this day in music

Remembering the man behind the cover art for the best-selling album in America.

30 years ago today, Led Zeppelin’s fourth album – the cleverly-titled LED ZEPPELIN IV – officially earned an accolade that didn’t exist yet and, indeed, wouldn’t come into existence for another nine years. Still, once it became a thing, so...

Seven years ago today, Metallica added a brand new record to their discography...except this wasn’t an LP, it was a world record: by playing a show in Antarctica on December 8, 2013, they officially became the first band ever to...

35 years ago, a-ha sat atop the Billboard Hot 100 with their debut American single, a tune which to this day remains their biggest hit on the U.S. charts. Alas, many Americans believe it to be their only hit on...

21 years ago today, Phil Collins secured his star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame, and unlike most people who get such an honor, neither he nor his fans had to pay for it: Walt Disney footed the bill. In...

37 years ago today, the second and last US Festival kicked off, and while it would be hard to call it a raging success as recurring rock festivals go, it nonetheless had a great lineup. Indeed, Homer Simpson once said...

46 years ago today, Led Zeppelin met the King of Rock and Roll, an encounter which has resulted in a myriad of different stories over the years. Picture it: Los Angeles, May 11, 1974. Led Zeppelin are in L.A. to...

40 years ago today, Black Sabbath began their first tour with Ronnie James Dio fronting the band rather than Ozzy Osbourne. The problems started when Black Sabbath settled in to begin the process of making a follow up to their...

39 years ago today, New Order began recording their debut album, an LP which would go on to be viewed as one of the best album of the ‘80s. At the time of its release, however, it found the band...