Eddie Van Halen appeared on Michael Jackson's Thriller album for the song, "Beat It". Eddie reflects on his experience working with award-winning producer/songwriter Quincy Jones and Michael Jackson, in the later half of 1982: "I used to have this old phone system in the studio. Phone rang, I picked it up and there's this voice saying, 'Yo, Eddie? That Eddie?' There was … [Read more...]
Van Halen’s Legendary M&M’s Rider
From The Smoking Gun: Van Halen's Legendary M&M's Rider DECEMBER 11--Behold the Holy Grail. Since we began publishing backstage concert riders about 10 years ago, TSG has been searching for the most famous rider of them all, the one in which Van Halen famously stipulated that brown M&M's were to be banished from the band's dressing room. Well, as seen below, the … [Read more...]