A cover of Little Feat 's "A Apolitical Blues," tacked onto the CD version of OU812, best illustrates the album's main pitfall and the chasm between Van Halen's first two eras.

Deal with it. 1984 is the album that pushed Van Halen into another tier of stardom, but the party didn’t last much longer. Egos and creative friction led to Roth’s exit a year later.