Some of you may have read this before, but I thought there might be those who would find this interesting:
http://www.guitarplayer.com/archive/artists/vanhalen.shtml

It's a 1978 article from Guitar Player Magazine, shortly after the band finished their first tour.

Thanks kpl! Good find. I hadn't seen that before. Very interesting read.

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"Someone asked me the other day what I thought I had learned about making music after all these years, and I said, 'Nothing'." -EVH