Van Halen's David Lee Roth reveals artwork inspired by coronavirus crisis
Featuring amphibians
Over the past two months during lockdown, Van Halen vocalist David Lee Roth has been sharing a series of original sketches and paintings inspired by the coronavirus pandemic.
65-year-old Diamond Dave has dubbed his artistic series The Soggy Bottom and the vast majority of the pictures feature toads and frogs.
Roth’s most recent artistic creation was posted to Facebook last night (15th June) and features a frog pulling another (presumably better off) frog on a hand cart along with the caption ‘Social distancing? Great Idea!”
The first Soggy Bottom piece was posted back on 13th April and depicts two frogs fighting as cabin fever sets in during lockdown.
Other pieces include a rather psychedelic painting of two kaleidoscopic amphibians enjoying the increased sales of alcohol, a tribute to frontline hair care workers and a spoof newspaper frontpage featuring Diamond Dave sitting aboard a battered plane.
Behold the artwork below!
Back in March, David Lee Roth was forced to postpone the final six shows of his Las Vegas residency at House Of Blues inside Mandalay Bay because of the coronavirus pandemic.
Last autumn, Roth told Detroit radio station WRIF he believes Van Halen are now “finished.”
Asked if he was “bummed out” that Van Halen’s proposed reunion tour got axed at the eleventh hour in summer 2019 Roth replied: "That's been cancelled a number of times, and I think Van Halen's finished and this is the next phase.
“I've inherited the band de facto — whatever that means. I think it means if you inherit it, carry this proudly. Van Halen isn't gonna be coming back in the fashion that you know. And that being said, Eddie's (Van Halen) got his own story to tell. (It's) not mine to tell it."
Speaking to the Marc Maron’s WTF Podcast in July about his relationship with Eddie and Alex Van Halen, Roth revealed there’s still plenty toxicity between them, saying: “We have always hated each other, right up until the last phone call.”