MARCH 28
ON THIS DATE IN IN 1973 LED ZEPPELIN RELEASE THEIR FIFTH STUDIO ALBUM ‘HOUSES OF THE HOLY’. THE ALBUM TITLE WAS A DEDICATION BY THE BAND TO THEIR FANS WHO APPEARED AT VENUES THEY DUBBED ‘HOUSES OF THE HOLY’. IT FEATURES THE TRACKS “OVER THE HILLS AND FAR AWAY” “DANCING DAYS” AND THE FIRST SINGLE FROM THE ALBUM “THE OCEAN”.
IN 1985 ‘TIL TUESDAY RELEASE THE SINGLE “VOICES CARRY” FROM THE BAND’S DEBUT STUDIO ALBUM. THE ACCOMPANYING MUSIC VIDEO RECEIVES WIDE EXPOSURE ON MTV AND NOMINATED FOR NUMEROUS AWARDS. IT BECAME THE BAND’S HIGHEST-CHARTING SINGLE AND THEIR ONLY TOP TEN HIT IN THE U.S.
AND IN 1996 PHIL COLLINS ANNOUNCES HE IS LEAVING GENESIS AFTER 25 YEARS. HE JOINED THE BAND AS THE DRUMMER AND EVENTUALLY BECAME LEAD SINGER WHEN PETER GABRIEL LEFT GENESIS.