@@odom2142 He still had it in 94, lost it for a long time after that. Towards the end of the Sam and Dave tour, he had worked his voice back into decent shape as evidence here, and the scream was okay but not like it used to be. But better than it was on the two 96 songs, for sure.
What Eddie brought with the music and instrumental talent DLR brought with the unbeatable stage command and showmanship. That performance was incredible.
Saw Ray Luzier and Brian Young in 2002 with DLR. They were amazing. RL is one of the best live drummers I have ever seen. He was moving that boom mic in and out while never missing a beat. He's killer.
this time frame when Dave was doing the DLR band here: this was the time when VH should have been reunited ! He looked good and was singing really good not skipping lyrics...missed opportunity for sure.
I think that's TRUE. If they had switched back to Dave..when his voice was still strong, and that's about when it capped, '91 or so. Let's face it....real fans want to see Dave,. kids don't know the gift of young DLR...only Hammy Sagar.
David Lee Roth IS Van Halen, whether he plays with them or not. Probably the most notable voice and frontman in rock from back in the day...and those were my days. Ya know, father time catches up with all of us. like it or not. Most people that say he's washed up are probably young and / or are VanHagar kids. I agree, he was still in good form here. His original roots were Motown and blues, He's had an AMAZING career even after Van Halen. The voice is an instument too, and Diamond Daves been singin' his pipes out and 'man, that scream' for years. Wears a voice down. Sure, the latest stuff is hard to watch, he's singing in too high of a register....listen to his slower bluesy stuff...Plus, he's got a zest for life that most of us only wish we could have. Notihing against Sammy, but growing up on the original Van Halen..when dave left VH...I left them too. Rock on Dave. ;-)
yep I AGREE, if he does another solo, he's good at the mid range bluesy stuff, It's that high register and screams that he's 'lost'. Stay in the pocket David Lee, and we'll all love ya.
@@chistophercraft8067 yep. he sings in many ranges If you try singing along with some of his vocals on A Different Kind of Truth, he's in amazingly high pitch, and not falsetto either, and nailing most of the notes. But yes, when he stays in that midrange area, that's his domain.. the man's still got it. BIG TIME
I met Ray after an Army of Anyone show. I met all 4 members of AoA but Ray is was the nicest. We discussed this DLR tour that I saw. Great guy and a monster in Korn. Sometimes nice guys finish first.
This ones a pleasure to hear and see. Dave always had great band but this could be the best since Vai - Sheehan - Bissonette line up. Luzier is always fantastic but Bring Young is the real star of this vid even if he's the least well know musician of the band. Love that the band is let loose on a classic like this.
I've heard some pretty crappy VanHalen/Roth live performances... this wasn't one of them! This was awesome! I wish the old video tape transfer to TH-cam was higher quality audio, because this performance deserved it!
I saw the Sam & Dave tour back in 2002, slight edge to Sammy's band but Dave's band was pretty good too. This is the best I have ever seen Dave perform live. Great band. Great video. Thanks for posting, What a gem.
This was the DLR I seen in 2002 that lost the coin flip and opened for Sammy here in Houston ! Dave still had enough voice left that he was actually singing , it was amazing . Sammy came out with is Waborita bar Tequila stage setup and I loved Sam's solo music so that was good but him with VH was a pop rock band like what Def Leopard became (thanks Mutt ) . VH with DLR was a Hard Rockin MONSTER . Depending on your age you love 1 or the other ? I will always like the DLR fronted VH best dirty, crunchy and aggressive are adjectives that describe DLR VH days , records ect...
your are so right about the production of VH and Def when Mutt got involved. Good observation. DLR VH was a serrated knife compared to Sammy's butter knife.
saw the 2007 reunion tour twice and this is how dave sounded...really solid!!! always wondered why with his $$$$$ he didn't get hair replacement cuz that was def a part of the Diamond Dave image was that glorious mane of blonde sometimes platinum almost on the "Fair Warning" tour...guy looked like a lion back then with an 8 pack!!!!! not a 6!!!
he is good here... sammy is the better singer but i've always prefered Dave's voice over sammy for some reason.... plus Dave brings the very best out of Edward Van Halen :)
Ryan Eriksson True that. Sammy and I would probably get along , as we are so beach and ocean minded, but Sammy just doesn't do anything for me. The party was Over when he joined in 85. I wish VH would have retired in 2009. I loved the 2008 tour. Dave is Done, and the brown sound is dead and gone. Hate those damn Wolfgang guitars.
wow..... sammy has his moments with van halen but like you said van hagar was a whole other ball game when he joined.... the brown sound will never die though, still sounds so beautiful and crisp... they should all be able to do an album of some sorts together but ego's are always ego's and i think dave plays the i'm to good for you card to sammy but hey this is the music business in the end so you never know what could happen
DLR was rarely this good in concert. But he was a much better entertainer that Hagar... Cant stand fucking Sammy or 99% of the Van Hagar songs. I've seen VH with Diamond Dave at the Mic TEN times. I wouldn't walk across the street to see Van Hagar. The 2007, 2012 and 2015 shows were awesome! You missed out dude!
