DECEMBER 8
TODAY IN 1976 THE EAGLES RELEASE THEIR FIFTH STUDIO ALBUM ‘HOTEL CALIFORNIA’, ONE OF THE BEST-SELLING ALBUMS OF ALL TIME, AND THE FIRST WITH GUITARIST JOE WALSH. THE LP PRODUCED TWO #1 SINGLES AND THE TITLE TRACK WON A GRAMMY FOR RECORD OF THE YEAR.
IN 2013, METALLICA BECOMES THE FIRST BAND TO PLAY ON ALL SEVEN CONTINENTS WHEN THEY PLAY A SHOW AT THE CARLINI STATION IN ANTARCTICA.
SADLY IN 1980, THE WORLD MOURNS AS JOHN LENNON IS SHOT OUTSIDE HIS HOME AT THE DAKOTA APARTMENT BUILDING IN NEW YORK CITY, JUST TWO MONTHS AFTER HIS 40TH BIRTHDAY.