It’s October 17th and here are some reasons why this day matters in rock history:
- In 1998, Canada's Barenaked Ladies had the No. 1 song in the country with “One Week,” which spent one week in the top spot.
- In 1999, Bruce Springsteen and The E Street Band played the first rock concert at the brand new Staples Center in Los Angeles.
- In 1989, Billy Joel released the album Storm Front, which featured the hit singles “We Didn’t Start the Fire” and “I Go to Extremes.”
- In 1999, Santana had their first No. 1 album in 28 years when their record Supernatural topped the charts.
- In 1964, Manfred Mann had the No. 1 song in the country with “Do Wah Diddy Diddy.” It spent two weeks on top of the charts.
- In 1995, in an interview with UK publication The Observer, Oasis’ Noel Gallagher said he wished Damon Albarn and Alex Cox of Blur would die from AIDS. Gallagher later retracted the comment.
- And in 2008, Guns N’ Roses announced that their long-awaited album Chinese Democracy would finally be coming out.
And that’s what happened today in rock history.
Original article by Dave Basner at iHeartRadio