Van Halen was doing eras before Taylor Swift was born and their second era began with Sammy Hagar and “5150″. This album was a monster. A new life for a band that had been so symbiotically conjoined with David Lee Roth. But, the bands heart was and always be the virtuosity and unrelenting genius of Eddie. The expanded edition for sale here is available on cd and vinyl. It also has demos, live cuts and more. I’m just more trying get over the fact that this album is turning 40.