The DLR Cast
The Essential Podcast by and for Fans of David Lee Roth!
Episodes
First up: Steve and Darren have a mea culpa on Ink the Original -- it does exist (sort of?). Then, a dizzying array of Dave Lee Roth's slogans, domain names, quotes and ideas.
Alex Van Halen's book is a month away -- will there be DLR dirt or not
Plus, Joe Satriani, Kenny Wayne Shepherd, and Steve opines on the quality of A Little Ain't ...
Darren and Steve return from their summer break and take a really deep dive into an interview Darren had with a person who did marketing for Ink The Original -- David Lee Roth's tattoo skin care company. There's some fascinating and funny information here about the early attempts at creating a marketing and publicity plan for a company that perhaps only really existed on paper. And in Dave's mind?
Plus, is Dave on vacation the rest...
Steve and Darren welcome actor Chris Stack. Chris has appeared in movies and TV including School Of Rock, Third Watch, and is on Broadway now in the acclaimed, very cool and rocking play Stereophonic. Chris is also a big Van Halen fan who has never got caught up in social media or the VH/David Lee Roth/Sammy Hagar dramas, just got caught up in the music!
After a mercifully short intro, Darren and Steve welcome super author and music journalist Martin Popoff to talk about his new book, Van Halen At 50! Martin digs into Sam vs. Dave, writing the book, Van Halen albums, Dave's solo career, Dave leaving VH, management, his "A Different Kind Of Truth II: A Proposed Next Van Halen Album" and much more!
Wow! Darren and Steven reach the proverbial holy grail for podcasters, 100 episodes! They wax enthusiastically about making it this far and then welcome two drummers who have played with Dave, nearly 30 years apart, Ron Wikso and Francis Valentino.
Ron was in the touring band for the 1994-1995 Your Filthy Little Mouth tour, and Francis was part of Dave's initial dates ...
Darren and Steve dig into the latest David Lee Roth videos that have been popping up - is this just Dave's "counter-programming?" Plus, why Dave should have been a pop culture/rock icon gues in John Mulaney's Netflix 6-episode live show, Everybody's In L.A. - or could he have been? Plus, are there any left-over tracks from some of Dave's solo albums, Steve digs the :50 worth of an awesome Steely Dan ...
"If one thing is incorrect, what else is incorrect?" So it goes, as Darren and Steve debate and discuss Dave Lee Roth's recent, back-to-back "Roth Show" episodes, "Stalker" and "Who Called The Ambulance." Who the hell is Dell/Del, a descent into a deep state with myster gardeners and plumbers, part of the Civilian Surveillance Corps. Plus various inconsistencies, mystery music, "Scotch & Sofa" and Toshi!
Darren and Steve discuss, dismantle, and debate the latest in David Lee Roth and DLR-adjacent news. Steve has a dream, Darren has some thought and ideas on royalties and there's the big story from Louder about Van Halen at Castle Donnington in 1984. And some thoughts on Alex Van Halen's book and a new book on VH, Van Halen At 50, by Martin Popoff, coming in May. Plus, a dip into the mailbag reading l...
Darren and Steve are psyched and very curious about the recently-announced Alex Van Halen autobiography, Brothers, the Van Halen News Desk announcements...and wonder if Dave knew Alex's books was coming? Plus, the usual recent and current video/podcast shenanigans from DLR, Darren talks with Tesla's Brian Wheat about Diamond Dave wanting to manage that awesome band, and was "Skyscraper" Dave's attempt at a dance record and Billy Sh...
Another week, another "Dave unhinged" as Diamond David Lee Roth one continues to burn all bridges left (we need more analogies!), this time with Dave's recent (mercifully short) stories on the Roth Show, about a Van Halen accountant getting thrown out a Jones Beach VH show and then, supposedly why the last Van Halen studio album, A Different Kind of Truth, isn't on the streaming services. Darren takes those stories apart, Steve wax...
