David Lee Roth
- Actor
- Composer
- Music Department
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 teamed 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.