DECEMBER 23
TODAY IN 1968 IS AN IMPORTANT DATE FOR LED ZEPPELIN, AS THEY LEAVE BRITAIN FOR THEIR FIRST AMERICAN TOUR. THEIR MANAGER HAD TO CONVINCE THE BAND TO LEAVE THEIR WARM HOMES AT CHRISTMAS. VOCALIST ROBERT PLANT EXPLAINED “I WAS 20 YEARS OLD, AND CHRISTMAS AWAY FROM HOME FOR THE ENGLISH IS THE END OF THE WORLD.”
IN 1987 NIKKI SIXX FROM MOTLEY CRUE OVERDOSED ON HEROIN AND WAS REPORTEDLY DECLARED CLINICALLY ‘DEAD’ FOR TWO MINUTES BEFORE A PARAMEDIC REVIVED HIM WITH TWO SYRINGES FULL OF ADRENALINE. THE SONG “KICKSTART MY HEART” SUPPOSEDLY REFERS TO SIXX’S OVERDOSE INCIDENT.
AND BIRTHDAY GREETINGS TO PEARL JAM FRONTMAN AND ROCK AND ROLL HALL OF FAMER EDDIE VEDDER, WHO’S 59 TODAY.
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