Steel Panther’s vocalist, Michael Starr, praises former Van Halen singer, David Lee Roth, and during a new episode of Spin’s 100 Greatest Rockstars, Starr shared his admiration for Lee Roth, saying he is the blueprint singer of heavy metal.

Starr said:

“David Lee Roth? One of the greatest heavy metal lead singers of all time. I mean, that guy is the original heavy metal hair band lead singer. Everybody copied David Lee Roth.

”I remember I went to one of his shows, Van Halen show at the LA sports arena, which is not even there anymore, and they came up on stage, and Dave just looked amazing; he’s doing kicks, flips, jumping off the drum risers, and he’s playing amazing guitar no one’s ever seen before.”

Starr also added:

“Dave’s telling jokes to the audience, people are laughing, having a good time, goes to show with booze, people getting high drinking beer and wearing Van Halen shirts, and that was, for me, as a musician and a singer I said, ‘I wanna be that guy, David Lee Roth.’ Damn it, David Lee Roth, man, what can you say about David Lee Roth. He’s the man.”