February 19, 2018 @ 3:39 pm
Afternoons, Rock History
Join Gunner has he goes over all the important Rock dates in history weekdays at 3:50. Relive all the chart-topping moments, milestones, bad breakups and first times again.
There will be no hall pass today. Here’s what happened today in Rock N’ Roll.
1977, “Blinded By The Light” by Manfred Mann’s Earth Band, a cover of the Bruce Springsteen song, hits Number One on the pop chart.
1980 AC/DC vocalist Bon Scott dies at age 33.
1993 Nirvana‘s Insecticide album is certified gold.
1998 Marilyn Manson makes his first appearance on Late Show With David Letterman.
1999 Metallica‘s double-disc collection of cover tunes, Garage Inc., is certified quadruple platinum.
2002 Incubus announces the Honda Civic tour. Singer Brandon Boyd claims that he survived a car accident because he was driving a Honda.