OCTOBER 19
IN 1968 JIMMY PAGE, ROBERT PLANT, JOHN PAUL JONES, AND JOHN BONHAM PERFORM THEIR LAST CONCERT AS ‘THE NEW YARDBIRDS’ AT LIVERPOOL UNIVERSITY. AFTER THIS PERFORMANCE, THEY OFFICIALLY ADOPT THE NAME LED ZEPPELIN.
INXS RELEASE THEIR BREAKTHROUGH ALBUM ‘KICK’ ON THIS DAY IN 1987, WHICH SPAWNED FOUR U.S. TOP 10 SINGLES; “NEW SENSATION”, “NEVER TEAR US APART”, “DEVIL INSIDE” AND “NEED YOU TONIGHT”, THE LAST OF WHICH REACHED #1.
AND IN 1993 PEARL JAM RELEASE THEIR SECOND STUDIO ALBUM ‘VS’, THE FOLLOW-UP TO THE HIGHLY SUCCESSFUL DEBUT ALBUM ‘TEN’. THE LP INCLUDES THE TRACKS “DAUGHTER”, “DISSIDENT”, “GO”, AND “ANIMAL.”