David Lee Roth's Unaccompanied Vocal Track from Van Halen's "Running With the Devil" — Listen
"Running With the Devil" began the career of one of rock's most enduring bands with quite a bang. As the lead-off track on Van Halen's diamond-selling, self-titled 1978 debut album, it made quite the impression.
Whether it was Eddie Van Halen's ferocious, technical playing or David Lee Roth's impressive pipes, rock hadn't heard anything quite like it before.
So, if you've ever been curious as to how the individual elements of the song work, you can get a taste of that here. We've found a video (well, audio) that showcases Roth's impressive vocals from the song, entirely unaccompanied.
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Jackson is an Associate Editor at GuitarWorld.com. He’s been writing and editing stories about new gear, technique and guitar-driven music both old and new since 2014, and has also written extensively on the same topics for Guitar Player. Elsewhere, his album reviews and essays have appeared in Louder and Unrecorded. Though open to music of all kinds, his greatest love has always been indie, and everything that falls under its massive umbrella. To that end, you can find him on Twitter crowing about whatever great new guitar band you need to drop everything to hear right now.
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