''DLR Band'' is the fifth full-length studio album by
David Lee Roth
David Lee Roth (born October 10, 1954) is an American rock singer. Known for his wild and energetic stage persona, he was the lead vocalist of the hard rock band Van Halen for three stints: from 1974 to 1985, during 1996, and from 2006 to when ...
, the former
vocalist
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of
Van Halen
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, and the first and only credited to the DLR Band. It was released in 1998 and remains the only installment on Roth's own Wawazat!! label.
Information
''DLR Band'' was recorded and mixed in ten days, a technique Roth had not utilized since 1979's '' Van Halen II''. John Lowery (aka John 5), Mike Hartman, and Terry Kilgore played guitar on the record. Lowery actually performed double duty for the record, performing bass guitar under the "B'ourbon Bob" pseudonym.Mike Hartman Interview , Van Halen News Desk, 1999. Also on the album was a then virtually unknown drummer Ray Luzier, later a full member of
Korn
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.
Two tracks from ''DLR Band'', "King of the Hill" and "Indeedido", would later appear on Mike Hartman's solo release, ''Black Glue'', as "Southern Romp" and "Stomp", respectively. Written by Hartman, both tracks would be remixed and made instrumental for Hartman's release.
The album's cover artwork features a picture of model
Bettie Page
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''DLR Band'' debuted at #172 on the charts with 8,000 copies sold in the first week. Within a year the album had sold 65,000 copies.
Track listing
Personnel
*
David Lee Roth
David Lee Roth (born October 10, 1954) is an American rock singer. Known for his wild and energetic stage persona, he was the lead vocalist of the hard rock band Van Halen for three stints: from 1974 to 1985, during 1996, and from 2006 to when ...
– vocals,
harmonica
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(2)
* John Lowery – guitars (1-3, 5, 8, 9, 13), bass (4, 7)
* Terry Kilgore – guitars (4, 7, 11, 12, 14), synthesizers (14)
* Mike Hartman – guitars (6, 10)
* Bob Marlette – bass (1-3, 5, 6, 8-10, 13)
* Tom Lilly – bass (11, 14)
* Ray Luzier – drums
Production
* Bob Marlette – producer
* Erwin Musper – engineer, mixing, mastering
* Erich Gobel – assistant engineer
* Jeff Thomas – assistant engineer
* Kieren McClelland – mastering
* Wawazat!! Masterlab (Tahiti) – mastering location
* David Lee Roth – cover art concept
* Kendall Johnson – art direction, design
* Michael Migliozzi – art direction, design
* Bunny Yeager – photography
* Steve Martin – personal assistant
* Eddie Anderson – representative management
* Lisa Luke – administrative management