Summary: <p style="text-align: center; margin: 15px 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; line-height: 21px; vertical-align: baseline;"><font size="2">This week we’re kicking off the first of a series in which we revisit the 90s output of a band from the 1980s that was massive popular. For the first “in the 90s” round table, we’re tackling <a href="http://www.van-halen.com/" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px 0px .15em; border: 0px; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; text-decoration: none; background-position: 0px 1.15em; background-repeat: repeat-x;">Van Halen</a>, who sold a combined <a href="http://www.statisticbrain.com/van-halen-band-career-statistics/" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px 0px .15em; border: 0px; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; text-decoration: none; background-position: 0px 1.15em; background-repeat: repeat-x;">47 million albums</a> from 1980 to 1988, and enter the 90s with the successful For Unlawful Carnal Knowledge album in 1991 that spawned the gigantic single “Right Here Right Now.” From there, the band fumbled through a not very live double album before the uneven Balance album in 1995, the final with Sammy Hagar. We revisit the wild months in 1996 that feature the departure of Sammy, return and quick departure of David Lee Roth and addition of Extreme singer Gary Cherone for 1998′s III. To make sense of it all, we’re joined by <a href="http://vanhalenrising.com/" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px 0px .15em; border: 0px; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; text-decoration: none; background-position: 0px 1.15em; background-repeat: repeat-x;">Van Halen Rising</a> author <a href="https://twitter.com/GregRenoff" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px 0px .15em; border: 0px; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; text-decoration: none; background-position: 0px 1.15em; background-repeat: repeat-x;">Greg Renoff</a>, <a href="http://ultimateclassicrock.com/author/mattwardlawgmail-com/" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px 0px .15em; border: 0px; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; text-decoration: none; background-position: 0px 1.15em; background-repeat: repeat-x;">Ultimate Classic Rock</a> writer <a href="https://twitter.com/mwardlaw" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px 0px .15em; border: 0px; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; text-decoration: none; background-position: 0px 1.15em; background-repeat: repeat-x;">Matt Wardlaw</a>, <a href="http://themeparkexperience.blogspot.com/" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px 0px .15em; border: 0px; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; text-decoration: none; background-position: 0px 1.15em; background-repeat: repeat-x;">writer/author/podcaster</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/Eric_Grubbs" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px 0px .15em; border: 0px; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; text-decoration: none; background-position: 0px 1.15em; background-repeat: repeat-x;">Eric Grubbs</a>, and 80s Rock Savant/<a href="http://www.kidsinterviewbands.com/" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px 0px .15em; border: 0px; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; text-decoration: none; background-position: 0px 1.15em; background-repeat: repeat-x;">KidsInterviewBands.com</a> proprietor <a href="https://twitter.com/chipmidnight" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px 0px .15em; border: 0px; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; text-decoration: none; background-position: 0px 1.15em; background-repeat: repeat-x;">Chip Midnight</a> for a lively and lengthly discussion.</font></p>
