JANUARY 11
TODAY IN 1967, THE JIMI HENDRIX EXPERIENCE RECORDED ONE OF HIS MOST WELL-KNOWN SONGS, “PURPLE HAZE” IN LONDON. RELEASED AS THE BAND’S SECOND SINGLE, IT FEATURED HENDRIX’S INNOVATIVE GUITAR WORK AND BECAME ONE OF THE GROUP’S SIGNATURE HITS.
IN 1985, THE VERY FIRST ‘ROCK IN RIO’, A BRAZILIAN ROCK FESTIVAL, WAS HELD WHERE QUEEN, IRON MAIDEN AND WHITESNAKE PLAYED ON DAY 1. THE FESTIVAL LASTED FOR 10 DAYS, AND FEATURED SOME OF THE BIGGEST NAMES IN ROCK MUSIC AT THE TIME
AND IN 1992, ON THE SAME DAY THAT NIRVANA’S ALBUM ‘NEVERMIND’ HITS #1 IN AMERICA THE BAND APPEARS ON SATURDAY NIGHT LIVE PERFORMING TWO SONGS, INCLUDING THE HIT ‘SMELLS LIKE TEEN SPIRIT’