Valen Halen's David Lee Roth: 'I've always been a show-off' – a classic interview from the vaults

Later this week, a re-formed Van Halen are due to make their return with a gig in New York, with a tour and album to follow. Here, in our latest visit to the archives of Rock's Backpages – the world's leading collection of vintage music journalism – Mick Brown meets a chirpy David Lee Roth in 1984It is another perfect day in paradise, and David Lee Roth has decided to go for a drive down Hollywood Boulevard.There is a certain style involved in this. Roth drives a pristine red and white 1951 ...

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