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articles:brown_m_and_ms [2019/07/30 20:20] – [Contract Review and Visual Management... The Van Halen way] rrandall | articles:brown_m_and_ms [2022/02/16 13:13] (current) – [Go to the source] rrandall | ||
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- | Contrary to what the media reported (yes... just one more example of " | + | Contrary to what the media reported (yes... just one more example of " |
As Van Halen lead singer David Lee Roth explained in his autobiography: | As Van Halen lead singer David Lee Roth explained in his autobiography: | ||
"//Van Halen was the first band to take huge productions into tertiary, third-level markets. We’d pull up with nine eighteen-wheeler trucks, full of gear, where the standard was three trucks, max. And there were many, many technical errors — whether it was the girders couldn’t support the weight, or the flooring would sink in, or the doors weren’t big enough to move the gear through.//" | "//Van Halen was the first band to take huge productions into tertiary, third-level markets. We’d pull up with nine eighteen-wheeler trucks, full of gear, where the standard was three trucks, max. And there were many, many technical errors — whether it was the girders couldn’t support the weight, or the flooring would sink in, or the doors weren’t big enough to move the gear through.//" | ||
- | So... to make sure that the promoter had read the entire contract, Van Halen included a few nonsensical requirements that there intended to serve as the proverbial " | + | So... to ensure |
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Even if you're already familiar with the reasons for the “no brown M&Ms” contract clause, it's definitely worth spending five-and-a-half minutes watching this video of David Lee Roth explaining the logic: | Even if you're already familiar with the reasons for the “no brown M&Ms” contract clause, it's definitely worth spending five-and-a-half minutes watching this video of David Lee Roth explaining the logic: | ||
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===== No Brown M&Ms at Eddie Van Halen' | ===== No Brown M&Ms at Eddie Van Halen' |