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Old 01-31-2017, 05:02 PM   #2 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by Frownland View Post
The only way that Van Halen furthered punk is by being the posterboy for everything that punk is not.
I hate when you pull out the dense card. VH and their hits allowed FM radio stations all over the country to keep playing guitar centric, raunchy music. Why do you think The Clash broke so big back then?

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Originally Posted by Neapolitan View Post
Is that VH1 aka Van Halen mach I or VH1 aka Video Hits One?
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