DECEMBER 24
ON THIS DAY IN 1988, NIRVANA BEGAN RECORDING THEIR CRITICALLY-ACCLAIMED DEBUT ALBUM, ‘BLEACH’. IT FEATURES THEIR FIRST SINGLE “LOVE BUZZ,” AS WELL AS “ABOUT A GIRL” WHICH A LIVE VERSION LATER BECAME A HIT, FOLLOWING FRONTMAN KURT COBAIN’S DEATH.
TODAY IN 1988 POISON START A THREE-WEEK RUN AT NO. 1 ON THE U.S. SINGLES CHART WITH “EVERY ROSE HAS ITS THORN”, THE THIRD SINGLE FROM POISON’S SECOND ALBUM ‘OPEN UP AND SAY… AHH!’.
AND FINALLY, FOUNDER AND FRONTMAN OF THE BAND MOTÖRHEAD, THE LATE IAN FRASER ‘LEMMY’ KILMISTER WAS BORN ON THIS DAY IN 1945 IN STOKE, ENGLAND.