David Lee Roth's new gig...

[Wing Nut]

Err, umm...  I gues the Van Halen thing really pi$$ed him off...

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NEW YORK - Rocker David Lee Roth (news), the former Van Halen frontman, is taking up a new trade.


Instead of screaming "Jump," he'll be yelling "Clear!"


Roth, 50, has been riding for several weeks with a New York ambulance crew in training to become a paramedic, The New York Post reported Tuesday.


"I have been on over 200 individual rides now," said Roth. "Not once has anyone recognized me, which is perfect for me."


The singer, who spent a decade with Van Halen before embarking on a solo career, except a collaboration with the band for two new songs on a greatest hits album, has been riding along with crews in the Bronx, Manhattan and Brooklyn several nights a week.


His training seems to be going well.


Several weeks ago, Roth saved the life of a heart attack victim in the Bronx by using a defibrillator.


He takes his work so seriously that he did not want publicity so that it would not "diminish what I am trying to do here." He has said that he did not want the neighborhoods he was working in named so that he would not draw attention to himself or co-workers.


"You would never know you were dealing with a rock-'n'-roll guy," said Linda Reissman, Roth's EMS consultant and tutor. "His commitment really is touching. He wants to help people."

[Paz]

 I saw this on the news earlier and the first thing I pictured was Dave Lee Roth doing his Dave Lee Roth "thing" at the scene of an accident, (you know, acting crazy, trying to be funny, never shutting his mouth for two seconds, and doing anything necessary to be the center of attention.) I suppose if he's going to be a paramedic he probably doesn't do as much coke as in the good ol' days.
 Don't get me wrong, I always thought Dave was kinda cool, but he could be annoying as hell at times.
I guess people can change though, I know I did.

[Politically Incorrect]

Just finished reading this and don't really know what to think.
Is he serious? Does he really want to help people? or is he doing this as some sort of promotional stunt? Not like he's never done that before.

If he is serious good for him, as much money as he has it shows that being rich doesn't mean not being compasionate.

[Tequila Sunrise]

wierd...  :P

[Meyekul]

I actually heard about this a while back.. A friend of my ex-girlfriend in NYC is an EMT and actually rode along with Dave once.  I wouldn't have believed it either if I didn't see the picture