I ADORE Van Halen
Absolutely fucking love them.
Far and away, my favorite american band of all time. It's not even fucking close.
Well, Queensryche would probably be my second, but it's a distant second.
I grew up in the days of radio where I would sit in my room listening to the local rock station, calling the DJ every 10 minutes beggin him to play "Unchained" so that I could tape it.
I just don't like the Sammy Hagar era. I've got nothing against him, I love his solo stuff from the 70's up until 83, and I like Chickenfoot, but Van halen will always be with david Lee Roth to me. There's just no other way around it.