till-you-drop philosophy.
In 1985, after some much publicized squabbling, Roth decided to leave Van Halen and try his luck as an independent artist. The star's 1986 "Eat 'em and Smile" and 1988's "Skyscraper," featuring Steve Vai on guitar, each went double platinum. The colorful videos for "Goin Crazy," "Yankee Rose" and "Just Like Paradise" received top rotation on MTV. In 1996 Van Halen reunited and Sammy Hagar was fired from the band. Van Halen and Dave enter the studio to cut two new songs with his old bandmates . The reunited Van Halen appear at the MTV Video Awards and get a standing ovation. After the show, tensions flared up among the band. Roth soon released an open letter to the press stating that there is no reunion, due to the fact that "Eddie did it." The "Best of VH: Volume One" album was soon released was soon released opening at #1 on Billboard charts. His 1997 efforts included a Greatest Hits package, "Best of David Lee Roth," and a critically acclaimed autobiography. Diamond Dave, a 14-track collection of mostly covers that echoed the 1982 Van Halen classic Diver Down, was released in 2003. In 2005, Roth took over FM "Shock Jock" duties for the satellite radio-bound Howard Stern, and the following year he gathered friends for the tongue-in-cheek Strummin with the Devil: The Southern Side of Van Halen.
What's most important to David Lee Roth, however, whether alone or with a group, whether involved in showmanship, writing lyrics, or singing, is to be "rockin'." That, "all I ever really wanted to do."

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