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Summary: Crazy From The Heat
Review: Excellent book and arrived in record time!! Thank you
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Summary: Classic Diamond Dave!
Review: Finally we get to hear Dave's side of the story! There are two kinds of people in this world, those who sided with Dave, and those who sided with those Drunk, egotistical Van Halen brothers! But don't think that this book is an attempt to Bash ED and Al because it's not. It's life perceived through the eyes of THE greatest frontman in the history of rock & roll. It's great insight into the vegabond spirit, and gypsy soul that is David Lee Roth. I read the last half of this book on a flight home from Tahiti and did not want the book to end. The book also has alot of Great pictures from the Classic Van Halen days. A great read! Thanks for everything Dave!
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Summary: An Amazing Life!
Review: For anyone who thought Mr.Roth just another rock star, THINK AGAIN! What discipline, drive, and talent! The lessons learned in the farthest corners of the world, and the strength of self. This book is a keeper. One I will read over and over in the years to come.You cant keep the man down!
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Summary: Not too bad
Review: I expected a rock star tale of excess and glory. Instead its basically a subtle statement from what turns to be a very calm and zen-like man. Interesting because Roth is way different then I imagined him to be, but not a captivating story. Not enough expose into the young Van Halen machine we deserve.
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Summary: Very funny and wonderful book!!!
Review: I highly recommend this book to all Van Halen/David Lee Roth's fans. It includes 48 pages of color/photo pages. Dave tells all; from the backyard party days, club days, big hit, breakup and his solo career. Some reviewers below complained of grammatical errors. So what? This is not a textbook! The story still flows smoothly to me. I have read and reread this book and will read this again... If you want to know the story of Van Halen from the beginning, buy this book! Fyi, it's out-of-print now, but you'll defitely find one on auction/Amazon marketplace sellers.
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Summary: Worth A Read.
Review: I just finished this book after reading it on and off for a few days. I'm glad I read it; Crazy from the Heat on the whole was worth a read. It did have a tendency to fluctuate in how interesting it was though--quite interesting at times, at other times just okay. David Lee Roth no doubt has had an experience-filled life and has much to tell. I was most interested when he talked of his career and times with Van Halen; his trips to places around the world was also cool to read about. I noticed how the writing and grammar wasn't quite proper, but it's got to have been written like that on purpose--whether it's informal writing or not, it added to the story. I think that I was always unclear about the circumstances of why he left Van Halen, but this book cleared that mystery up. Diamond Dave unquestionably is a free-spirited person that's not scared to take chances in life and that's great. This wasn't one of the best books I've read, but it wasn't bad either.
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Summary: The last of the great rock stars !!!
Review: I LOVED THIS BOOK! I'm only 16 years old and I read this book a year ago it was the best book to know and learn what I did about Dave and the rest of the group. I loved how he let it all out and not just because of it being a biography but because it's how he really is, reading this book and then meeting him shortly after it I feel like I've known him all my life. I find it intriguing that Dave can match every predicament he was in and make you feel like you were right there with him in it. Anyone who isn't a David Lee Roth fan will shortly become one after they read this book. Bravo to Dave and Henry for writing such a mind captivating and fun filled book that I would recommend for any highschool reader!
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Summary: A great Rock-N-Roll Story!
Review: I read the book and enjoyed it immensely. You must respect David Lee Roth in that he could have really dished some dirt on his former band members but refrained from doing so. Since the break-up of the original Van Halen, I have read so many negative comments from the Van Halen camp about Roth that it is sickening. I think Diamond Dave showed us who has some class and who does not. Regardless of what the critics, or anyone else for that matter, have to say about the book, if you are a classic Van Halen fan, it was an enjoyable read.
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Summary: About what you'd expect, I guess...
Review: I suppose that the only reason that anyone would read an autobiography by David Lee Roth would be to either finally get the scoop on his bitter fighting with his ex-bandmates in Van Halen or to pick up the juicy bits of dressing room sex, drugs, and rock 'n' roll from his heyday.Not only does Diamond Dave shed almost no light on the Van Halen conflict, he only mentions Michael Anthony once or twice in the entire book. The Van Halen brothers rate a few more pages, but only as the reunion "scam" unfolds in the late 90's. I understand that Roth doesn't want to sling any more mud, but that's what makes a rock bio a rock bio. Without it, it's pretty much a lot of chapters about his cars and his house and which comic books he likes. As far as dressing room stories go, there's a few. No names. And there's more debauchery about Dave in Motley Crue's The Dirt than in his own book, so I'd assume he's leaving a lot of the worse stuff out. To hear him tell it he had a few drinks, tried a drug or two, had a ball, rode his bicycle a lot, did some rock-climbing, and never really had a bad/sad moment or serious relationship in 30 years. Sure. David Lee's no writer (surprise), and his fragmented sentences and use of words like "ginormous" make many chapters completely unintelligible. He claims that this was weeded down from 1100 pages by his editor...I hope the editor got more money than Dave did. Dave's had quite a life, but a ghost writer is sometimes a good thing. This book manages to make it all sound very bland and a little bit pathetic.
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Summary: This is one of my standard "beach" books
Review: It might seem like an odd choice, but "Crazy From the Heat" retains a permanant spot in my beach bag for one very simple reason: Diamond Dave understands island time.
The prose is VERY laid back: in fact, I strongly suspect someone gave Dave a list of topics, turned a tape recorder on, then simply transcribed the resulting stream-of-consciousness rambling that came forth.
There's very little slagging his former band here: In fact, I found Dave to be generally complimentary about the Brothers VH (and we can forgive a little dig here and there). And guess what? Legendary ego aside, Dave is the first one to admit that he doesn't have the greatest singing voice in the world; in fact, he says he sounds like four flat tires.
This book is part biography, part music industry commentary, part travelouge and part philosophical manifesto. The photos and captions are a hoot. There's some BS here and there -- I'm not sure I believe his rif about scrubbing stages late at night before a show (C'mon Dave... give us a break...) -- but all in all this is a fun, disarming, light-weight read. If you're From The Eighties, love music and travel, I'd say throw this one in your beach bag too.
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