Daredevil Wrote:
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> The only Van Halen album I owned before Sammy
> joined was 1984. Although I loved Fair Warning,
> which I had borrowed from a friend. I bought all
> the others afterwards. And surely I wasn’t the
> only one.
>
> Sammy joining Van Halen brought them massive
> attention.


They were already huge when Sammy joined them. Who was going to replace Dave after he left was the biggest story in the music media back then.