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.
1960, Jimi Hendrix plays his first gig
1967 Nirvana frontman Kurt Cobain is born. He dies in 1994.
1976 The members of Kiss place their footprints in concrete on the pavement outside Grauman’s Chinese Theater on Hollywood Boulevard in Hollywood.
1988 “It’s The End Of The World As We Know It (And I Feel Fine)” by R.E.M. peaks at Number 69 on the pop chart.
1995 Blur becomes the first band to ever win four prizes at the British Music Awards. The British press reports that the band amuse themselves during the awards dinner by throwing bread rolls at Prince.
2001 Dave Grohl of Foo Fighters is named Best Male Rock Guitarist, ex-Hole member Melissa Auf Der Maur is named Best Female Bassist, and Adam Clayton of U2 is named Best Male Bassist at the Orville H. Gibson Guitar Awards in Los Angeles.