5 Comments TIL Van Halen would contractually obligate venues to place a bowl of M&M’s in their dressing rooms, and, in a separate part of the contract, require that all the brown M&M’s were to be removed. This was a test to see if the full contracts were read and observed, with particular emphasis on safety. by whatilearned December 8, 2022, 3:41 am 12 Points Upvote Downvote
1 Comment TIL former Van Halen frontman David Lee Roth is a state-licences Emergency Medical Technician in the state of New York. by whatilearned September 9, 2022, 3:56 pm 12 Points Upvote Downvote
5 Comments TIL: Sammy Hagar & Van Halen had a falling out while writing music for the film “Twister” Sammy insisted on writing a tornado themed song despite the director telling him “Do not write about tornadoes” by whatilearned September 5, 2022, 2:44 pm 12 Points Upvote Downvote
1 Comment TIL Eddie Van Halen recorded the 1995 piece “Strung Out” back in 1984 on a piano filled with things like ping-pong balls, batteries, knives, forks. Producer Bruce Fairbairn picked out 90 seconds of a 10-hour tape recording that started with Eddie creating harmonics directly in the piano’s strings. by whatilearned September 4, 2022, 2:31 pm 12 Points Upvote Downvote
8 Comments TIL David Lee Roth, former front man for the rock band Van Halen, became a state-licensed emergency medical technician in New York in 1997 and has been on over 200 individual rides as an EMT. by whatilearned February 11, 2022, 7:34 pm 12 Points Upvote Downvote
13 Comments TIL Michael Jackson broke a race barrier for Prince and other artists. Epic promoted Jackson’s singles to R&B and pop radio. Jackson worked with Paul McCartney and Eddie Van Halen. Billie Jean was the 1st video by a black artist in heavy rotation on MTV. The music industry was never the same. by whatilearned October 13, 2021, 12:56 am 12 Points Upvote Downvote
2 Comments TIL Eddie Van Halen (who passed away a year ago today) held three guitar invention patents: the most notable being a guitar support system plate “that rests upon the player’s leg leaving both hands to explore the musical instrument like never before. “ by whatilearned October 6, 2021, 7:27 pm 12 Points Upvote Downvote
3 Comments TIL that the late, great Eddie Van Halen almost never listened to music he wasn’t actively involved in. Nor did he revisit his own work , and his car stereo stayed off. He scarcely listened to Pantera either, even though he placed his own axe inside the funeral casket of guitarist Dimebag Darell by whatilearned July 30, 2021, 9:00 am 12 Points Upvote Downvote
6 Comments TIL that guitarist Eddie Van Halen was half Indonesian, and that his family immigrated to the United States because of how badly his mixed-race parents were treated in the Netherlands. by whatilearned June 12, 2021, 8:16 am 12 Points Upvote Downvote
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