OCTOBER 8
U2 FINALLY SCORE THEIR FIRST NO.1 U.K. HIT TODAY IN 1988 WITH “DESIRE”, A SINGLE FROM THE ALBUM ‘RATTLE AND HUM’, WHICH FEATURES BOTH LIVE AND STUDIO RECORDINGS. THE TRACK WON A GRAMMY FOR BEST ROCK PERFORMANCE BY A DUO OR GROUP.
IN 1991 SOUNDGARDEN RELEASE THEIR BREAKTHROUGH SECOND ALBUM ‘BADMOTORFINGER’, FEATURING THE TRACKS “OUTSHINED” AND “RUSTY CAGE”. ITS COINCIDES WITH THE UPRISING OF GRUNGE WITH RECENT RELEASES OF NIRVANA’S ‘NEVERMIND’, AND PEARL JAM’S ‘TEN’.
AND TODAY, WE REMEMBER THE LATE JOHN WILLIAM CUMMINGS – BETTER KNOWN AS JOHNNY RAMONE, GUITARIST AND FOUNDING MEMBER OF THE RAMONES – BORN IN QUEENS, N.Y IN 1948.