Today in Rock History with Chris DeCarlo

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SEPTEMBER 21 |  

HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO FORMER EAGLES GUITARIST AND GAINESVILLE NATIVE DON FELDER. THE CO-WRITER OF THE SONG “HOTEL CALIFORNIA” AND OTHER CLASSICS TURNS 76 TODAY  

IN 1993 NIRVANA RELEASED ‘IN UTERO’, THE THIRD AND FINAL STUDIO ALBUM BY THE BAND. IT FEATURED THE ALTERNATIVE ROCK HITS “HEART-SHAPED BOX” AND “ALL APOLOGIES”.  

TODAY IN 2011 R.E.M. ANNOUNCED VIA ITS WEBSITE THAT IT WAS “CALLING IT A DAY AS A BAND” AFTER MORE THAN 30 YEARS. LEAD SINGER MICHAEL STIPE SAID THAT HE HOPED FANS REALIZED IT “WASN’T AN EASY DECISION”: “ALL THINGS MUST END, AND WE WANTED TO DO IT RIGHT, TO DO IT OUR WAY.”  

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