Are you ready to learn some stuff? It’s April 2nd and here’s what happened Today in Rock History!
Starting the day with releases we got The Beatles’ Red and Blue Albums in 1973, Mutter from Rammstein in 2001 and Mama Said by Lenny Kravitz in 1991!
It’s Leon Russell, David Robinson of The Cars and Leon Wilkeson of Lynyrd Skynyrd’s birthday today
We lost Seymour Stein in 2023. Stein was a music label exec for Sire Records, which he co-founded, and signed groups like the Ramones and Talking Heads. He also helped in founding the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. Stein was later immortalized into the same hall he founded in 2005. And in a Belle and Sebastian song. But in the words of Jack Black in High Fidelity:
During a Rolling Stones concert in Vienna, Austria in 1967, a very excited audience member throws a smoke bomb on the stage. This would lead to a riot that would, in turn, lead to the arrest of 154 fans.
Sticking with concerts, the Black Crowes performed a gig in Knoxville, TN in 1999. Why is this significant? Well, a year later, Joshua Harmon, a teenager who sat in the second row at the show sued the band for Five Grand, claiming that the show gave him significant hearing loss
Just hours before a Bon Jovi show in Calgary in 2013, guitarist Richie Sambora quit the band due to personal reasons. Sambora would not perform with the band until their 2018 Rock and Roll Hall of Fame induction. Sambora has yet to rejoin the group.
And finally, in 1990, Nirvana started work on demo versions of their many future hits, including In Bloom, Lithium, and Polly at Smart Studios in Madison, Wisconsin.
This has been Today in Rock History! Keep on Rocking, keep on Rolling! Check back tomorrow for your next rock history lesson!
