Today in Rock History with Chris DeCarlo

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OCTOBER 28 

TODAY IN 1977, THE ICONIC ALBUM BY THE SEX PISTOLS, ‘NEVER MIND THE BOLLOCKS, HERE’S THE SEX PISTOLS’, WAS RELEASED IN THE UK. IT WAS THE ONLY STUDIO ALBUM THAT THE PUNK BAND EVER PUT OUT. 

ALSO, ON THIS DAY IN 1977, STEVE PERRY MAKES HIS FIRST CONCERT APPEARANCE AS THE NEW LEAD SINGER FOR ‘JOURNEY’ AT THE OLD WALDORF IN SAN FRANCISCO. HE WOULD LEAD THEM TO 17 BILLBOARD TOP 40 ENTRIES OVER THE NEXT TEN YEARS. 

AND IN 1978 ‘QUEEN’ KICKED OFF THEIR SIXTH WORLD TOUR AS A HEADLINING ACT TITLED ‘JAZZ TOUR’ WITH A SHOW AT THE DALLAS CONVENTION CENTER IN TEXAS. THE TOUR LASTED FOR 79 DATES AND IT CONCLUDED A YEAR LATER WITH A PERFORMANCE IN WEST GERMANY. 

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