After a couple of failed auditions, Roth joined Mammoth as lead singer. ) Another Los Angeles group, Mammoth (featuring Alex Van Halen on drums and Eddie Van Halen singing and playing lead guitar), occasionally rented the Red Ball Jets' PA system for $10/night. (Red Ball Jets was also the name of a brand of sneakers popular from 1951 to 1971. Roth says the name was in reference to the red dye used in food at that time, including red candy balls, which would exacerbate his hyperactivity and lead to "monkey hour" at the family home.
In his late teens, Roth was singing solo, as well as with an R&B tinged rock group called the Red Ball Jets. During this period Roth worked as a hospital orderly.
While attending Pasadena City College, he met the Van Halen brothers, Eddie and Alex. His parents had their son, prone to daily bouts of hyperactivity dubbed "monkey time", see a psychiatrist for three years, as well as attend a horse ranch for troubled teens, to build a sense of responsibility. He attended The Webb Schools in Claremont, California, and John Muir High School in Pasadena. In his teens, they relocated to Pasadena, California. It's a Midwest approach, not some flakey Hollywood horse manure." The Roths also briefly lived in Swampscott, Massachusetts. It's in the sense of humor, the 'get it done' and how we do get it done approach work ethic of Van Halen, frankly. In a 2019 interview with Q95's "Stuck and Gunner" he explained: "My grandparents moved to New Castle in 1913. įor the most part, Roth grew up in New Castle, Indiana. From an early age, Roth had an interest in art, especially film and radio, and said his first music idol was Al Jolson. He has two sisters, one of whom is Lisa Roth, creator of the Rockabye Baby lullaby music series. Roth was born in Bloomington, Indiana, to ophthalmologist, Nathan Lee Roth, and a teacher, Sibyl Roth. 2 First years with Van Halen: 1972–1984.
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