April 1
TODAY IN 1980 AC/DC ANNOUNCE BRIAN JOHNSON AS THEIR NEW LEAD SINGER FOLLOWING THE TRAGIC AND UNTIMELY DEATH OF THEIR ORIGINAL LEAD SINGER, BON SCOTT. ‘BACK IN BLACK’ IS HIS FIRST ALBUM WITH THE BAND.
IN 1983 EXODUS GUITARIST KIRK HAMMETT GETS A PHONE CALL FROM MANAGER MARK WHITAKER, ASKING HIM TO AUDITION FOR METALLICA. HAMMETT ACCEPTS, AND SEVERAL DAYS LATER, IS ON A PLANE TO NEW YORK FOR HIS TRYOUT.
ON THIS DAY IN 1985 DAVID LEE ROTH QUIT VAN HALEN SHORTLY AFTER RELEASING HIS VERSION OF THE BEACH BOYS’ “CALIFORNIA GIRLS”. SAMMY HAGAR BECOMES THE NEW LEAD SINGER OF VAN HALEN LATER IN THE YEAR.
