On This Day:
In 1975 Aerosmith released the album “Toys In The Attic.”
In 1979 Van Halen embarked on their first world tour.
In 1994 Nirvana frontman Kurt Cobain was found dead by an electrician in Seattle from a self-inflicted gunshot wound. Authorities said he had died three days earlier. He was 27.
In 2003 Great White frontman Jack Russell issued his first statement regarding the deadly nightclub fire in West Warwick, Rhode Island, six weeks earlier, in which a hundred people died — including band guitarist Ty Longley. He offered his thanks to fans for their support, and called the time following the tragedy, quote, “the darkest days and nights I have ever known.”
Paul McCartney bought the late Carl Perkins’ song catalog.
Godsmack released the album “Faceless.”
In 2010 Punk rock impresario Malcolm McLaren died following a six-month battle with cancer. He was a key figure in the late 1970s British punk rock scene, and was the manager for The New York Dolls, The Sex Pistols, Adam and the Ants, and Bow Wow Wow. McLaren was 64.
In 2011 Hear Music Records released Paul Simon’s twelfth solo studio album, ‘So Beautiful or So What.’
In 2016 Chicago, Cheap Trick, Deep Purple, Steve Miller, and N.W.A. were inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.
Bruce Springsteen canceled a show in Greensboro, NC in protest of the “bathroom bill.” The state had passed the Public Facilities and Security Act which stated that transgender people must use the restroom associated with the sex that is noted on their birth certificate.
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