Van Halen - 1980 London Invasion

Amazingly, Van Halen never recorded an official live album when David Lee Roth was on board -- and that's most regrettable because the influential heavy metal/hard rock outfit was at its creative peak during the Roth years. Warner Bros. should have put out a live two-LP set by Van Halen around 1981-1984, but that didn't happen. Therefore, bootlegs are the only place to go to hear live performances by Roth-era Van Halen. Numerous bootleg LPs surfaced when Roth was the band's lead singer, and these days there are quite a few bootleg recordings from Van Halen's Roth era available on CD. Read More