Monday, March 24, 2014

March 24, 2014

THE ALBUM OF THE DAY
NINE INCH NAILS...The Downward Spiral  (1994)
The Downward Spiral was released 20 years ago in March 1994.  It reached number 2 on the U.S. Billboard album charts
(CD, Allmusic review)


ROCK BIRTHDAYS FOR MARCH 24
Nick Lowe is 65; Dougie Thomson formerly with Supertramp is 63;

ON THIS DATE
1958 Elvis Presley was inducted into the Army in Memphis, Tennessee
1973 A fan jumps on stage and bites Lou Reed on the butt in Buffalo, New York
1991 The Black Crowes are kicked off as the opening act for ZZ Top because they criticized the tour sponsor Miller Beer
2001 Kari Hagar, wife of Sammy Hagar, delivers their second child Samantha Pastel Hagar in California. Also that day John Connolly of Sevendust marries Lori Kirkley
2006 A movie based on the 1969 death of Brian Jones of the Rolling Stones premieres. The movie is called "Stoned"
2007 The Scorpions perform in Brussels, Belgium commemorating the 50th anniversary of the Treaty of Rome
2008 Jimi Hendrix's estate, Experience Hendrix, wins a summary judgment in the U.K. against The Times of London who had inserted a CD with live Hendrix material into a September 2006 issue and the judge ruled the paper had not gained the right to do so
2008 The Smashing Pumpkins file a lawsuit in Los Angeles against their label Virgin Records for breach of contract for letting Amazon.com and PepsiCo to use their music in ads

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