Legendary Tales — Metal Stories
Van Halen's brown M&M trap (1982): Van Halen demanded a bowl of M&Ms with no brown ones backstage. Not diva behavior—if brown M&Ms were there, it meant the venue hadn't read the safety specs for their massive stage rig. Motley Crue destroys a Roman hotel (1984): In the '80s, Motley Crue trashed a hotel in Rome so badly the band was temporarily banned from the country. Furniture out the windows, police involved, reputation secured forever. Ozzy snorts ants (1982): Ozzy Osbourne once snorted a line of ants off a sidewalk while drunk in the early '80s. No drugs. Just ants. Even by Ozzy standards, that moment became instant rock folklore.