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According to David Lee Roth, the lead singer of this band, the song was written because critics accused him of writing about nothing more than partying, sex, and cars, but he realized that he had yet to write a song about cars. In an interview with Howard Stern, he explained the meaning behind the trademark song. It is about a car that he saw race in Las Vegas; its name was "Panama Express". Which band?

As the famous story goes, X was a young black man living in Mississippi. Branded with a burning desire to become a great blues musician, he was instructed to take his guitar to a crossroad near Dockery Plantation at midnight. There he was met by a large black man (the Devil) who took the guitar and tuned it. After tuning the guitar, the Devil played a few songs and then returned it to him, giving him mastery of the guitar. He has influenced countless musicians including Eric Clapton. Who/ identify X?

in 1989 this band won the Grammy Award for Best Hard Rock/Metal Performance Vocal or Instrumental. The result generated much controversy, as the band was hardly considered "hard rock," let alone "metal," even by themselves. they beat out heavily favoured bands such as Metallica and Jane's Addiction. also, When Metallica did win a Grammy in 1992 drummer Lars Ulrich referenced the previous award by facetiously "thanking" this band for not putting out an album that year! who?