JANUARY 25
ON THIS DAY IN 1977 THE CLASH SIGN THEIR FIRST MAJOR LABEL CONTRACT; A SIGNIFICANT EVENT IN THEIR CAREER AS THEY WENT ON TO RECORD THEIR SELF-TITLED DEBUT ALBUM SHORTLY AFTER.
TODAY IN 1992, THE INAUGURAL BIG DAY OUT FESTIVAL TAKES PLACE IN SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA WITH NIRVANA AND VIOLENT FEMMES HEADLINING THE EVENT.
AND IN 1994, ALICE IN CHAINS RELEASE ‘JAR OF FLIES’, THE FIRST ACOUSTIC EP IN MUSIC HISTORY TO DEBUT AT NO. 1 ON THE CHART. THE LP FEATURES “NO EXCUSES” AND “I STAY AWAY” AND WAS NOMINATED FOR TWO GRAMMYS.