Van Halen

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The American hard rock band Van Halen has been referenced multiple times in the Homestar Runner body of work.

References

• Main Page 4 — When rolling over Toons, a bowling ball with Eddie Van Halen's Frankenstrat stripe scheme bowls a strike.
• Main Page 9 — When rolling over Characters, the band's logo appears.
• The Cheat Theme Song — When the lyric "Who's gonna start a rock and roll band?" is sung, it is accompanied by a "The Cheat" symbol that looks like the the band's logo.
• Email band names — Strong Bad uses Van Halen as an example of a band named after a "really cool last name," referring to brothers Alex and Eddie Van Halen.
• Email colonization — Parodying the sender's name "Shana Ma", Strong Bad sings "Shana-Ma! Shana-Ma ha-ho-ha-HA-ha!" to the tune of "Panama".
• The House That Gave Sucky Tricks — Strong Bad dresses up as former Van Halen vocalist David Lee Roth, in particular the cover of Roth's first post-Van Halen solo album Eat 'Em and Smile.