But if Van Halen would have retired in 2009 then we would not have A Different kind of Truth!!! No... We need a 2018 Tour with Michael Anthony back at bass. In truth Wolf is 10 times better bass player, but Mike has the backup vocals. I hope we get the new Wolf solo album before the end of 2017. That'll keep him busy during 2018. So Mike could make a temporary comeback for a 40th Anniversary Tour. Dave is far from done. There are millions of fans that would like one more DLR fronted album, I know I'd love it. Trust me; Dave's singing has never been very good live. But you don't go to the show for any other reason then to get to see the greatest guitarist in history play one more time! You buy the albums to hear DLR in the studio, and to hear his world class lyrics (plus to hear Eddie too).
This backing band... good Lord! Killer. Drummer from Korn, bass player from White Lion, Brian Young on guitar...dayum! Dave in his later 40s here, looking great and still singing the oldies pretty darn okay. Young on guitar here, at this point in the timeline early 00's, is on the same level as Al Estrada is now (Dave's current guy on the KISS tour). Ya think Dave here, would've imagined he'd be back in Van Halen soon for a few world tours, then by himself on tour w KISS nearly 20 yrs later, in his mid/later 60's??? Wow...
Compared to today, Dave sounds much better here. God, though...I so wish I could go back in time and play him audio and video of the decades to come and then shout, "Now quit it with the smokes n' coke!" :D
This was around 2002. This was the band he toured with on the Sammy and Dave tour. Super ultra tight band. James Lomenzo on bass was in "White Lion" and Zakk Wylde's 1st post Ozzy band "Pride and Glory", which was before " Black Label Society". Ray on drums is bad to the bone - a musician's musician- went to Berklee school of music or somewhere like that. Brian Young on guitar is amazing, especially this song - note for note. Although other than this, I don't know anything about him, except that I heard he was in the VH tribute band "Atomic Punks". That is where Roth got a lot of his guitarists from was that tribute band. I also heard Brian Young later sued Roth over that he didn't get his full compensation from that tour. Roth is a jerk now, and can't sing. Sammy is just a better person and treats those around him well...and he still has his voice at 68 yrs. old! Read the articles about that tour by Sammy, and how Roth wouldn't do one song together with him the whole tour!
Brian Young: What an AWESOME KICK ASS GUITARIST OMG! David was top notch at this time doing fabulous. This should have been the moment of a spectacular VH reunion but....unfortunately Eddie was having a very BAD time with drugs those years...
Hey you gotta really give Dave credit where credit is deserved and this proformance was well deserved forsure .guitarist was very talented and did the song justice but more than anything the drummer was amazing and in the grove completely.
Or dirty blonde or whatever color he had in late 80’a early 90’s but bleached blonde/platinum blonde with that much volume makes him look like Dr Rockso or just wild rock and roll clown. His face still looks like young Dave here, better than he did at the 96 MTV music awards more like his old self but the bright high volume blonde makes him look older. I don’t think brown would have worked either.
I hate to be the one to have to have this comment. Sadly, Eddie Van Halen lost his battle with cancer. He passed away October 6th 2020. Whichever version of Van Halen you like, Eddie left us with some great music.
I got to say he really does sound amazing here, the whole band does.
Ray Luzier is an absolute beast on drums!!!
That look on Dave’s face at the very end of the song was price less! He was saying “how ya like them apples baby!!!”
Dave was really good on this tour. Love that trademark scream he has
Yeah, that was the last we heard of the iconic scream. He never did it on any of the VH reunion tours.
@@tyryztoll yeah he did. Often during the 2007-08 shows and not too much after that
That scream didn’t sound the same after about 1984.
@@odom2142 He still had it in 94, lost it for a long time after that. Towards the end of the Sam and Dave tour, he had worked his voice back into decent shape as evidence here, and the scream was okay but not like it used to be. But better than it was on the two 96 songs, for sure.
Brian Young sounds great..and Diamond Dave and the rest of the band is tight & ready to fight!
What Eddie brought with the music and instrumental talent DLR brought with the unbeatable stage command and showmanship. That performance was incredible.
Love his tone after the solo!! Brian Young kicks ass!!
