this day in music
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This Day in 1990: LED ZEPPELIN IV Goes Diamond
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...
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This Day in 2013: Metallica Enter the Guinness Book of World Records
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...
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This Day in ’85: a-ha hits #1 with “Take on Me”
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...
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Today in ’99: Phil Collins Gets a Star
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...
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This Day in ’83: US Festival
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...
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This Day in ’74: Elvis Meets Zeppelin
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...
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This Day in ’80: Black Sabbath with Dio
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...
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This Day in ’81: New Order begins recording their first album
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...
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This Day in 2010: Green Day’s American Idiot hits Broadway
10 years ago today, American Idiot – the rock musical based on Green Day’s 2004 concept album – officially opened on Broadway at the St. James Theater...and at a time like this, when the lights of Broadway are out, it’s...
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