Never heard (uncirculated) Alex Van Halen 1981 interview

Never heard (uncirculated) Alex Van Halen 1981 interview from the Tape Archive Podcast, just published today March 3

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zaw8W98sJFw

In the interview Alex talks about:

Van Halen days before being signed
Working with Ted Templeton
The best heavy metal band he ever saw play live
The future of Van Halen
And more…

https://www.thetapesarchive.com/wp-c...alen-quote.jpg

Full transcription here = https://www.thetapesarchive.com/alex-van-halen/

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zaw8W98sJFw

Correct me if I'm wrong, but the whole brown M&Ms clause in the contract was a metric to see if the venue actually read the contract. And Alex Van Halen is going into this BS about they don't like brown M&Ms because they contain more chocolate, and green and yellow M&Ms are more refreshing? Wow, he's either doing a bad job of trolling the interviewer, or he's just as much of a hot mess as his sister.

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Originally Posted by Funkmonkey

Correct me if I'm wrong, but the whole brown M&Ms clause in the contract was a metric to see if the venue actually read the contract. And Alex Van Halen is going into this BS about they don't like brown M&Ms because they contain more chocolate, and green and yellow M&Ms are more refreshing? Wow, he's either doing a bad job of trolling the interviewer, or he's just as much of a hot mess as his sister.

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It's from 81... Probably half pissed at the time