OCTOBER 14
TODAY IN 1975 KISS RELEASE A LIVE VERSION OF THEIR SIGNATURE SONG “ROCK AND ROLL ALL NITE” FROM THEIR ‘ALIVE!’ ALBUM. THE SONG HAS SERVED AS THE GROUP’S CLOSING CONCERT NUMBER IN ALMOST EVERY CONCERT SINCE 1976.
AUSTRALIAN ROCKERS INXS RELEASE THEIR FIFTH STUDIO ALBUM ‘LISTEN LIKE THIEVES’ ON THIS DAY IN 1985. CONSIDERED AN INTERNATIONAL BREAKTHROUGH LP FOR THE BAND, IT FEATURES THE BAND’S FIRST TOP 5 SINGLE IN THE U.S., “WHAT YOU NEED”.
AND IN 2007, ‘RUNNIN’ DOWN A DREAM’, A DOCUMENTARY FILM ABOUT TOM PETTY AND THE HEARTBREAKERS, MAKES ITS DEBUT AT THE NEW YORK FILM FESTIVAL. THE 4-HOUR MOVIE, WHICH CHRONICLES THE HISTORY OF THE BAND, WOULD GO ON TO WIN A GRAMMY FOR BEST MUSIC FILM