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.
1964, The Beatles began filming what would become their first feature film A Hard Day’s Night at Marylebone train station in London.
1988 U2 wins two Grammy Awards for The Joshua Tree, including Album Of The Year.
1991 Innuendo by Queen is released. It’s their last studio album with the band’s original lineup.
1996, Oasis scored their second UK No.1 single when ‘Don’t Look Back In Anger’ went to No.1. From the bands ‘What’s The Story Morning Glory’ album, it was the first Oasis single to feature Noel on lead vocals instead of his brother, Liam Gallagher.
1999 Former Oasis drummer Tony McCarroll settles out of court with his former bandmates over his 1995 firing.
2007, Jimi Hendrix was crowned the ‘wildest guitar hero’ of all-time in a poll of music fans for Classic Rock magazine. Hendrix beat Keith Richards into second place, with Stevie Ray Vaughan in third. Led Zeppelin’s Jimmy Page made it to number four, followed by Dimebag Darrell, who played for several heavy metal bands including Pantera and Damageplan.
2007 Korn‘s MTV Unplugged performance premieres on the network, marking the return of the popular MTV program and Korn’s first full-length acoustic live show.