Vince Neil Recalls How David Lee Roth Took Him Under His Wing

Vince Neil has revealed how David Lee Roth offered mentorship early within the Motley Crue frontman’s profession.

During a current dialog with SiriusXM host Eddie Trunk, Neil regarded again on his early interactions with the Van Halen singer.

“Dave would come to a lot of our shows when Motley was playing the Troubadour and the Whisky,” Neil defined. “Dave was right there. Because we had all the girls.”

Attractive girls could have been a part of the attract, however Roth definitely took a shine to Motley Crue because the band was making its title on the Sunset Strip. The Van Halen singer even went as far as to supply steerage to Neil previous to the Crue’s large break.

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“He’s the first guy, he kind of took me under his wing,” Neil recalled. “I was just some club playing rock and roll guy. He took me out to Canter’s Deli on Fairfax (in Los Angeles). And he just sat me down and talked about what we got to look for in a record company, publishing and just filled my head with the inner workings of being in a rock and roll band. And that was really nice of him. I was nobody.”

The legendary bands later shared the stage on the US Festival in 1983. They additionally hit the street collectively for 1984’s Monsters of Rock tour.

Vince Neil Used to Sell Bootleg Van Halen Shirt

Before Neil was pleasant with Roth, he was a fan — and an entrepreneurial one at that. In his dialog with Trunk, the Motley Crue singer remembered making some further money as a teen by hocking pretend Van Halen merch.

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“I remember the Long Beach Area, Van Halen was playing there,” Neil defined. “I didn’t get in, but what I did was I was bootlegging t-shirts. I was the kid out there selling shirts out of my mom’s trunk.”

Neil admitted he printed the shirts himself, and that he even had his mom’s endorsement on the enterprise. “I was in my mom’s car,” the rocker famous. “She drove me there.”