Are you ready to learn some stuff? It’s December 24th and here’s what happened Today in Rock History!
Starting the day in 1988, while using a $600 loan from an old friend from school, Nirvana began recording their debut record. Originally titled Too Many Humans, the title changed to Bleach after Kurt Cobain found an AIDS prevention poster that advised heroin users to “Bleach their needles before use,” while driving through San Francisco with Nirvana.
Ian Fraser Kilmister is born in Burslem, Staffordshire, England. Ian would go on to front Motorhead, but not before he gained the nickname: Lemmy!
We have one other birthday today is Gary Lachmann of Blondie
We lost Ray Collins of the Mothers of Invention in 2012.
In 2003, Jack White of The White Stripes turned himself into Detroit police to face charges from a bar room fight in which White allegedly attacked The Von Bondies’ Jason Stollsteimer. White was also formally booked and fingerprinted before he was released on bail.
And finally in 1987, just a few months after the release of A Momentary Lapse of Reason, members of Pink Floyd cut a deal with former member Roger Waters on if the band can continue without him, ending a long legal standoff. Members David Gilmour and Nick Mason are allowed to use the Pink Floyd name, but Waters gained copyright on The Wall concept.
This has been Today in Rock History! Check back tomorrow for your next rock history lesson!
