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.
1967 The four members of the Beatles, along with manager Brian Epstein, sign a petition calling for the legalization of marijuana.
1978 The self-titled debut album from Van Halen is certified gold.
1988 The Van Halen album OU812 is released.
1990 A wrongful death trial involving Judas Priest opens in Reno, Nevada. Parents charge in a lawsuit that the band’s Stained Class album contains subliminal messages that drove two teenagers to attempt suicide. The judge eventually clears the group.
1993 U2‘s Zooropa enters the album chart at Number One, where it stays for two weeks.
2001 The Judas Priest album Demolition is released.
2001 The tribute album This Is Where I Belong: The Songs Of Ray Davies & The Kinks is released. It features cover songs by contemporary acts including Queens Of The Stone Age, Fountains Of Wayne, Matthew Sweet, Wilco, and others.
2002 Jimmy Eat World‘s self-titled album is certified platinum a year after its release.
2006 Metallica announces that after years of holding out, it is finally selling its entire back catalog at the iTunes online music store.