![Van Halen backstage in Atlanta, February 1984](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/DHHqrK6X2xZQ2xUPyjzGrK-320-80.jpg)
The story of Van Halen’s 1984 – the Flying V, the synths and the end of the David Lee Roth era
Creative differences led to Roth’s departure the following year, but 1984 found the band firing on all cylinders, as Eddie Van Halen embraced his pop sensibilities while retaining the musical adventurism that made him the greatest of all time