Robin Bannks<p>Bottoms up!</p><p>Van Halen release "Van Halen II" on March 23, 1979. The band thanks The Sheraton Hotel in Madison, Wisconsin in the liner notes. A year earlier, the third stop on their maiden tour to support their debut album had them in Madison and The Shuffle Inn.</p><p><a href="https://robinbannks.wordpress.com/2025/03/23/look-what-turns-45-today/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">robinbannks.wordpress.com/2025</span><span class="invisible">/03/23/look-what-turns-45-today/</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/vanhalen" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>vanhalen</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/vanhalenII" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>vanhalenII</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/70smusic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>70smusic</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/70srock" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>70srock</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/rock" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>rock</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/rockmusic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>rockmusic</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/alexvanhalen" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>alexvanhalen</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/davidleeroth" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>davidleeroth</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/michaelanthony" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>michaelanthony</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/eddievanhalen" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>eddievanhalen</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/music" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>music</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/musicsky" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>musicsky</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/musiciansky" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>musiciansky</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/susanmasino" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>susanmasino</span></a></p>