Comments on: The David Lee Roth Guide to Legendary Marketing

By: Van Halen on Cloud Security | Blue Shift

Van Halen on Cloud Security | Blue Shift — Thu, 14 Oct 2010 14:26:39 +0000

[...] a new kind of rock music which was bold, extreme and uncompromising, so naturally the band would adopt a persona of bravado and attitude to match their music. The 1983 Rolling Stone Record Guide called Roth “the most obnoxious singer in human history, [...]

By: Learning from Rock Stars « NSA Wisconsin

Learning from Rock Stars « NSA Wisconsin — Thu, 16 Sep 2010 02:21:30 +0000

[...] his blog Copyblogger, Brian Clark explained what bloggers and online marketers can learn from Roth. I think there are a [...]

By: DLR Fan

DLR Fan — Sat, 06 Mar 2010 23:39:17 +0000

Marketing Genius is only part of it. Roth maintained a physique and gymnastic ability that propelled him even further into rock god legend. Try doing that with all the excesses of touring, night after night, city after city, and country after country. I’ll never understand how Guns did it and adapted to it sooo quickly with the excess they ingested, and still (albeit barely sometimes) lived to tell about it. What made this whole thing so hard and is so similar to the Guns story is that in each case, more than one band member has legendary status and his own massive following. The vision and direction aren’t always shared or at least amicably compromised and it implodes, shredding these creative legendary masterpeices that come along maybe a half dozen times in a century. Few ever have this kind of power: How else would Van Halen, 22 years absent from Dave, produce the highest grossing tour of the year and of their careers once reunited? Forgive me please by again making the GNR connection, however Axl remained a recluse but the fan following and demand after all this time is enough to sell out arena’s even without the marquee original lineup. That is so extraordinary. I can’t wait to hear a full studio album from the reunion. The only thing that bugs me is the inability to keep Anthony, an underrated bassist and perhaps one of the very greatest backup vocalists on hard rock history.

By: matt

matt — Fri, 28 Mar 2008 18:17:14 +0000

Cool article, but just one technical note: Dave was still with VH when he did the “Crazy From the Heat” EP; “EEAS” was his first post-VH solo record. It was definitely “one foot out the door,” but at the time he said that his “tribal instincts are still intact.”

Check out the DLR Band record, essentially self-released back in 98 or so. It’s the best VH record since Fair Warning.

By: Dennis

Dennis — Sat, 17 Nov 2007 00:09:58 +0000

Have always been a true Van Halen fan from the get go! Even saw them on their first world tour at the San Diego sports Arena and several times since, I think their style of anthem sound with Eddie’s unique talent and David Lee Roth’s charismatic incredible stage performances are incredibly legendary! I think their reunion is fantastic! Craziest thing I’ve had people come up to me all my life even strangers and tell me I look like David Lee Roth? I’ll tell you what, I truly wish I could’ve lived in his shoes, I admire everything about the band, they are classic, unique, colorful, and a one-of-a-kind, there will never be anything like a another Van Halen! Etc. etc. their reunion is sweeping everybody off their feet at every performance! I really believe they’ve gotten better with time! And I agree with everybody out there that believes van halen isn’t van halen without David Lee Roth!!! His colorful antics and showmanship is part of what made them famous! Of course eddies style of tapping and harmonics play the other role, what a incredible classic band! From Pasadena to around the world many times over and I hope it continues on and on, have a nice day folks.

By: David Lee Roth - Master Marketer : Flicks Lists

David Lee Roth - Master Marketer : Flicks Lists — Sat, 10 Nov 2007 14:03:16 +0000

[...] you may want to subscribe to my RSS feed. Thanks for visiting!Keeping with the Van Halen theme, here is a great article on David Lee Roth and the masterful job he has done marketing himself over the [...]

By: wasabiai

wasabiai — Tue, 16 Oct 2007 14:19:31 +0000

Well, I ran into Dave during the day. I had read somewhere where he was slagging off vegetarians who “eat birdseed.” I met him in a veggie fast food joint, and he seemed a nice guy. And he said he loved his veggie burger.

He struck me as someone who had his role down, but seemed well-grounded.

By: Creative Artist Marketing - Copyblogger — The Free Articulator

Creative Artist Marketing - Copyblogger — The Free Articulator — Thu, 04 Oct 2007 07:26:12 +0000

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Writing for the Social Media Everyman | Copyblogger — Mon, 01 Oct 2007 15:54:58 +0000

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By: Jeff Scurry

Jeff Scurry — Tue, 25 Sep 2007 21:03:56 +0000

Classic! Thanks! When are you and Diamond Dave publishing this in book form?