Van Halen's Infamous 'No Brown M&Ms' Rider Finally Materializes • There's the band's claim (they banned brown M&Ms as a way to ensure the rider was being comprehensively read -- possible) and everyone else's (DLR is fucking insane -- yes). Either way, it's been the subject of rock rider lore for years, and it's finally been unearthed by The Smoking Gun who else.
Posted at 3:07 PM
Tags: Van Halen
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no brown M&Ms and KY jelly. fucking yummy.
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Iggy Pop has easily the best rider that I've seen...
(Also, having worked in the business, I can tell you that the person responsible for fulfilling the dressing room rider is sure as hell not the same as the person responsible for managing the stage. Nevertheless, it's not a terribly unreasonable rider.)
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GG Allin had one hell of a rider: "whatever I can fit in this bag".
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