David Lee Roth is my new God

During the height of Van Halen's popularity, David Lee Roth use to pay bonus money to crew members who brought him the hottest chick after the show. Ian Christe, author of the upcoming biography Everybody Wants Some: The Van Halen Saga, says "Roth use to distribute laminated backstage passes to the security staff - each with the staffer's initials.":

"Then, from the stage, [Roth would call] out, 'Blonde, pink top, sector A-4,' pointing out the girls he wanted to see after the show. Whatever crew member's name Dave saw flapping around the girl's neck backstage at the end of the night would get a $100 bonus at breakfast the next morning. As far as intimacy went, it was a little like the invention of the drive-through window at McDonald's, but the morale of tour staff remained high." (Source)

Wait a second ... I thought the whole point of becoming a rock star was that you DIDN'T have to pay to get chicks! I mean is there any OTHER reason to wear three cans of hairspray and assless chaps*? And why was Roth paying $100 a pop in 1980?!? He could have ruled the Tijuana back alleys for ten years with that kind of money. So I've heard.

*besides comfort obviously

David Lee Roth is the white Wilt Chamberlain

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