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'VAN HALEN' TURNS 30

REVOLVER MAGAZINE:
While fans flock to stores to purchase the 25th Anniversary Edition of Michael Jackson’s Thriller today, astute hard-rock fans know that Sunday was the 30th anniversary of Van Halen’s debut, err, Van Halen. Although the album’s sales seem modest compared with Jackson’s record-breaker (a little over 10 million in the U.S. to date for Van Halen, compared with 27 million in the U.S. for Thriller), its impact on music was likely just as great. Eddie Van Halen did play the solo on “Beat It,” after all.

I didn't realize that Sunday was such an auspicious date! Edward and Co. did indeed change the face of rock and roll--wow, 30 years ago....I wasn't aware at the time, being that my folks were very particular about what we listened to---I didn't get into =VH= until 1980 when I went to college, and my eyes and ears were opened. Thank goodness I didn't have too much to catch up on, once I'd seen the light!!