David Lee Roth has shared several pieces of original artwork which were inspired by the COVID-19 crisis.
For the past two months, the VAN HALEN singer has been posting paintings on his Twitter account that reflect the times and channel the mass anxiet…
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David Lee Roth has shared several pieces of original artwork which were inspired by the COVID-19 crisis.
For the past two months, the
VAN HALEN singer has been posting paintings on his
Twitter account that reflect the times and channel the mass anxiety around the novel coronavirus. You can find them below.
This is not the first time
Roth has shared some of his visual art with the public. Back in 2009,
Roth released dozens of his own drawings and artwork, which he called at the time "authentic originals and incompetent imitations." He offered them up as "an official answer to the question 'what do you do in your spare time?'"
According to the
Van Halen News Desk, the
VAN HALEN frontman always been into art. Throughout his whole life, while touring the world, you could find him doodling on just about anything — setlists, tour riders, female body parts, etc. He was always a major part of the visual side of
VAN HALEN, and always tried to make the stage show "look like the music sounds." He designed stage clothes, orchestrated photo shoots, came up with the stage choreography, etc. He also had a hand in designing
VAN HALEN's early tourbooks and a few of their t-shirts.
This past March,
Roth postponed the final six shows of his Las Vegas residency due to the coronavirus pandemic.
Roth performed as the opening act for the February/March North American leg of
KISS's
"End Of The Road" farewell tour.
Roth's Vegas residency isn't be the first time he has set up shop in Sin City. Back in 1995,
Roth completed a Las Vegas engagement at Bally's Hotel and Casino and another short run at MGM Grand.
VAN HALEN has been inactive since it finished its U.S. tour in October 2015 at the Hollywood Bowl in Los Angeles, California.
Back in September,
Roth said that there were no plans for
VAN HALEN to do anything for the foreseeable future. "I think
VAN HALEN's finished and this is the next phase," he said, referring to his solo project.