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"Just Like Paradise" is a song by American rock singer David Lee Roth. Released after he left Van Halen, it was produced by Roth and guitarist Steve Vai.The lead single from Roth's second solo album, 1988's Skyscraper, it reached the top 10 in the United States and Canada.
David Lee Roth (born October 10, 1954) [1] 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 they disbanded in 2020.
The David Lee Roth Band was Van Halen frontman David Lee Roth's backing band, formed in Pasadena, California. Originally featuring a supergroup lineup of guitarist Steve Vai , bassist Billy Sheehan , and drummer Gregg Bissonette , the band released numerous popular songs and albums from the mid-1980s until the late 1990s.
David Lee Roth is retiring. The lauded showman revealed the news during a conversation with the Las Vegas Review-Journal that the outlet described as "more a spoken-word performance than interview."
Skyscraper is the second full-length studio album by David Lee Roth, released during his solo career after his departure from Van Halen.It was released on January 21, 1988, on Warner Bros. Records, shortly after the commercially and critically successful Eat 'Em and Smile Tour of 1986–1987.
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Roth has released 20 singles, with four of those reaching the Top 40 on the US Billboard Hot 100. His debut single, 1985's "California Girls", reached number 3 on Hot 100, and 1988's "Just Like Paradise" reached number 6 on the same chart. "Just Like Paradise" is also Roth's first (and only to date) number-one single on any Billboard chart.
The post It’s Only Roth ‘N’ Roll: Our 1986 David Lee Roth Cover Story appeared first on SPIN. In honor of the 35th anniversary of Eat 'Em and Smile, we're republishing this article here.