JANUARY 17
ON THIS DAY IN 1981 MOTLEY CRUE FORMED WHEN BASS GUITARIST NIKKI SIXX BEGAN REHEARSING WITH DRUMMER TOMMY LEE. GUITARIST BOB “MICK MARS” DEAL AND SINGER VINCE NEIL WOULD COMPLETE THE LINEUP A FEW MONTHS LATER.
TODAY IN 1987 NEW JERSEY BAND ‘BON JOVI’ STARTED A SEVEN-WEEK RUN AT NUMBER ONE ON THE U.S. CHART WITH THEIR THIRD STUDIO ALBUM ‘SLIPPERY WHEN WET’. IT FEATURED THE #1 HITS “YOU GIVE LOVE A BAD NAME” AND “LIVIN’ ON A PRAYER”
IN 1996 DAVID BOWIE, THE JEFFERSON AIRPLANE, THE VELVET UNDERGROUND, AND PINK FLOYD ARE INDUCTED INTO THE ROCK AND ROLL HALL OF FAME.