David Lee Roth announces he is retiring

Roger Daltrey and Pete Townshend of The Who, both in their late 70s are still going at it.

Mick Jagger, Keith Richards and Ron Woods are still at it as well.
 
Roger Daltrey and Pete Townshend of The Who, both in their late 70s are still going at it.
And they're awful. Old men pretending to be The Who. It's too bad, because I loved them, but now they're just embarrassing themselves.

I went to the 25th anniversary farewell tour in 1989. I was glad they (said they) were calling it quits because they were already mere shadows of what they'd been just a few years earlier.
 
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I did see Van Halen in 1988 with Sammy on the OU812 tour in the Omni in Atlanta. It was good. I was on the floor, center stage, in the 10th row. It was not very loud there, which may be why it sounded OK. The Omni had terrible acoustics. I also saw the very first concert of the Balance tour at the Civic Center in Pensacola in 1995. Collective Soul was the opening act. That was a good show too but for me Van Halen will always be DLR, Edward, Alex and Mike. Whether Diamond Dave ever sings another note or not, I hope he is OK.

I am a huge Rush fan. I listen to Rush every day. I don't care for Test For Echo or anything that came after it, including the live R30 and R40 records, but am a huge fan of the rest of their catalog. I saw Rush in the Omni too, in 1987 on the Hold Your Fire tour. I was in the nosebleeds for that one so sound quality was not so much of a factor, but it was still a great concert.

Neil Peart's death hit me very hard, even though he retired in 2015. I am still not quite right with that or the death of Eddie Van Halen. I listen to Van Halen on a daily basis too, usually the debut, VH II, Fair Warning or 1984. Diver Down and Women and Children First were and still probably are good records but both records just did not resonate very well with me.
Fair Warning and the first VH record are both unbelievably good.
Edward and NP were arguably the best of my generation ( graduated HS in 1984) on their respective instruments. Both once in a lifetime talents.
I saw VH on the reunion tour with DLR and Wolfgang playing bass. They sounded great. ( Alex is a very talented drummer, and underrated due to the immense talent of his brother on guitar)

I have seen Rush about a dozen times and they were close to flawless each time.
 
Roger Daltrey and Pete Townshend of The Who, both in their late 70s are still going at it.

Mick Jagger, Keith Richards and Ron Woods are still at it as well.
Daltrey is another one of those guys who just hasn't aged at all. Still looks great! Good genetics?
 
Roger Daltrey and Pete Townshend of The Who, both in their late 70s are still going at it.

Mick Jagger, Keith Richards and Ron Woods are still at it as well.
If I have my history right, was Ron Wood with The Move in the 60s before the Rolling Stones? I think Jeff Lynne was briefly too (maybe for one album?), between The Idle Race and ELO.
 
And they're awful. Old men pretending to be The Who. It's too bad, because I loved them, but now they're just embarrassing themselves.

I went to the 25th anniversary farewell tour in 1989. I was glad they (said they) were calling it quits because they were already mere shadows of what they'd been just a few years earlier.


I appreciate them for what they can do at that age. Both are deaf and require hearing aids.

Roger stayed away from the drug scene. That is likely the difference. He has allergies to pot smoke so they have large fans on stage to keep that away.
 
If I have my history right, was Ron Wood with The Move in the 60s before the Rolling Stones? I think Jeff Lynne was briefly too (maybe for one album?), between The Idle Race and ELO.

I had to look it up. Wood was with Faces and Jeff Beck Group. Then he joined Small Faces and after that joined the Stones.

Kenny Jones was with Small Faces at that time so a Who connection there as well. The Jones was replaced with Zak Starkey.
 
I had to look it up. Wood was with Faces and Jeff Beck Group. Then he joined Small Faces and after that joined the Stones.

Kenny Jones was with Small Faces at that time so a Who connection there as well. The Jones was replaced with Zak Starkey.
Yep you’re right on👍 Roy Wood is who I must have been thinking about
 
I appreciate them for what they can do at that age. Both are deaf and require hearing aids.

Roger stayed away from the drug scene. That is likely the difference. He has allergies to pot smoke so they have large fans on stage to keep that away.
I like what Chrissie Hynde said. The Pretenders are just a tribute band to what used to be the Pretenders. I think The Who should acknowledge they're a tribute band to these guys. This was the first time I saw them.
 
I appreciate them for what they can do at that age. Both are deaf and require hearing aids.

Roger stayed away from the drug scene. That is likely the difference. He has allergies to pot smoke so they have large fans on stage to keep that away.
He was/is a bit of a drinker but definitely nowhere near the level of Keith and Pete. He also worked out between tours and kept in very good shape. It's a common theme that most lead singers often partake the least in the afterhours hobbies of bands on tour simply because their voices are the first thing to go. Guys like Edward Van Halen could play hungover or while drinking the hair-of-the-dog, but singers generally can't. Roger realized this early and was nearly thrown out of the band in the late 60's after demanding the rest of the band go onstage sober only and got into a fight with Keith Moon knocking him out cold. They came to an agreement and the band became more disciplined in their habits prior to performances generally speaking. But Roger was no longer the "leader" he had been and Pete took over more and more...

