I grew up in the Pasadena area where the VH brothers are from. They even played at a friend of mines back yard party when they were known as "Mammoth" (this was mid-'70s)... and later they would play the Masonic Temple, Pasadena City College, etc. before they made it big. I played in a younger band at the time so we all "kind of" knew each other. Roth was about the same off stage as he is /was onstage. One time as many of us Pasadenians of that age did.. sleeping out on the blvd. waiting for the Rose Parade.. DLR was roller skating down the street doing his "hey.. look at me" thing. Someone tossed a bag of marshmallows in front of him and he ended up in a rose bush.
Good times.
