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33 years ago today, David Lee Roth released his cover of a Beach Boys classic, one which took him into the top 10 of the Billboard Hot 100 for the first time as a solo artist. Produced by Ted Templeman, who’d already proven that he could work studio magic with Roth while he was a member of Van Halen, “California Girls” was one of four covers that appeared on Roth’s first solo endeavor, the CRAZY FROM THE HEAT EP. Although it was recorded and released when he was still officially a member of Van Halen, that situation changed not terribly long after it hit stores. As it was released during the

Celebrate the 40th anniversary of Roth's solo debut with newly remastered collections. Set for release on February 21. WITH NEWLY REMASTERED COLLECTIONS

There exists in the deep and fathomless space of the internet a video of a 1982 Van Halen performance in Largo, Md. We highly recommend viewing it — it captures perhaps the greatest rock ‘n’ roll band of the time (one of the greatest of all time) at the absolute height of their power, a force of nature unto themselves. To see them perform is to see rock superheroes descend to the earth, spread a little magic around the arena, and invite ‘em all back to the hotel room to continue their conversation, before flying off the next morning to the next city. In the middle of it all is David Lee Roth

It’s David Lee Roth’s birthday, and given how much he’s given to us over the years both as the frontman of Van Halen and as a solo artist, this is most certainly a day worth celebrating. Diamond Dave has, like just about everyone else in the free world, his very own YouTube channel, although it generally focuses less on his music than it does The Roth Show, a YouTube program that gives our man Dave a chance to be the TV star he always wanted to be. Even back in his music video heyday, you could tell that Roth enjoyed being in front of the camera and hamming it up – and we use that phrase

28 years ago today, the man they called “Diamond Dave” emerged with his first full-length solo album since departing the ranks of Van Halen. Although Eat ‘Em and Smile may have trailed 5150, the first Van Halen effort featuring Sammy Hagar fronting the band, by almost four months, for fans of David Lee Roth’s particular brand of rock ‘n’ roll theatrics, the album proved to be well worth the wait. Of course, it certainly didn’t hurt that Roth had gone out of his way to surround himself with top-notch players, including drummer Gregg Bissonette, bassist Billy Sheehan, and – knowing that his

In 1984, Van Halen was on top of the world. The band had broken into the mainstream with the massive chart-topping single, "Jump," from the equally popular album, 1984 . The full-length spent weeks at #2 on the Billboard 200, never able to hit #1 due to Michael Jackson's monster Thriller release holding serve. Tensions with the group, however, had reached a breaking point on the resulting tour. Ultimately, the band and wild man singer David Lee Roth parted ways in early 1985. But before it all came crashing down, Roth kick-started his solo career in earnest with the December 19, 1984 release

It’s Wednesday, so it must be time to take another dip into the Rhino catalog and trot out a new quartet of cover songs that you may or may not have heard before...and this week we’ve even thrown in a bonus tune that’s thematically appropriate for tomorrow. Let’s get started, shall we? • Todd Rundgren, “Good Vibrations” (1976): On his FAITHFUL album, Rundgren delivered note-perfect covers of a number of ‘60s songs, including “Strawberry Fields Forever,” “If 6 was 9,” and “Mostly Likely You’ll Go Your Way (And I’ll Go Mine),” but this Beach Boys tune was arguably the most amazing reproduction

The Pasadena bad boys followed the party-hearty "Van Halen II" with this dark and menacing classic.