If there was one 70s rock band that seemed machine-tooled for the dawning new decade, it was Van Halen. Frontman David Lee Roth knew it back in 1978, with the debut album Van Halen going platinum.

Van Halen had the 80s in a chokehold. Here are some of our favorite songs from the group that undoubtedly scream 80s.

Before Van Halen, it was rare to hear the sounds of a hard rock band in most places, unless you were running with a crowd that particularly enjoyed that niche genre of music. But when the Van Halen ...

Van Halen's 1986 track Why Can't This Be Love proved to be one of their biggest and most debated hits.