REVIEW: David Lee Roth – Sonrisa Salvaje (1986)
DAVID LEE ROTH – Sonrisa Salvaje (“Wild Smile“, 1986 Spanish recording, remastered 2007 – Warner) You have to give David Lee Roth credit, he is nothing if not ambitious. Sonrisa Salvaje, near the very...
View ArticleREVIEW: David Lee Roth – Skyscraper (1988)
DAVID LEE ROTH - Skyscraper (1988 Warner Bros.) Changes were afoot in the land of Roth after the success of Eat ‘Em and Smile. Keyboardist Brett Tuggle was hired in as a full-time member. Steve Vai...
View ArticleREVIEW: David Lee Roth – Greatest Hits/The Deluxe Edition (2013 CD/DVD)
NEW RELEASE – nov. 19 2013 DAVID LEE ROTH – Greatest Hits/The Deluxe Edition (2013 Warner CD/DVD) Dear LeBrain readers, I’ve been here writing reviews for the better part of 21 months now. I think...
View ArticleREVIEW: Ozzy Osbourne – Under Cover (2005 Japanese import)
Purchased this year at the Toronto Musical Collectibles Record & CD Sale. OZZY OSBOURNE – Under Cover (2005 Japanese CD/DVD set) I want to know who thought this album was a good idea to release....
View ArticleREVIEW: David Lee Roth – Eat ‘Em and Smile (1986)
DAVID LEE ROTH – Eat ‘Em and Smile (1986 Warner) 1986 was the year it all went down. If you were a Van Halen fan, it was time to choose. Of course, nobody really had to choose between Van Hagar and...
View ArticleREVIEW: David Lee Roth – A Little Ain’t Enough (1991)
DAVID LEE ROTH – A Little Ain’t Enough (1991, Warner, digipack promo CD version) First Billy Sheehan was gone – fired by the “note police”. Then Steve Vai was out, to join David Coverdale in his merry...
View ArticleREVIEW: Derek Smalls – Smalls Change (Meditations Upon Aging)
DEREK SMALLS – Smalls Change (Meditations Upon Aging) (2018 BMG) So very desperately, I wanted this to be good. Alas, it is very very remotely far from anything good. It’s not the line between clever...
View ArticleREVIEW: David Lee Roth – Big Trouble Comes to Toronto – Maple Leaf Gardens...
DAVID LEE ROTH – Big Trouble Comes to Toronto – Maple Leaf Gardens 10/31/86 (bootleg cassette) This cassette is a second generation, recorded from a buddy (with good equipment at least) in 1992. My...
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