DECEMBER 23
TODAY IN 1972, GRAND FUNK RAILROAD WERE ON STAGE AT MADISON SQUARE GARDEN WHEN THEIR FORMER MANAGER, TERRY KNIGHT, BRINGS A COURT ORDER ALLOWING HIM TO CONFISCATE THE GROUP’S EQUIPMENT, WHICH HE DOES AT THE END OF THE SHOW.
IN 1987 NIKKI SIXX FROM MOTLEY CRUE OVERDOSES ON HEROIN AND WAS REPORTEDLY DECLARED CLINICALLY ‘DEAD’ FOR TWO MINUTES BEFORE A PARAMEDIC REVIVES HIM WITH ADRENALINE. THE SONG “KICKSTART MY HEART” SUPPOSEDLY REFERS TO HIS OVERDOSE INCIDENT.
AND BIRTHDAY GREETINGS TO PEARL JAM FRONTMAN AND ROCK AND ROLL HALL OF FAMER EDDIE VEDDER, WHO’S 60 TODAY.