“Welcome to the big Apple...take a little bite!” 😂😂👍👍
Saw Ray Luzier and Brian Young in 2002 with DLR. They were amazing. RL is one of the best live drummers I have ever seen. He was moving that boom mic in and out while never missing a beat. He's killer.
Yeah Dave sounds great, fantastic band.
this time frame when Dave was doing the DLR band here: this was the time when VH should have been reunited ! He looked good and was singing really good not skipping lyrics...missed opportunity for sure.
Rich Bell exactly
I think that's TRUE. If they had switched back to Dave..when his voice was still strong, and that's about when it capped, '91 or so. Let's face it....real fans want to see Dave,. kids don't know the gift of young DLR...only Hammy Sagar.
he already had lost his voice bad by this time in early 2000s . last time he had a good live voice was the 94/95 tours
@@dustzza123 That's not true cause I seen this line up in 2003 at the Grand Casino in Biloxi and he was on point..
@@chistophercraft8067 I saw him in 2005 too and it couldn't have been better. I know he started smoking sometime after, which ruins your voice.
I saw this lineup in Orlando at Universal Studios during Mardi Gras Days! What a great surprise and a terrific show.
I was at that show ...DLR and the the band lit it up !!
Ray is one of my favorite drummers of his (or any) generation. The guy kicks ass behind the kit!!!!!
That was tight! I saw them in 1999-2000 and it was a 10, no doubt!!!
Awesome performance of a classic song!***** Man, this band was really tight. Thanks for the great upload :D
F YEAH! King Dave in the house.
He and Brian Young are PERFECT together. Blown away. That’s rock n roll
what a great rock n roll front man!
That solo was pretty bad ass!!!!!!
Awesome. Looks like they should be in a stadium
Holy crap that is a jammin' band!
David Lee Roth IS Van Halen, whether he plays with them or not. Probably the most notable voice and frontman in rock from back in the day...and those were my days. Ya know, father time catches up with all of us. like it or not. Most people that say he's washed up are probably young and / or are VanHagar kids. I agree, he was still in good form here. His original roots were Motown and blues, He's had an AMAZING career even after Van Halen. The voice is an instument too, and Diamond Daves been singin' his pipes out and 'man, that scream' for years. Wears a voice down.
Sure, the latest stuff is hard to watch, he's singing in too high of a register....listen to his slower bluesy stuff...Plus, he's got a zest for life that most of us only wish we could have. Notihing against Sammy, but growing up on the original Van Halen..when dave left VH...I left them too. Rock on Dave. ;-)
Listen to TELL THE TRUTH: th-cam.com/video/cSLf6PqzELA/w-d-xo.html This is the kind of stuff stuff Dave should release now
yep I AGREE, if he does another solo, he's good at the mid range bluesy stuff, It's that high register and screams that he's 'lost'. Stay in the pocket David Lee, and we'll all love ya.
@@akimmbo I agree with that cause I do like his bluesy stuff as well his tempo songs like...Dam good time's, Sun Spot.
@@chistophercraft8067 yep. he sings in many ranges If you try singing along with some of his vocals on A Different Kind of Truth, he's in amazingly high pitch, and not falsetto either, and nailing most of the notes. But yes, when he stays in that midrange area, that's his domain.. the man's still got it. BIG TIME
Wrong.
This version of DLR still rocked..
the band he put together here is very impressive
Wow!! best version I’ve ever heard
Awesome performance
The whole band did a really credible job on this -- good work!
Daves in top form. best I've ever heard him.
Yup you can hardly tell he’s wearing a hair piece
Obviously this is your first time hearing Dave, if this is the best that you have heard him sing.
I must have written this during my crack smoking faze. Thank you for the reality slap, Jesus. 🤔😕
Ray Luzier way before Korn... amazing!!
he is so freaking good!
I met Ray after an Army of Anyone show. I met all 4 members of AoA but Ray is was the nicest. We discussed this DLR tour that I saw. Great guy and a monster in Korn. Sometimes nice guys finish first.
Brian Young was probably the only guy in the world who didnt want a VH reunion!
Ray Luzier justperfect drum wizard!
Sensational band! And Dave sounded great.
This is the Dave i wish joined up with VH.......Luv it!
GREAT PERFORMANCE!
Brian Young unbelievably talented. He has his own sound, mixed with incredible and effortless fluidity !!! All of them, the best of the Best!!
He was on fire!
That was great!
Damn Dave is still killing it here! He sounds prstty damn close to the record. One caveat - he didn't do the 'Loooord strike that poor boy down!
This is a really good version. Agreed David was on for sure!
Welcome to the Big Apple 🍎
Take a little bite babe !
