Except the M&Ms had an actual purpose. Van Halen was the band that made it famous.
They were the first band to do pyro in small clubs…and it meant that their tech rider…There were such incredibly specific things on there that related to people’s well-being in the crowd …that if they came into the dressing room and the bowl of M&Ms wasn’t correct, they’d know that they had to go back through the entire tech rider to make sure everyone was safe