The excellent image of this week’s Coast cover star Rich Aucoin by Scott Blackburn has in it the DNA of another rock star and his 1986 solo debut: David Lee Roth with Eat ‘Em And Smile. Certainly you recall the former Van Halen-frontman’s immortal (and still kinda obnoxious) video that went with his first single, Yankee Rose? “Gimme a bottle of anything and a glazed doughnut. To go!”
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This article appears in Oct 27 – Nov 2, 2011.