After David Lee Roth's shocking split from Van Halen at the height of the group's popularity, all parties involved resorted to a media-fueled circus of mudslinging. Roth's first post-V.H. project was to be a motion picture (CRAZY FROM THE HEAT) which never got off the ground. But Roth had already assembled a killer solo b&, including ex-Frank Zappa guitarist Steve Vai, ex-Talas bassist Billy Sheehan, & ex-Maynard Ferguson drummer Gregg Bissonette, to record songs for the movie's soundtrack.