Van Halen: Glory Or Rupture
Nick Kent, NME, 7 July 1979
GIVE THE Yanks their due: when it comes down to being straight-ahead 'dunced out' almost beyond the realms of the hyper-crass, they take the old dog-chewed-drool-distempered biscuit almost every time around the maypole.
To wit: this thing they call Van Halen.
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