DECEMBER 9
CREAM STARTED THE ERA OF THE SUPERGROUP WHEN THEY RELEASED THEIR DEBUT ALBUM, ’FRESH CREAM’ TODAY IN 1966. ERIC CLAPTON, GINGER BAKER AND JACK BRUCE PROVIDED THE BLUEPRINT FOR EVERY POWER TRIO THAT CAME AFTER.
IN 1991, DURING THEIR ‘USE YOUR ILLUSION TOUR’, GUNS N’ ROSES PLAY THE FIRST OF THREE NIGHTS AT MADISON SQUARE GARDEN WITH SOUNDGARDEN AS AN OPENING BAND.
AND FINALLY, BORN FRANK EDWIN WRIGHT III IN FRANKFURT, WEST GERMANY, HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO GREEN DAY DRUMMER, TRE COOL WHO’S TURNING 52 TODAY.