Van Halen Unchained June 12, 1981

One of the only Van Halen songs that could truly be described as menacing, Eddie invented Alice in Chains with that dark, stirring chuggle riff as surely as any Seattle sound. But that's where the similarities end between Diamond Dave and any hard rock that plays by the rules. The moment when fringe-panted Roth shouts, "We love ya people!" while Eddie doodles some brief fusion thing pretty much sums up Van Halen as well as anything. Well, that and the flaming gong.