Classic 💎 Dave
The best band they’ve ever had behind him Brian Young Ray Lazier
Spectacular
Edwards style really created a lot of great guitar players!!! Love you man...,
Ray brings it every time
This ones a pleasure to hear and see. Dave always had great band but this could be the best since Vai - Sheehan - Bissonette line up. Luzier is always fantastic but Bring Young is the real star of this vid even if he's the least well know musician of the band. Love that the band is let loose on a classic like this.
I've heard some pretty crappy VanHalen/Roth live performances... this wasn't one of them! This was awesome! I wish the old video tape transfer to TH-cam was higher quality audio, because this performance deserved it!
Thanks for this amazing little slice of time......
Wish I could play drums just like this!
...and Brian Young is a BEAST on that fiddle!!!!
Killer Upload, Thanks for this. Loving every second of it. 🖖👍
Great stuff, nice surprise
Excellent version. Well played. Roth . . . .top dog !!!!
I saw this tour.. it was excellent..
Wow, Brian Young is on KILL. ( Got to this video from the Lay's Guitar website. )
Great Spectacular Concert Tour of DLR!!!***
thanx for loading this
Was at this show met Brian Young and Neil Zlozower in front of Nokia theatre they hung and BS for a while show rocked !!
Frosty . . . Sounds great .
Sick. Thanks very cool. 😁🤘
I saw the Sam & Dave tour back in 2002, slight edge to Sammy's band but Dave's band was pretty good too. This is the best I have ever seen Dave perform live. Great band. Great video. Thanks for posting, What a gem.
Brian Young can play rings around Vic Johnson.
Ray Luzier’s drum fill at 2:26 is 🔥. No wonder Korn has kept him for 15 years and counting. Ray learned a lot about showmanship from Dave.
The one and only DIAMOND DAVE!!!
Wow! Dave sounds great. Impressive guitar solo, played note for note and the same tone as Eddie’s. Thanks for posting!
Where was this DLR on the VH reunion tours?
Dave still has that hot bod here and pretty much always!!!
great era for Dave
This was the DLR I seen in 2002 that lost the coin flip and opened for Sammy here in Houston ! Dave still had enough voice left that he was actually singing , it was amazing . Sammy came out with is Waborita bar Tequila stage setup and I loved Sam's solo music so that was good but him with VH was a pop rock band like what Def Leopard became (thanks Mutt ) . VH with DLR was a Hard Rockin MONSTER . Depending on your age you love 1 or the other ? I will always like the DLR fronted VH best dirty, crunchy and aggressive are adjectives that describe DLR VH days , records ect...
your are so right about the production of VH and Def when Mutt got involved. Good observation. DLR VH was a serrated knife compared to Sammy's butter knife.
Gotta love Demond Dave!!!!
Hell yeah!
saw the 2007 reunion tour twice and this is how dave sounded...really solid!!! always wondered why with his $$$$$ he didn't get hair replacement cuz that was def a part of the Diamond Dave image was that glorious mane of blonde sometimes platinum almost on the "Fair Warning" tour...guy looked like a lion back then with an 8 pack!!!!! not a 6!!!
Fackin awesome!
Saw the original Van Halen 84 concert Saint Paul Civic Center 16th roll main floor Russia stage eruption Eddie about 5 feet away unreal
I would have went to see VH if Dave still was THIS DAVE. He fuckin KILLED it here ! This is the Dave we wanted !
he is good here... sammy is the better singer but i've always prefered Dave's voice over sammy for some reason.... plus Dave brings the very best out of Edward Van Halen :)
Ryan Eriksson True that. Sammy and I would probably get along , as we are so beach and ocean minded, but Sammy just doesn't do anything for me. The party was Over when he joined in 85. I wish VH would have retired in 2009. I loved the 2008 tour. Dave is Done, and the brown sound is dead and gone. Hate those damn Wolfgang guitars.
wow..... sammy has his moments with van halen but like you said van hagar was a whole other ball game when he joined.... the brown sound will never die though, still sounds so beautiful and crisp... they should all be able to do an album of some sorts together but ego's are always ego's and i think dave plays the i'm to good for you card to sammy but hey this is the music business in the end so you never know what could happen
DLR was rarely this good in concert. But he was a much better entertainer that Hagar... Cant stand fucking Sammy or 99% of the Van Hagar songs. I've seen VH with Diamond Dave at the Mic TEN times. I wouldn't walk across the street to see Van Hagar. The 2007, 2012 and 2015 shows were awesome! You missed out dude!
