The DLR Cast

Episode 95: A Different Kind of Truth, Indeed (And This Is An Understatement!)

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 waxes confusingly on what he hell is the point to all the "truth" and has always thought Dave ignored Wolfie on stage. All that, and more...

Episode 94: Darren's Book - "DLR Book: How David Lee Roth Changed The World"

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 & Noble, Bookshop.org, and available to order wherever you buy books. If you're in Canada, visit Indigo and in the UK, you can find DLR Book at Waterstones!

Episode 93: There's Nobody To Say No: "The Ballad Of Popsicle Sam"

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 you buy books including Amazon.com and Barnes and Noble!

Episode 92: Brando from the ”Appetite For Distortion” Podcast

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, getting fantastic guests like the Use Your Illusion chiropractor, Dave & Axl at Donnington in the 80's and what may be next for Axl, Slash, Duff and company and a LOT more. Plus, Darren loves Buckethead!
Appetite For Distortion can be heard on all your favorite podcast providers and iHeartRadio.
Darren's book, DLR Book: How David Lee Roth Changed The World is out now!

Episode 91: Let’s Do This...Or Not Do This!

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 Halen and Dave during the Van Halen reunion...Dave's newest tunes and vids ("Wash & Fold" & "New York City Groove") get overshadowed by the recent news...and Darren loves reading Vince Neil's court documents!
Be sure to check out the Paltrocast on YouTube, VHND.com and the Booked On Rock Podcast!
DID YOU KNOW? Darren's got a book about Dave coming out, "DLR Book: How David Lee Roth Changed The World," publishing January 2024! You can pre-order it now at Amazon.com, Barnes and Noble, Bookshop.org and anywhere you buy books!
 

Episode 90: ”Seven Songs Is Nearly An Album...Come On!”

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 finished - or just finished? And has Dave been writing new music since those sessions, even the last few years? Darren's got questions - and answers! Plus, the recent, disappointing and weird news that Wolfgang Van Halen says Dave doesn't want the final Van Halen album, A Different Kind of Truth back on the streaming services. 
 
January isn't far away - Darren's got a book about Dave coming out, DLR Book: How David Lee Roth Changed The World, publishing January 2024! You can pre-order it now at Amazon.com, Barnes and Noble, Bookshop.org and anywhere you buy books!

Episode 89: Questions? We’ve Got Questions!

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 (Madison Square Garden?), Rolling Stone's recent top guitar list and Darren wants a David Lee Roth action figure! And the usual sidebars.
Guess what! Darren's got a book about Dave coming out, DLR Book: How David Lee Roth Changed The World, publishing January 2024! You can pre-order it now at Amazon.com, Barnes and Noble, Bookshop.org and anywhere you buy books!

Episode 88: Heard You Missed Us, We’re Back...A Few Hits & Recents Misses

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 interview with DLR and the now-pulled epic 1984 appearance at Castle Donnington. Plus, the recent Van Halen Hagar-era hits release, what we're missing and the need for some real, career-defining closure. 
And check it out: Darren's got a book about Dave coming out, DLR Book: How David Lee Roth Changed The World is available this January, but you can pre-order it now at Amazon.com, Barnes and Noble, Bookshop.org and anywhere you buy books!

Episode 87: The Plan Is There Is No Plan...Unless That Is The Plan!

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 Diamond Dave. The awesome F/X show "The Bear" and VH, and Michael Anthony tells Eddie Trunk and company he's re-learning every Van Halen song...just in case. 
Hey! Did you know Darren has a book coming out? "DLR Book: How David Lee Roth Changed The World" hits stores in January -- Pre-order your copy now at Amazon.com, Barnes & Noble, Bookshop.org and many others.

Episode 86: ”What’s With You and David Lee Roth?”

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 publishes in January -- but you can pre-order it now at Amazon.com, Barnes & Noble, Bookshop.org and many others.