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I think it's safe to say Van Halen drank anything that was there for free although I suspect Schlitz was paying for some marketing here and I wouldn't be surprised if it came back to Monk and I wouldn't necessarily trust Van Halen Rising as the final word on anyting. Yes, there were a shortage of breweries as several thousand became less than 100 by the late 1970's. But I doubt the entire band had much preference either way. Drink a shitty beer or "malt liquor" with a high ABV or do a shot with a less shitty beer like Bud, PBR or Schlitz; I suspect that the beers were a way to keep a steady buzz on while still being somewhat hydrated and not getting too drunk. Aside from Alex, and later on Ed, I doubt the band drank 24/7 in the early years and gleaning Monk's anecdotes, they probably ate regularly and didn't drink until evenings most of the time...
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The presumption here was that American beer was really weak until fairly recently but that was maybe because US Budweiser was.
Funny thing to compare is that in Russia until 2012 anything under 10% so basically almost all beer, wasn’t classed as alcohol at all. It was just a foodstuff so no restrictions on it at all age or otherwise. 🙂Comment
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Hey... If you're gonna run a fan site at least keep your main forum on-topic. It's a simple, easy administrative concept.
BTW... I don't have half as much grey as that old fuck. Sweaters are for pussies..."If you want to be a monk... you gotta cook a lot of rice...”Comment
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Okay, here a "on topic" discussion for you. Why are so many neighborhoods in America gone from this:
to this:
Only reason can be bands like Van Halen.Comment
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Malt liquor has ebbed and flowed in popularity. Currently, it's popular with the poor folk in the 'hood because of the alcohol content and they way it's sold in 24oz or 40oz containers and is cheap. Bud became ascendant over Schlitz and Pabst and the rest because of marketing and the taste for lighter, thirst quenching beers over flavor - a trend that seems to have begun after Prohibition was repealed and was accelerated by WWII and the use of adjuncts (like rice and corn) in place of wheat and malt. Here's a video about malt liquor!
And also the revolution in transport brought about by the rail and trunking industries made regional brewers collapse. The trend was reversed starting in the late 60's with the San Francisco brewery Anchor Steam, or with the rise of home-brewing and a few "microbreweries" making better quality beers starting in the late 1970's. In 1980 there were something like 100 breweries (without checking), today there are over 4000, and even the "microbrews" have been renamed craftbrews because they tend to make and awful lot of beer, though Bud continues to be a best seller...
LOL Russian beer ain't bad, but it tastes like most Euro pilsners/lagers with a bit of the overcooked veggie finish...Funny thing to compare is that in Russia until 2012 anything under 10% so basically almost all beer, wasn’t classed as alcohol at all. It was just a foodstuff so no restrictions on it at all age or otherwise. ��Comment
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Didn’t Led Zeppelin sleep with 14 year old kids around LA? You seem to be a little uptight. May I suggest The Magic Wand? They don’t call “Magic” for nothing. It can even make Medusa orgasm.
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Pretty easy to stay on topic when talking to yourself...
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If only "Breaking the Band" mentioned Vanny Halen's white trash America that episode would have been worth the watch. But it was deffo dumbed down so all you dumb fucks could understand it on your 3rd grade reading level skills.Comment
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Whatever they drank it was donkey piss, as there are absolutely no fluids in the US that deserve to be called "beer" at all. No wonder they changed to imports.
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