This Day in Music

[Spiritinthesky]

25th Sept 1980, John Bonham, drummer with Led Zeppelin, died aged 32 after a heavy drinking session. ‘Bonzo’ was found dead at guitarists Jimmy Page's house of what was described as asphyxiation, after inhaling his own vomit after excessive vodka consumption, (40 shots in 4 hours). During live sets his drum solo, ‘Moby Dick,’ would often last for half an hour and regularly featured his use of his bare hands.

Read more at http://www.thisdayinmusic.com/pages/john_bonham

[SKINS@THEGOALLINE]

25th Sept 1980, John Bonham, drummer with Led Zeppelin, died aged 32 after a heavy drinking session. ‘Bonzo’ was found dead at guitarists Jimmy Page's house of what was described as asphyxiation, after inhaling his own vomit after excessive vodka consumption, (40 shots in 4 hours). During live sets his drum solo, ‘Moby Dick,’ would often last for half an hour and regularly featured his use of his bare hands.

Read more at http://www.thisdayinmusic.com/pages/john_bonham

RIP John Bonham . . . You were the best.

Does anybody remember laughter?
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[Spiritinthesky]

On 26th Sept 1969, The Beatles released 'Abbey Road' in the UK. The final studio recordings from the group featured two George Harrison songs 'Something' (Harrison's first A-side single), and 'Here Comes The Sun'. In their interviews for The Beatles Anthology, the surviving band members stated that, although none of them ever made the distinction of calling it the "last album", they all felt at the time this would very likely be the final Beatles product and therefore agreed to set aside their differences and "go out on a high note".

Read more at

http://www.thisdayinmusic.com/pages/abbey_road

[Spiritinthesky]

On 27th Sept 1986, Metallica bass player Cliff Burton was crushed to death after the bands tour bus crashed between Stockholm and Copenhagen. During a European tour members from the band drew cards for the most comfortable bunk on the tour bus, Burton had won the game with an Ace of Spades and was asleep when the tour bus ran over a patch of black ice and skidded off of the road. He was thrown through the window of the bus, which fell on top of him.

Read more:
http://www.thisdayinmusic.com/pages/cliff_burton

[skinsmarydu]

Thanks, Spirit.
Was one of the worst days for me. I was learning bass, had gotten out of the Navy about a month earlier, and was a complete metalhead.
Cliff did some seriously amazing things. "Disposable Heroes" is mind-blowing.
I'll meet him someday.

[Spiritinthesky]

On this day 28th Sept 1980, The Police were at No.1 on the UK singles chart with “Don't Stand So Close To Me,” the group's third No.1. Taken from their album Zenyatta Mondatta, the single went on to become the best selling UK single of 1980.
Read more:
http://www.thisdayinmusic.com/pages/police

[Spiritinthesky]

29 Sept 1967, working at Abbey Road in London, the Beatles mixed the new John Lennon song "I Am The Walrus" which included the sound of a radio being tuned through numerous stations, coming to rest on a BBC production of William Shakespeare's King Lear. Lennon composed the song by combining three songs he'd been working on. When he learned that a teacher at his old primary school was having his students analyse Beatles lyrics, he added a verse of nonsense words.

The Walrus Was Paul: http://www.thisdayinmusic.com/pages/the_walrus_was_john

[Spiritinthesky]

1st Oct 1966, Jimi Hendrix appeared live for the first time in the UK when he jammed with Cream at their gig at London Polytechnic. Hendrix made his official UK live debut a month later on Friday 25 Nov 1966, when the Jimi Hendrix Experience appeared at the Bag O'Nails Club, London.

More:
http://www.thisdayinmusic.com/pages/...u_experienced_

[Spiritinthesky]

Happy birthday Tommy Lee, born on 3rd Oct 1962, drummer and founding member of Motley Crue. Lee also founded rap-metal band Methods of Mayhem, and has pursued solo musical projects. He has been married to model Elaine Starchuk and actresses Heather Locklear and Pamela Anderson.

More at http://www.thisdayinmusic.com/pages/tommy_lee

[Spiritinthesky]

4th Oct 1970, US singer Janis Joplin was found dead at the Landmark Hotel Hollywood after an accidental heroin overdose. Joplin had the posthumous 1971 US No.1 single 'Me And Bobby McGee', and the 1971 US No.1 album 'Pearl'.
Read more at http://www.thisdayinmusic.com/pages/janis_joplin

[Spiritinthesky]

5th Oct 1962, The Beatles debut single 'Love Me Do' was released in the UK. It spent 26 week's on the chart peaking at No.17. Beatles producer George Martin has said when 'Love Me Do' was released, it was the day the world changed.

Read the full story: http://www.thisdayinmusic.com/pages/love_me_do

[Spiritinthesky]

6th Oct, 2007, Queen's groundbreaking promo for their 1975 hit Bohemian Rhapsody was named the UK's best music video in a survey of music fans. Out of 1,051 adults polled by O2, 30% named the six-minute video, (which took only three hours to shoot and cost a mere £3,500 to make), their favourite.

Read the full story: http://www.thisdayinmusic.com/pages/bohemian_rhapsody

[Spiritinthesky]

8th Oct 1988, Pink Floyd's ‘Dark Side Of The Moon’ finally left Billboard's Hot 200 Album Chart after a record breaking 741 weeks.

Read more at http://www.thisdayinmusic.com/pages/...de_of_the_moon

[thebluefood]

8th Oct 1988, Pink Floyd's ‘Dark Side Of The Moon’ finally left Billboard's Hot 200 Album Chart after a record breaking 741 weeks.

Read more at http://www.thisdayinmusic.com/pages/...de_of_the_moon

Incredible streak. One of my favorite albums of all time.

[Spiritinthesky]

11th Oct 2010, George Michael was released from Highpoint Prison in Suffolk, England after serving four of an eight week sentence for driving under the influence of drugs. The singer had been arrested after crashing his car into the front of a Snappy Snaps store in Hampstead, North London in July of this year.

Read more:
http://www.thisdayinmusic.com/pages/george_michael