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David Lee Roth Explains Van Halen’s ‘No Brown M&M’s’ Rule
Back in the 1980s, Van Halen were known for demanding lots of M&M’s be provided backstage at their concerts — but insisting the brown ones be removed. Many people assumed it was a weird superstition or just your standard, run-of-the-mill rock star ridiculousness, but David Lee Roth says there was actually a very good reason behind it.