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On this day in 2007 the very first episode of the television series Mad Men aired on AMC.
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On this day in 1967 The Who played in Seattle for the very first time. They performed at the Seattle Center Coliseum.
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15 years ago today (in 1995), Courtney Love threw candy at Kathleen Hanna and punched her in the face backstage at the Lollapalooza festival in George, Washington. Nine days later, Love described the incident on an AOL message board post:
“I was speaking to Beckster…Eric comes up behind me “Give some candy to Ratface, she’ll Flip!” He said I turned quickly and she was 2-3 feet from me smugly glaring -“BLECCCCHHHH” I screamed threw the candy in the air and at her, every witness there saw her attack(“”) me first, I do believe eventually my fist-ahhhhh-met her Rathead and it
was orgasmic- too bad the security-oh yeah “MY” security? I’m Axl Rose now? We have a co-tour mgr. who was there…”
Hanna pressed charges and Love ultimately plead guilty to assault later that September.
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On this day in 1983 New Order performed at the historic First Avenue in Minneapolis, Minnesota. The nightclub is considered to be a cornerstone of the Midwest music scene, and the starting point for virtually every single band to come out of the Twin Cities, including The Replacements, Hüsker Dü, and Prince. The First Avenue was the nightclub that appeared in Prince’s 1984 film Purple Rain.
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On this day in 1998 Bikini Kill released a CD collection titled The Singles that had previously only been available on vinyl. The band broke-up shortly after the release of this compilation. Today we have Rebel Girl by Bikini Kill.
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On this day in 1985 former Fastbacks’ drummer, Duff McKagan returned to Seattle to perform at the Omni Room with his new band Guns n’ Roses. The Fastbacks were the opening act. This was the very first west coast tour for Guns n’ Roses. The band ended up hitchhiking part of the way to Seattle when their van broke down on I-5. Unfortunately, only 13 people were in attendance at the show, and GnR only received $50 of their $250 guarantee. Most of the remaining shows fell through, and Axl referred to the trip as The Hell Tour. Today we have In the Summer by The Fastbacks.
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On this day in 1972, The Rolling Stones began their Exile on Main Street tour in front of 17,000 fans in Vancouver, B.C. It was the band’s first North American appearance in three years. Keith Richards blew out two guitars during the Stones’ set, blaming “Canadian water” for his mishaps. Today we have the song Canada Water by The French.
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On this day in 1998, it was officially announced that Geri Halliwell was leaving the Spice Girls.
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On this day in 1987, The Cure released their seventh studio album, Kiss Me, Kiss Me, Kiss Me. Thanks to the singles “Why Can’t I Be You?,” “Catch,” and “Just Like Heaven,” it would be the band’s first album to crack the US Billboard Top 40. Kiss Me, Kiss Me, Kiss Me was re-released in on CD in August 2006. The new disc featured “Hey You!” a song which had been omitted from previous CD issues, and was only available on the cassette and vinyl versions of the album. Today we have Breathe by The Cure. The song appeared on the b-side of the Catch 12″ single.
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On this day in 1987, R.E.M. played two consecutive acoustic sets at McCabe’s Guitar Shop in Santa Monica, CA. “This One Goes Out” was one of four unreleased songs performed by just Michael Stipe and Peter Buck at the first show. Stipe enjoyed the recording so much, he kept a cassette copy of it and insisted that it be used as a b-side. “This One Goes Out” eventually appeared on the b-side of the “It’s The End Of The World As We Know It (And I Feel Fine)” 12″. Today we have the live version of This One Goes Out performed at McCabe’s Guitar Shop.
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