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Some of you probably already know this but what the hell, I'm bored. I found out where CVH got the idea of the guy with the hammer that was on the back of their tour shirts and was one of their back drops. Check it out: http://www.west-ext.com/
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From :
Did you try to find a sponsor for this year's tour?
By: Lisa Robinson
Rock Video Magazine (July 1984)
DLR: Yes. We had absolutely no compunction about trying to find a sponsor. They sponsor football on television, they sponsor everything, so why not sponsor Van Halen? So we went after a sponsor and tried to get them to put up some money and then we could be in their advertisements and help sell their stereos and their toothpaste or whatever, and nobody wanted us. I guess our image was wrong. So, we decided that we'll be the first band to sponsor a company. So we took the logo from the Western Exterminator Company in Los Angeles - a little man with a top hat and a big hammer behind his back - and we put him on the T-shirt and the program and on the merchandise, and he is the tour logo. Along with the little baby on the cover of the 1984 album. I think those two things give you a pretty definitive illustration of what Van Halen is all about, and where we're going. -
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Good timing, my son just asked me about that, when he was looking at my 1984 Tour of the World T-shirt.....Eat Us And Smile - The Originals
"I have a very belligerent enthusiasm or an enthusiastic belligerence. I’m an intellectual slut." - David Lee Roth
"We are part of the, not just the culture, but the geography. Van Halen music goes along with like fries with the burger." - David Lee RothComment
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You still see their trucks out here from time to time with the logo on the side....If I'm not mistaken some trucks have a miniturae man with the hammer and a small mouse on the side or bed of the truck.Comment
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They should replace the mouse with a Van Hagar logo.Comment
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dave off to hasbeen status and the vh brothers bitter old drunks that can't cope with sobriety,.Originally posted by DrMaddVibe
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Excellent bit of info that I can't believe I didn't know...5 star vote for you ...
Although ..I find it hard to believe that nobody would sponsor the 1984 Tour if asked..sounds like Dave stretching the old truth to make a good story...
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does anyone have a decent VH little man 1984 pic
that can be posted here? i used to have a sticker of
it a long time ago; can't locate it. thanks!Comment
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