The band had a more mature, modern sound. 5150 became Van Halen's first of four number-one albums with Hagar. 1984 fell just short, peaking at number two. In all fairness, five of the six Roth ...

But with 1986's '5150' Van Halen proved they knew what they were doing when they hired Sammy Hagar, even if the result was a markedly different, more mature version of everybody's favorite party band.

"I basically was like, 'Hi. This is Wolfgang Van Halen and I've been jamming with my uncle and my father at 5150 and we'd ...