April 19
TODAY IN 1969, SMILE, LATER TO BE KNOWN AS QUEEN APPEARED AT THE REVOLUTION CLUB IN LONDON. SMILE WAS A SEMI-PROFESSIONAL BAND AT THE TIME, FEATURING BRIAN MAY ON GUITAR AND ROGER TAYLOR ON DRUMS
IN 1973 DAVID BOWIE RELEASES HIS SIXTH STUDIO ALBUM ‘ALADDIN SANE’ AS THE FOLLOW-UP TO HIS BREAKTHROUGH LP ‘THE RISE AND FALL OF ZIGGY STARDUST AND THE SPIDERS FROM MARS’ AND FEATURES THE HIT SINGLE “THE JEAN GENIE” .
SADLY IN 2002 ALICE IN CHAINS LEAD SINGER LAYNE STALEY IS DISCOVERED DEAD IN HIS SEATTLE APARTMENT AFTER POLICE BREAK DOWN HIS DOOR TO INVESTIGATE REPORTS THAT HE IS MISSING. UNFORTUNATELY, STALEY, HAD DIED TWO WEEKS EARLIER OF A DRUG OVERDOSE. HE WAS 34.
