Here's a make you feel old post for the old guys...

I remember that day as if it were yesterday. My high school girlfriend and I went to the Mall that day to go to the record store. As we walked down the hall towards Mayor records (remember record stores?) we could hear the closing moments of "Runnin' With the Devil" as we walked. Just as we entered the store we hear "Eruption" begin and my jaw hit the floor. As "You Really Got Me" starts to play I ask the guy at the counter, "Who the hell are we listening to?" He replies with, "Some new band that just came out today called Van Halen." Long story short... I bought the record and went home and listened to it twice. I then got on the phone and called all my friends to let them know about it. Later that year (Nov.11, 1978 to be exact) we see them open for Black Sabbath in Cincinnati and they blew Sabbath off the stage.
 
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