In a new interview with 96.3 KKLZ‘s “The Mike & Carla Morning Show”, David Lee Roth talked about Van Halen influence on the Glam scene.
He said:
“Hair bands were the imitations of VAN HALEN”
“It is true. And spandex [was] what they came up with as something visual. I started off in leather with the same haircut that Bono and [Bruce] Springsteen and guys in METALLICA had. It’s a famous haircut. If I had that haircut today, it’d have its own Instagram.
But VAN HALEN was a ’70s band — we started off in 1972, and our first two albums were in the ’70s. We sold our first 10 million records before the ’70s were over. We spawned a whole lot of imitators who resorted to gimmickry and trade crap.
He further added:
It’s easier to imitate a haircut and a kind of pants and to exhibit bad behavior as a way of… I’m probably on your station 14 times a day unless it’s Halloween or New Year’s.”
Van Halen, a legendary band that’s credited with restoring hard rock music to the forefront of the scene have been inactive for a while now. The last Van Halen album titled A Different Kind Of Truth was released back in 2012 and was hugely successful. The band toured for few years and eventually stopped touring once the album cycle ended. In the last few years, there has been a discussion on the possibility of Van Halen reuniting with classic lineup. Although this rumor has been active since 2017, it hasn’t materialized to date. The last update we had was when Sammy Hagar, who fronted the band for more than a decade, hinted about the possibility of a world tour with classic Van Halen lineup.
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“..with the same haircut that Bono and [Bruce] Springsteen and guys in METALLICA had. ” What haircut did Bono and Bruce have that Dave had???
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When did DLR ever have that hair cut?
DLR will say anything at an attempt to still be relevant. Bruce no. Bono yes. I think it was the Rock & Roll movement at the time.
Nobody imitated DLR … They did it with Eddie
They imitated the guy with actual TALENT
Says the guy that wholesale stole Black Oak Arkansas’s Jim Dandy’s entire image. STFU Dave. Go Away.