Join Gunner as 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.
1976 The Clash makes its public debut, opening for the Sex Pistols at Screen On The Green in London, England.
1977, Iggy Pop releases his sophomore album, Lust For Life, on which he collaborated with David Bowie.
1979 U2 gets its first mention in England’s influential Sounds magazine, in the “Sounds Playlist” column, where writers note what they are excited about.
1992 “November Rain” by Guns N’ Roses peaks at Number Three on the pop chart.
2002 Sammy Hagar plays a free show at Irving Plaza in New York City to honor September 11th rescue workers.
2002 In what turns out to be a short-lived arrangement, Papa Roach signs on to appear in commercials for the new Pepsi Blue soft drink.
2005 Former Fuel drummer Kevin Miller sues the band, claiming that he did not receive his share of a $3 million advance the band got from their record label.
2005 Pearl Jam plays a fundraiser for Senate candidate Jon Tester in Missoula, Montana.
2006 The Black Crowes release an album called The Lost Crowes, which combines their two “lost” albums Tall and Band, plus an expanded DVD version of the band’s 1992 home video Who Killed That Bird Out On Your Window Sill.
Today’s Birthdays
- Lea Michele (actress, Glee) (32)
- David Desrosiers (bassist, Simple Plan) (38)
- Rebecca De Mornay (actress, Risky Business, Backdraft, The Hand That Rocks The Cradle, Identity) (59)
- Elliot Gould (actor, American History X, Ocean’s Eleven, Ross’s and Monica’s father on Friends) (80)
- William Friedkin (director, The Exorcist, The French Connection) (83)
- Joel Schumacher (director, Lost Boys, The Client, Batman Forever, Batman and Robin, Phone Booth, The Number 23) (79)
- Carla Gugino (actress, the Spy Kids movies, Sin City, Entourage, Watchmen, Sucker Punch, San Andreas, Wayward Pines) (47)