North American syndicated rock radio show and website InTheStudio: The Stories Behind History’s Greatest Rock Bands celebrates the 30th anniversary of VAN HALEN's 1984 album with a captivating account of life in the band from Eddie Van Halen, drumming brother Alex, and former VH bassist Michael Anthony.

Van Halen’s 1984 album was their biggest selling album with over 12 million copies sold in the US alone, spawning Van Halen’s first and only # 1 pop single 'Jump', Top 15 hits 'Panama' and 'I’ll Wait', plus the MTV classic 'Hot For Teacher', and launching the band on its most ambitious tour, after being the highest paid band ever for their 1983 US Festival performance. Creatively the album was a major leap forward, with the band taking charge of all the music and dictating terms of the recording. Eddie Van Halen candidly points out to InTheStudio host Redbeard his M.O. when it came to picking music for 1984.

"Diver Down our 5th record had half cover tunes, and I had it, personally, up to here. That’s why I built the (5150 home) studio. I’d rather bomb with my own music than make it doing someone else’s music.”

Yet, eighteen months later after breaking all album sales and attendance records, popular Van Halen front man DAVID LEE ROTH would bolt without warning, leaving Eddie, Alex, and Michael reeling and the band’s future in doubt. While the facts in these interviews remain true and accurate, the opinions are a snapshot of just one of the many chapters in this three decade saga, at a time before David Lee Roth was invited back into the band and before Michael Anthony was dismissed.

Van Halen 1984 InTheStudio interview program is streaming here.