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,“New Kid In Town” by the Eagles hits Number One on the pop chart.
1977 “Hard Luck Woman” by Kiss peaks at Number 15 on the pop chart.
1999Creed‘s My Own Prison and the Offspring‘s Americana are both certified triple platinum.
2001U2 is named Best International Group and is given the Outstanding Contribution To Music Award at the annual Brit Awards in London, while Coldplay nabs awards for Best British Band and Best British Album.
2002 The Recording Artists Coalition holds a series of Concerts For Artists’ Rights in Southern California. Beck, Eddie Vedder, and Mike Ness of Social Distortion play at the Wiltern Theatre in Los Angeles, while No Doubt, the Offspring, and Weezer are at the Long Beach Arena in Long Beach.
2005Metallica: Some Kind Of Monster wins the prize for Best Documentary at the IFP Independent Spirit Awards, held in Santa Monica, California.
2013 Stone Temple Pilots fire singer Scott Weiland, with the band issuing a terse statement saying, “Stone Temple Pilots have announced they have officially terminated Scott Weiland.” Weiland responds with a statement in which he says, “Not sure how I can be ‘terminated’ from a band that I founded, fronted and co-wrote many of its biggest hits, but that’s something for the lawyers to figure out.”