JUNE 9 |
ON THIS DAY IN 2017, GENE SIMMONS OF KISS FILES A TRADEMARK APPLICATION FOR THE DEVIL HORNS HAND GESTURE, WHICH HE CLAIMS HE INVENTED. ACCORDING TO SIMMONS, HE INVENTED THE GESTURE WHEN HE USED IT AT A CONCERT IN 1974.
IN 1978, THE ROLLING STONES RELEASED ‘SOME GIRLS’, THEIR FIRST STUDIO ALBUM RECORDED WITH RONNIE WOOD AS A FULL MEMBER. THE ALBUM COVER IMMEDIATELY RAN INTO TROUBLE WHEN LUCILLE BALL, FARRAH FAWCETT, RAQUEL WELCH, AND THE ESTATE OF MARILYN MONROE THREATENED LEGAL ACTION. THE COVER WAS QUICKLY CHANGED.
AND TODAY MARKS THE BIRTH ANNIVERSARY OF ROCK AND ROLL PIONEER LES PAUL. BORN IN 1915, LES INVENTED TWO THINGS PIVOTAL TO ROCK AND ROLL: THE SOLID-BODY ELECTRIC GUITAR AND MULTI-TRACK RECORDING
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