July 25
ON THIS DAY IN 1980 AC/DC RELEASE THE ICONIC ALBUM ‘BACK IN BLACK’, THE FIRST AC/DC ALBUM WITH NEW LEAD SINGER BRIAN JOHNSON, REPLACING FORMER VOCALIST BON SCOTT WHO DIED 5 MONTHS EARLIER AT THE AGE OF 33.
ALSO IN 1980, KISS INTRODUCE THEIR NEW DRUMMER, ERIC CARR, AT A CONCERT AT THE PALLADIUM IN NEW YORK CITY. CARR, WHO WEARS FOX MAKE-UP, REPLACES PETER CRISS, WHO WAS MADE UP AS A CAT.
AND TODAY IN 1983 METALLICA RELEASE THEIR DEBUT STUDIO ALBUM ‘KILL ‘EM ALL’, THREE MONTHS AFTER PARTING WAYS WITH GUITARIST DAVE MUSTAINE AND FEATURES THE TRACK “SEEK & DESTROY”.