March 29, 2024

This Day in History: 2024-08-28

AUGUST 28th

Green Day are big winners at the MTV Video Music Awards in Miami. The group earns trophies for Video of the Year and Viewer’s Choice (“American Idiot”). “It’s great to know Rock music still has a place on MTV,” says frontman Billie Joe Armstrong. 2005

Foofighterswalk.jpgThe Foo Fighters “Walk” takes home the trophy for Best Rock Video at the MTV Video Music Awards. 2011

Måneskin’s  “I Wanna Be Your Slave” wins the Best Alternative Video at the MTV Video Music Awards (VMAs).

Also, “Black Summer” takes home Best Rock Video.  The Red Hot Chili Peppers’ track is from their “Unlimited Love” album. 2022

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Molly Hatchet guitarist Dave Hlubek is born.  1951

Bob Dylan turns The Beatles on to marijuana. This is after The Beatles perform at New York’s Forest Hills Tennis Stadium. 1964

Peter Frampton’s “Baby, I Love Your Way,” from “Frampton Comes Alive” peaks at #12. 1976

Cove Reber, the former lead vocalist for Saosin (’04 to ’10), is born in Vista, CA. 1985

Slipknot unleash their second album, “Iowa.”  It marks the first-time guitarist Jim Root is significantly involved in the recording.  He was only featured on two songs from their debut album, due to his joining very late in recording process.  2001

Duran Duran get a Lifetime Achievement Award at the MTV Video Music Awards. Typically, the Madonna/Britney Spears on-air kiss gets all the attention. It was some kiss. 2003

The Beastie Boys headline a Miami Beach concert, MTV2 Presents: A LIFEbeat Benefit, organized to raise HIV/AIDS awareness among young fans. 2004

“Halloween II” is in theaters. The film was written and directed by Rob Zombie. 2009

Pearl Jam’s Eddie Vedder takes part in a rally and concert for the West Memphis 3 at the Robinson Center Music Hall in Little Rock, AK. The rally is in support of getting Jason Baldwin, Damien Echols and Jessie Misskelley, three men thought to be wrongly convicted of murder, released from prison –  and Echols off of death row. 2010

A toilet once owned by John Lennon sells for $14,700 at an auction of Beatles memorabilia in the U.K. Lennon reportedly gave the bathroom fixture to a contractor after moving out of his home in Berkshire in ’71. Lennon is said to have told the contractor to “put flowers in it or something.” It’s actually very nice with impressive artwork in blue (against the white porcelain). 2010

3 Doors Down debut “One Light” at the Republican National Convention in Tampa, taking the stage after New Jersey Governor Chris Christie gives the keynote address to party delegates. 2012

Ozzy Osbourne sets his L.A. home on fire while attempting to make himself a bacon sandwich. Firefighters are called and later determine that an unattended candle was the cause. 2013

X Japan’s Yoshiki donates $100,000 to Earth Alliance and its Amazon Forest Fund in support of local efforts on the ground working to support the indigenous and local communities that are protecting the land and biodiversity as fires rage throughout the region.  2019

“I’m fed up with people getting killed every day,” says Ozzy Osbourne in an interview published in The Observer explaining why he’s moving back to the U.K. “God knows how many people have been shot in school shootings. And there was that mass shooting in Vegas at that concert.”  2022