Crazy from the Heat

This book is a gem. He is a man (referring to David Lee Roth) that has traveled the world, knows many hobbies and has dated many beautiful women. This book might sound like fluff but it truly is not. He knows more than today's youth, as well as thousands of adults who wished they were this experienced. You find out (in the book) that he speaks Spanish, and takes you into his inner world he experienced as child, teen, and adult while playing in the legendary Rock Band "Van Halen." He doesn't trash anyone on here but you laugh and learn at the way he says things. As for his hobbies, these are some of them: Climbing Mount Everest, rock climbing, traveling to third world countries, has read many books, and has Kayaked Manhattan island which he did in 9 and half hours. This book is recommended to Hollywood stars as well as to us commoners who only dream of such a life. This guy is amazing. He also has his own site in case you decide to google. Yes, fine piece of work, includes hilarious pictures in color and in black and white. Sometimes you wonder how he would do if he went to College in these days (in 2005). Why do i say this? He is so knowledgeable; he absorbs everything, he is basically a walking sponge. The higher message to this book is always about learning everything in life, to travel, to read many books, as well as having tons of hobbies so you can make your life very rich......I recommend this book because this Rock star: David Lee Roth, gives you knowledge that is priceless.

I kid you not. When I tell others what a masterpiece this book is, they give me a "You've got to be kidding me" look. I owe an enormous debt to my friend Adam Wexler for turning me onto this book a few years ago. I suppose people would shoot down the notion of this being such a great book simply because of the author. This book is not a Van Halen book. It is a biography of a man with many talents and interests. DLR is all about having fun, and he definitely lives life to the fullest, whether it involves mountain climbing, vacations to third world countries, or even kayaking around the island of Manhattan - Diamond Dave has done it all. I found his critique of all the money-hungry cronies in the music business to be the most interesting section. He talks about early on in his career when Van Halen was making millions, but he was barely making enough money to survive. He talks about the importance of overseeing where all your money goes (agents, managers, promoters, etc.) and managing those finances yourself. DLR also talks about wandering around Southern California as a teenager - he claims he always saw himself as an african-american! This book sparked my interest in Rudy Ray Moore's DOLEMITE movies. Roth was a huge fan and I am as well thanks to this amazing book. There's also plenty of decadent content to fulfill your desire for stories about the Rock-N-Roll lifestyle, but this book takes you far beyond that. My favorite part is from the last chapter when he talks about when he was on his way to a radio interview and he was stuck on a long bridge. He ended up getting out of the car and running along the bridge to the radio station while everyone in their cars cheered him on! What a great book. I recommend it to anyone, not just Van Halen fans.

As a Van Halen fan, and also a big fan of David Lee Roth, I was excited that he came out with an autobiography. This is actually, honestly, one of the best I've ever read, and that is not so much because you learn about the persons life, but you learn about their mindset and philosophies. Many people have brushed Dave off as a "space case" or "just another burned out rock star". This is not what we have here. What we have here is an individual who loves life, and lives it to the fullest. A person who treats others as he would want to be treated, and a man who's yearning for adventure has never stopped through the years. I enjoyed reading about the Van Halen reunion mishap during the MTV music awards in 1996. The way they used Dave and treated him was absolutely horrible and I'll never have any respect for the Van Halen brothers after reading, and even watching some on TV, what really went down that night at the awards ceremony. This book makes you want to LOVE LIFE! Dave goes about his business with an old fashioned hard work ethic but always makes sure that there is plenty of fun filled in! His adventures as professional mountain climber in some of the grandest places on earth are truly a "trip" and make you have a new-found appreciation for him. His friendships and relationships are heavy throughout the book, as well as tragedies that have come into his life, and how he handled them. It also has many of Dave's funny one liners in a section of the book..one of my favorite is "money can't buy you happiness, but it can buy you a big yacht so you can drift up next to it and offer it a drink". Hehe..no wonder Dave was never short of girlfriends! Whenver your feeling like the world has got you down, or are yearning for a little adventure, or perhaps just wanting to know about the inside business of the music world (Dave talks about how useful the internet is now...where before he had to search far and wide for things like paintings used for album covers like 1984 and Fair Warning) or just yearning for an adventurous yarn about a martial arts expert who's also a rock climber and also a rock star...read this, and then you'll know why so many people are crazy about the life and times of David Lee Roth!

Once I started reading it, I could not stop. I wanted to buy a copy for everyone in the whole world. All the secrets you need to know are in here!