Are you ready to learn some stuff? It’s July 21st and here’s what happened Today in Rock History!
It’s an excellent day for Releases today! Starting off with Appetite for Destruction from Guns N’ Roses in 1987!
Another heavy hitter is Master of Reality by Black Sabbath in 1971!
Other releases today include The Slider from T. Rex in 1972, Dirty by Sonic Youth in 1992, Starcatcher by Greta Van Fleet in 2023 and The Soft Parade from The Doors in 1969!
Oh and we also got Weird Al’s film UHF on this day in 1989.
Moving onto birthdays now, we have Jim Martin of Faith No More, Cat Stevens, and Howie Epstein of Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers!
In 1994, Oasis made their debut stateside during an appearance in New York City as a part of a music industry convention called the New Music Seminar. The band would explode in popularity in just a few short months in the UK and a year later in the US.
In 2002, The Insane Clown Posse hosted their third annual Gathering of the Juggalos at the Peoria Civic Center in Peoria, IL. The event turned into a riot when police tried stopping female fans, aptly called Juggalettes, from taking off their tops. Peoria would become the third city that would ban the gathering from ever returning to their city, the others being Novi, MI, and Toledo, OH.
And finally in 1990, Roger Waters of Pink Floyd hosted The Wall charity concert in Berlin at the former site of the Berlin Wall with over 350,000 in attendance. Broadcasted worldwide, the concert featured guest appearances from The Scorpions, Bryan Adams, and The Band.
This has been Today in Rock History! Keep on Rocking, keep on Rolling! Check back tomorrow for your next rock history lesson!
