Van Halen: Remnants Of The Flesh Hangover
Dave DiMartino, Creem, July 1980
ONE THING that's always bothered me about myself: I enjoy offending people. I've done it for years and see no need to stop. I have offended people by the way I look, the way I speak, the way I act, the films I see, the hamburgers I eat, the people I know, and the snotty, elitist music I most often listen to. This is not a healthy way to live and I realize it. I can't explain the essential why behind it all, so I don't. And I guess I'm an asshole.
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