At the height of their popularity, 80s hard rock band Van Halen was known for their crazy backstage antics, which included incredibly specific food requests. But one of the strangest contract stipulations may have actually had a legitimate business purpose.
According to their biography, “The most egregious rumor about the band was that its contract rider demanded a bowl of M&Ms backstage—with all the brown ones removed. There were tales of Roth walking backstage, spotting a single brown M&M, and freaking out, trashing (more…)