Roth is a pretty good example; compare the live pro-shots of Live at Largo from 82' and The Us Festival in 83'. Dave's on his game at Largo but is completely shot after a day of drinking at US. Still was fun to watch though.

"Hey, what do ya' say? F--- the concert! Let's go across the street and get a drink!" --DLR at US Festival...
 
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I like what Chrissie Hynde said. The Pretenders are just a tribute band to what used to be the Pretenders. I think The Who should acknowledge they're a tribute band to these guys. This was the first time I saw them.


Grace Slick of Jefferson Airplane is pretty much the spokesperson for this and says she decided she could no longer go on stage after her early 50's and quit Starship and that's when bands should hang up touring. She once bashed Fleetwood Mac after a concert s he went to making a nursing-home-onstage crack saying she could listen to them but not watch...
 
Grace Slick of Jefferson Airplane is pretty much the spokesperson for this and says she decided she could no longer go on stage after her early 50's and quit Starship and that's when bands should hang up touring. She once bashed Fleetwood Mac after a concert s he went to making a nursing-home-onstage crack saying she could listen to them but not watch...


I think everyone has their limit on this kind of life. The Who and The Rolling Stones still attract big crowds at major venues while other bands like Three Dog Night who are a vague remnant of what they once were travel the casinos.

The Who had four unique members that came together. Moon and Entwistle were very different in their roles and thus not replaceable when they died. The Who adapted by eventually bringing in Zak Starkey who was influenced by Moon but doesn’t imitate him. Simon Townshend backs up his older brother in a sort of a continuance of the legacy. They added additional keyboards and vocals and now tour with a small orchestra that actually blends in with their music, especially the Quadrophenia stuff. Katie Jacoby does the Baba OReilly violin solo which has become a crowd favorite of late.
 
Jefferson Airplane's first album (pre-Slick) is awesome!! Their best imo. Jefferson Starship was a great 70s contemporary pop group. Starship (1980s) was repulsive. The Great Society with Slick (pre-Jefferson Airplane) was really good too.
 
Grace Slick of Jefferson Airplane is pretty much the spokesperson for this and says she decided she could no longer go on stage after her early 50's and quit Starship and that's when bands should hang up touring. She once bashed Fleetwood Mac after a concert s he went to making a nursing-home-onstage crack saying she could listen to them but not watch...
That's funny Jefferson Airplane/Starship was another band I was thinking about who acknowledged they weren't the same band they had been. I just thought Chrissie said it so well.
 
Jefferson Airplane's first album (pre-Slick) is awesome!! Their best imo. Jefferson Starship was a great 70s contemporary pop group. Starship (1980s) was repulsive. The Great Society with Slick (pre-Jefferson Airplane) was really good too.


Geez that’s going back a ways.
 
He was/is a bit of a drinker but definitely nowhere near the level of Keith and Pete. He also worked out between tours and kept in very good shape. It's a common theme that most lead singers often partake the least in the afterhours hobbies of bands on tour simply because their voices are the first thing to go. Guys like Edward Van Halen could play hungover or while drinking the hair-of-the-dog, but singers generally can't. Roger realized this early and was nearly thrown out of the band in the late 60's after demanding the rest of the band go onstage sober only and got into a fight with Keith Moon knocking him out cold. They came to an agreement and the band became more disciplined in their habits prior to performances generally speaking. But Roger was no longer the "leader" he had been and Pete took over more and more...

Roth is a pretty good example; compare the live pro-shots of Live at Largo from 82' and The Us Festival in 83'. Dave's on his game at Largo but is completely shot after a day of drinking at US. Still was fun to watch though.

"Hey, what do ya' say? F--- the concert! Let's go across the street and get a drink!" --DLR at US Festival...
I saw Van Halen on Roth's birthday in 1982. My roommate's brother was business manager of the venue, so we had great seats. At the beginning of the show, two little people in tuxedos came carrying a tray with quart bottle of Jack Daniels on it. DLR grabbed it, uncapped it, and took a long pull. We could see him break the seal, and could see the air bubbles as he drank. He put it back on the tray, and proceeded with the show and his acrobatics. High kicks, Russian splits, and swinging across the stage on a rope. That much JD would have staggered me, but Roth was super amped.
At about the end of the show, the same two servers came out carrying a big birthday cake on the tray, candles and all. As the band was playing happy birthday, Roth bent over to blow out the candles. The two little people threw cake in his face, just nailed him with it. The band and the crew were hosing him down with champagne. Roth was just overjoyed with it all.
My roommate's brother said he finally had to kick Roth out of the building at 3AM. He was bowling with empty beer cans with some groupies.
 

New drummer.

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