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.
1969, Doors singer Jim Morrison is arrested for “lewd and lascivious behavior” during a concert in Miami, and charged with indecent exposure and public drunkenness.
1975, “Best Of My Love” by the Eagles hits Number One on the pop chart.
1976 “Shout It Out Loud” by Kiss is released.
1984 1984 by Van Halen is certified both gold and platinum.
1989 R.E.M. begins their first arena tour in Kentucky
1994 At the Grammy Awards, Green Day‘s major label debut, Dookie, wins for Best Alternative Performance; and Soundgarden wins Best Hard Rock Performance for “Black Hole Sun” and Best Metal Performance for “Spoonman.”
1995, Ninety minutes into an R.E.M. concert in Lausane, Switzerland, drummer Bill Berry has to leave the stage. What he thought was a migraine turns out to be two aneurysms, and emergency surgery is ordered.
1995 At the Grammy Awards, Nirvana‘s Unplugged album wins Best Alternative Performance; Pearl Jam wins Best Hard Rock Performance for “Spin The Black Circle”; and Nine Inch Nails takes home Best Metal Performance for Happiness In Slavery.