Southern Salute: The Day David Lee Roth Left Van Halen

from Southern Rock with Michelle Southern · host Guaranty Broadcasting Company

June 12, 1985: David Lee Roth officially confirms he's leaving Van Halen just months after the massive success of 1984. Today's Southern Salute looks back at the creative clash between Roth and Eddie Van Halen and the split that changed the future of one of rock's biggest bands.

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