Van Halen or Van Hagar

I would add votes for Van Morrison and Dick Van Dyke.

I've got Diver Down on the platter right now! Probably my favorite VH album.

I'm in the DLR camp, but did think 5150 was a great album (albeit with awful engineering and production). If it was well produced, I could forgive the front-man swap out (on that release only). It was all downhill from there.

Oh...a friend of mine writes for EW, and says 5150 is loaded with amazing material that will never see the light of day. Pity.

Roth please....i remember (vaguely) seeing VH open for Black Sabbath in '78 @ Baltimore Civic Center. Roth in those yellow/black striped tights doing his acrobatics & Eddie ripping it wide open....great debut. for Hagar's best imo checkout Montrose, self-titled album, one of my old favs.

Yea, Nrenter, EVH said (guitar player mag) he has 20 albums of new material that may never been put out...what a same.