DLR Band
DLR Band is the fifth full-length studio album by David Lee Roth, the former vocalist of Van Halen. It was released in 1998 and remains the only installment on Roth's own Wawazat!! label.
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| Released | June 9, 1998 | |||
| Studio | Ocean Entertainment studios, Burbank, California Mama Joe's studios, North Hollywood, California | |||
| Genre | Hard rock | |||
| Length | 51:19 | |||
| Label | Wawazat!! Records | |||
| Producer | Bob Marlette | |||
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| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic |   [1] |
| The Daily Vault | B[2] |
| The Rolling Stone Album Guide | [3] |
Information
DLR Band was recorded and mixed in ten days,[4] 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.[5] Also on the album a then virtually unknown drummer Ray Luzier now a full member of Korn.
Two tracks from DLR Band, "Indeedido" and "King of the Hill," would later appear on Mike Hartman's solo release, Black Glue, as "Southern Romp" and "Stomp," respectively.[5] Penned 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 taken by Bunny Yeager, who receives credit in the liner notes. This led to it being colloquially referred to as the Bettie Page album.
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.[6]
Track listing
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
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| 1. | "Slam Dunk!" | David Lee Roth, John Lowery, Bob Marlette | 2:37 |
| 2. | "Blacklight" | Roth, Lowery, Marlette | 3:41 |
| 3. | "Counter-Blast" | Roth, Lowery, Marlette | 3:14 |
| 4. | "Lose the Dress (Keep the Shoes)" | Roth, Terry Kilgore | 3:13 |
| 5. | "Little Texas" | Roth, Lowery, Marlette | 3:20 |
| 6. | "King of the Hill" | Roth, Mike Hartman | 3:52 |
| 7. | "Going Places..." | Roth, Kilgore | 5:19 |
| 8. | "Wa Wa Zat!!" | Roth, Lowery, Marlette | 2:54 |
| 9. | "Relentless" | Roth, Lowery, Marlette | 3:30 |
| 10. | "Indeedido" | Roth, Hartman | 3:11 |
| 11. | "Right Tool for the Job" | Roth, Kilgore | 3:24 |
| 12. | "Tight" | Roth, Kilgore | 4:08 |
| 13. | "Weekend With the Babysitter" | Roth, Lowery, Marlette | 3:36 |
| 14. | "Black Sand" | Roth, Kilgore | 5:20 |
Personnel
- David Lee Roth - Harmonica (track 2), Vocals, Cover Art Concept
- John 5 - Guitar (tracks 1 - 3, 5, 8, 9, 13)
- Terry Kilgore - Guitar (tracks 4, 7, 11, 12, 14), Bass (tracks 4, 7, 12), Synthesizer (track 14)
- Mike Hartman - Guitar (tracks 6, 10)
- B'urbon Bob - Bass (John 5 on tracks 1 - 3, 5, 8, 9, 13)
- Tom Lilly - Bass (tracks 11, 14)
- Ray Luzier - Drums
- Production
- Bob Marlette - Producer
- EA Management - Eddie Anderson
- Jeffrey Thomas - Assistant Engineer
- Erich Gobel - Assistant Engineer
- DeVal Day - Assistant Engineer
- Kendall Johnson - Art Direction, Design
- Kieren McClelland - Mastering
- Michael Migliozzi - Art Direction, Design
- Erwin Musper - Engineer, Mastering, Mixing
- Bunny Yeager - Photography
References
- Allmusic review
- The Daily Vault review
- Brackett, Nathan; Hoard, Christian (2004). The Rolling Stone Album Guide. New York City, New York: Simon & Schuster. p. 704. ISBN 0-7432-0169-8.
- Interview with Mike Hartman Archived June 7, 2008, at the Wayback Machine, RoughEdge.com, 1999.
- Mike Hartman Interview Archived 2008-11-21 at the Wayback Machine, Van Halen News Desk, 1999.
- http://www.vhnd.com/2013/06/09/15-years-ago-today-david-lee-roths-dlr-band-released/
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