Edward Van Halen became a new guitar hero and gymnastically inclined frontman David Lee Roth supercharged this California group's debut in 1978. Tunes such as "Eruption", "Runnin' With the Devil" and "Ain''t Talkin' 'Bout Love" were instant hard rock favorites, while covers such as "You Really Got Me" set a pattern for many Van Halen albums to come.
