On August 24, 1975, Queen began recording their famous, signature song, “Bohemian Rhapsody“. It took over three weeks to record the song. Freddie Mercury directed the recording sessions and after everyone sang their parts they ended up with 180 separate overdubs. Check out the story behind the song. Related articles 15 Amazing Actors Who Died read more
On August 17, 1991, Nirvana filmed the “Smells Like Teen Spirit” video featuring real Nirvana fans for an audience. The video cost less than $50,000 to produce. The video won many awards like the Best New Artist and Best Alternative Group at the 1992 MTV Video Music Awards.”
Metallica threw a party at Madison Square Garden for their self-titled album, Black Album on August 3, 1991. Both Kurt Cobain and Krist Novoselic from Nirvana attended the party, being fans of Metallica. Watch Kirk talk about Kurt Cobain
60 Years Ago 1956 – Gene Vincent debuts his first national TV appearance on The Perry Como Show in the US. 25 Years Ago 1991 – Almost 100 youths were arrested out of 2,000 after a MC Hammer concert. in Canada. 20 Years Ago 1996 – Marge Ganser, of The Shangri-Las, passed away from breast read more
10 Years Ago 2006 – Kazaa paid out more than $115 million to music companies because of illegal music downloads. 15 Years Ago 2001 – Leon Wilkeson, Lynard Skynard bassist, passed away at age 49. 25 Years Ago 1991 – Ricky Wan Shelton reaches #1 country single with ‘I Am A Simple Man’. Bryan Adams read more
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15 Years Ago 2001 – Madonna began her first tour, Drowned World Tour, since 1993. The tour grossed over $75 million. 20 Years Ago 1996 – Alanis Morissette’s Jagged Little Pill ran for the second time at #1 in the UK for eight weeks. 1996 – Kim Thayil is arrested in Rockingham, North Carolina for read more
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15 Years Ago 2001 – KISS debuts their “Kiss Kasket”, a coffin featuring the faces of the four founding members of the band, their logo and the words “Kiss Forever.” Dimebag Darrell, Pantera’s guitarist, was buried in one after he was shot and killed on-stage in Dec 2004. 2001 – “Hysteria – The Def Leppard read more