That time Van Halen hung out with the Surf Punks.
These pics of David Lee Roth on a skateboard have been floating around the interwebs for more than a decade. I’ve never been able to track down the original source. Also, I don’t really care about Eddie so much, but there he is. The real reason for this post is that I just learned that the single Pretty Woman was recorded in Dennis Dragon’s studio in Malibu California. This tidbit came from The Van Halen News Desk, a brief blurb in their post on the story behind Van Halen’s (Oh) Pretty Woman. They don’t even mention him by name: “Van Halen’s original demo for the song (which remains uncirculated) was recorded in Malibu, CA, in a 16-track studio owned by the brother of Daryl Dragon (one-half of the 1970s singing duo the Captain and Tennille).”
So thought I’d likely made the last Surf Punks post after the untimely passing of Dennis, but it brings me a little joy to think of this unlikely, but maybe not-so-unlikey group of characters hanging out together in 1982. Oddly enough both the Surf Punks and Van Halen were huge influences on me as a teenager.
Bonus pic of David Lee Roth. Like 99.9% of things found on Facebook, it was not credited.
Unchained, running with the devil (don’t run with the devil) drop dead legs the list goes on .
Van halen soundtrack of my life.
I remember seeing these pics of Dave in a magazine like Circus, Hit Parader or such. at a drug store in the early 80’s. I remember it well because there was another pic of Dave standing at the very top of those stairs holding the skateboard.