"Weird Al" credits Van Halen for helping him start his Hawaiian shirt collection.
"Van Halen had the thing where they had no brown M&M's in their rider, which they say they did for safety concerns, sort of like the canary in the coal mine thing. 'Well if you don't get that right how are you going to get everything else right…' But I was just thinking, 'Oh, you can ask for free stuff, great: give me a free tacky Hawaiian shirt for every show that I do.' That year I did 200 shows, so I got 200 shirts. That was a jump start for my collection."
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