But if Van Halen would have retired in 2009 then we would not have A Different kind of Truth!!! No... We need a 2018 Tour with Michael Anthony back at bass. In truth Wolf is 10 times better bass player, but Mike has the backup vocals. I hope we get the new Wolf solo album before the end of 2017. That'll keep him busy during 2018. So Mike could make a temporary comeback for a 40th Anniversary Tour. Dave is far from done. There are millions of fans that would like one more DLR fronted album, I know I'd love it. Trust me; Dave's singing has never been very good live. But you don't go to the show for any other reason then to get to see the greatest guitarist in history play one more time! You buy the albums to hear DLR in the studio, and to hear his world class lyrics (plus to hear Eddie too).
Back when Dave was still Diamond
This backing band... good Lord! Killer. Drummer from Korn, bass player from White Lion, Brian Young on guitar...dayum! Dave in his later 40s here, looking great and still singing the oldies pretty darn okay. Young on guitar here, at this point in the timeline early 00's, is on the same level as Al Estrada is now (Dave's current guy on the KISS tour). Ya think Dave here, would've imagined he'd be back in Van Halen soon for a few world tours, then by himself on tour w KISS nearly 20 yrs later, in his mid/later 60's??? Wow...
Compared to today, Dave sounds much better here. God, though...I so wish I could go back in time and play him audio and video of the decades to come and then shout, "Now quit it with the smokes n' coke!" :D
You know those guys are like... DAMN, I'm doing Meanstreet... With THEE
David Lee Roth.
Drops the mic
This was around 2002. This was the band he toured with on the Sammy and Dave tour. Super ultra tight band. James Lomenzo on bass was in "White Lion" and Zakk Wylde's 1st post Ozzy band "Pride and Glory", which was before " Black Label Society". Ray on drums is bad to the bone - a musician's musician- went to Berklee school of music or somewhere like that. Brian Young on guitar is amazing, especially this song - note for note. Although other than this, I don't know anything about him, except that I heard he was in the VH tribute band "Atomic Punks". That is where Roth got a lot of his guitarists from was that tribute band. I also heard Brian Young later sued Roth over that he didn't get his full compensation from that tour. Roth is a jerk now, and can't sing. Sammy is just a better person and treats those around him well...and he still has his voice at 68 yrs. old! Read the articles about that tour by Sammy, and how Roth wouldn't do one song together with him the whole tour!
Brian Young: What an AWESOME KICK ASS GUITARIST OMG! David was top notch at this time doing fabulous. This should have been the moment of a spectacular VH reunion but....unfortunately Eddie was having a very BAD time with drugs those years...
David is starting to look like the professor from the movie, Back to the Future. He's still quite the showman though.
I always thought he kind of transformed into DR Smith.
Hey you gotta really give Dave credit where credit is deserved and this proformance was well deserved forsure .guitarist was very talented and did the song justice but more than anything the drummer was amazing and in the grove completely.
Great tone!
Back when DLR still had testosterone...
Exactly...imagine this Dave for their reunion instead of Liberace version lol
Law Dawg Right! Maybe Eddie made Dave sign a ‘no-testerone’ contract as part of their reunion agreement...🤣🤣
mikem987 😜😝🤣🤣
@@mmcneil777 Can't do that now
thd greets are dieing much to fade now.if I they do t slow down within the next 5 years they will all be gone dang thats scary
James Lomenzo (bass) of White Lion.
I also wish Dave’s hair was brown. It would have made him look a lot younger....ah well. Still love him
Or dirty blonde or whatever color he had in late 80’a early 90’s but bleached blonde/platinum blonde with that much volume makes him look like Dr Rockso or just wild rock and roll clown. His face still looks like young Dave here, better than he did at the 96 MTV music awards more like his old self but the bright high volume blonde makes him look older. I don’t think brown would have worked either.
i second the comment
This guitarist Brian Young should join in the Van Halen tribute as well and perform a couple of David Lee Roth era Van Halen songs
Wow that's cool. Dave looking kind of Ricky Medlocke ish there.
Where are these guys today ?? Sounds great
The guitarist Looks like Sammy Hagar when he was young
When I watch this, it makes me think it's a SNL skit.
Roth before his Hair Transplant....Either Way His Hair is FRIED right here...
B.Y. dUDE IS GREAT
THeeee FRONTMAN
you can't deny that was some tight shit
yup that's what brought me here
Roth really grew as a singer after vh!
Best band Dave ever had Brian Young Ray Lazier
I hate to be the one to have to have this comment. Sadly, Eddie Van Halen lost his battle with cancer. He passed away October 6th 2020. Whichever version of Van Halen you like, Eddie left us with some great music.
Dave still had it here…
That's an ass kicker for sure!!