Steve interviews Darren, taking a deep dive into the latter's new book, DLR Book: How David Lee Roth Changed The World. Darren gets into the stories, the interviews, info uncovered, and the how and why Diamond Dave is still an influence. Plus, at the top, some thoughts and discussion about Dave's recent "Roth Show" podcast episodes and the stories about Eddie Van Halen.
Darren's book is out now! Find DLR Book at Amazon, Barnes &am...
Darren and Steve go to epic lengths in trying to figure the new episode of "The Roth Show" and what David Lee Roth is talking about (e.g. Sammy being abducted and probed by aliens, $92,000 spent on dispensary weed, Costco (Kirkland?) weed, and some truly ugly stories about Alex and Eddie Van Halen. Whew...where do we go from here?
Gues what? Darren's DLR BOOK: HOW DAVID LEE ROTH CHANGED THE WORLD is out now! Available everywhere yo...
Darren and Steve welcome Brando from the very cool Appetite For Distortion Podcast, a Guns N' Roses-themed podcast. And there's lots of tales to tell! There's the frustrating and befuddling NDA's, fascinating stories behind Brando's unreleased/unfinished Doug Goldstein autobiography (now available to his Patreon members), the connections and similarities between David Lee Roth, Van Halen, and GNR, ge...
Darren and Steve are thrilled to welcome back Eric Senich of VHND.com and the "Booked On Rock" Podcast. Eric delves into VHND.com getting the exclusive quote from David Lee Roth in response to Sammy Hagar's open invite to join him on stage during the Best of All Worlds Tour and why we'll never see it happen! Plus, wishing Dave would do a similar tour like Sammy -- rather, he should have already! And more thoughts on Wolfgang Van Ha...
From "Somewhere Over The Rainbow Bar & Grill" to "The S**t That Killed Elvis," Steve and Darren dig a little deeper into the seven released songs (so far) from the mythical John5 sessions. What's pretty good, not so hot, who's played on them, and the contiuing, befuddling way they're being put out. Thanks to Steve's Spotify playlist featuring those songs, you can check them all out again, too! And were these tracks even finishe...
A belated happy birthday to Diamond Dave...the "new" track "Manda Bala" from the John 5 sessions/album up at YouTube (but mysteriously, only there, as of this recording) -- was that album a "contigency plan" if there wasn't going to be another Van Halen album
Plus, Dave live in Vegas recently with Royal Machines, rumors of pro-shot Van Halen shows from the reunion era ...
The DLR Cast's summer hiatus is over as Darren and Steve pontificate, ponder, and remain perplexed about various happenings in Diamond World. The Roth Show podcast...is it over? For now? The recent slew of Dave videos and repurposing old(er) footage, the music in those videos... "Love Time" and was that a bit of Imani Coppola's "Legend Of A Cowgirl" in a recent video?
Plus, cool stuff from The Tapes Archive Podcast -- that 1988 int...
Darren and Steve are back, talking all things David Lee Roth! First, Darren's got some theories on the run of recent videos Diamond Dave has put out of late: there's the "Vote for Pedro," the video US Festival/Van Halen mini-documentary, via the super-cool YouTube channel The Tapes Archive, and Dave hunts a squirrel sculpture.
But wait, there's more! Steve digs "Made Up My Mind" and it's been 20 years since Dave's last solo album D...
Darren and Steve discuss the latest happenings in DLR land - trying to figure out what the most recent episode of the Roth Show was all about (and who it was about?), and the latest video from the Mojo Dojo, "Let's Take A Ride" - a cover of a 1982 Shalamar song! Then, a new feature here at the DLR Cast, The David Lee Roth Song-O-Rama!
Did you know Darren has a book coming out? DLR Book: How David Lee Roth Changed the World publishe...
What if there was a David Lee Roth & The Mambo Slammers All-Stars Tour this summer...every summer? Darren and Steve ponder what should have been, but alas, won't ever be. Plus, various dream band members, Eddie Van Halen and the Brian May's Starfleet box set, some cool Dave tunes on You Tube from his 1996 Vegas shows (a Steely Dan cover!), Gregg Bissonette put out some footage of his drum solo from the Eat 'Em & Smile tour, and it'...
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