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.
2 comments
Charlie
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.
Spurr
Unchained, running with the devil (don’t run with the devil) drop dead legs the list goes on .
Van halen soundtrack of my life.