Are you ready to learn some stuff? It’s February 20th and here’s what happened Today in Rock History!
Starting off with birthdays and there is only one way to start it off and that’s with Kurt Cobain of Nirvana.
Also on this day in 2014, the city of Aberdeen, Washington unveiled a statue of Kurt Cobain for the 20th anniversary of the singer’s death. It resides in the Aberdeen Museum of History.
It is also Ed Graham of The Darkness’s birthday today!
In 1959, a young Jimi Hendrix, aged at just 16 years old, played his first gig in a Seattle synagogue basement. He was fired after due to his “wild” playing.
On a sadder note in 2003, a pyro accident at a Great White show in The Station nightclub in Rhode Island set the club ablaze. The fire killed 100 people, including the band’s guitarist, Ty Longley, while injury over 300 others.
In 1976, all four original members of KISS planted their hand prints into the pavement outside Grauman’s Chinese Theatre in Hollywood.
And finally in 2009, The White Stripes play together for the final time on the last episode of Late Night with Conan O’Brien.
This has been Today in Rock History! Keep on Rocking, keep on Rolling! Check back tomorrow for your next rock history lesson!
