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On this day thirty-one years ago… Pearl Jam won big with “Jeremy” at the MTV Video Music Awards. Best Video of the Year, Best Group Video and Best Hard Rock Video were among the trophies. Vocalist Eddie Vedder (pictured above) was inspired to write the song’s lyrics from a newspaper article he read about Jeremy…
Please pass the syrup. On this day sixteen years ago… Kid Rock entered a no-contest plea to assault charges stemming from an ’07 incident at an Atlanta-area Waffle House. Rock was arrested after he and some associates scuffled with Harlen Akins, a fellow Waffle House customer. Rock was slapped with a $1,000 fine and put…
On this day in ’23 it was announced that Survivor’s “Eye Of The Tiger” has surpassed one billion streams on Spotify. Written by the band’s Jim Peterik and Frankie Sullivan the song, released in ’82, was commissioned by Sylvester Stallone to be the theme for “Rocky III.” That came about after Queen denied him permission to use “Another One Bites The Dust.”…
On this day 57 years ago… one of the stranger double bills occurred. The Jimi Hendrix Experience opened for The Monkees. At this point in time, The Monkees were the hottest band in North America. Called the pre-fab four, they didn’t write their own songs nor played on their records. Those chores were handled by…
On this day sixteen years ago, Pearl Jam raised $3 million for the Robin Hood Foundation, an anti-poverty charity, by playing a private benefit show at New York’s Beacon Theater. Pearl Jam rolled through an eclectic set before a capacity crowd of 2,800 – with floor-level seat tickets running as high a $2,250. The group…
On this day fifty-nine years ago… Guitarist Saul Hudson was born in London. He moved to L.A. with his father when six years old. His parents were both active in the entertainment industry, Because he “was always in a hurry, zipping around from one thing to another” a child actor/friend nicknamed him ‘Slash’. Slash joined…
On this day twenty-one years ago… The Pretenders Chrissie Hynde was detained by police following a PETA (People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals) protest outside a Paris KFC. Hynde, one of a dozen protesters in all, shut down traffic by blocking the street. They also smeared the KFC windows with red paint which symbolized the…
On this day twenty-six years ago… Garbage’s hit “Push It” received eight nominations for the 15th annual MTV Music Awards. Here’s what happened when the awards were presented the following September in those eight categories… Best Group Video – Won by Backstreet Boys “Everybody (Backstreet’s Back)” Best Alternative Video – Won by Green Day “Good…
On this day 20 years ago… “Metallica: Some Kind Of Monster” premiered in New York City. The film chronicled the band’s bitter in-fighting and visits to a therapist during the “St. Anger” sessions. Six weeks in to recording, frontman James Hetfield and drummer Lars Ulrich have an intense argument. Hetfield storms out and enters rehab to…
On this day three years ago… COVID-19 continued to raise havoc. Just days earlier, the CDC reported the U.S. passed 36-million COVID cases with an average of a million new cases each week in August. Obviously, tours were canceled for public safety leaving fans disappointed and performers dealing with the financial repercussions. First, Shinedown vocalist…