APRIL 18
TODAY IN 1975 ZZ TOP RELEASE THEIR FOURTH ALBUM ‘FANDANGO!’ THE ALBUM’S FIRST SIDE CONSISTS OF SELECTIONS FROM LIVE SHOWS, WITH THE SECOND SIDE BEING NEW STUDIO RECORDINGS INCLUDING THE CLASSIC TRACK “TUSH”.
IN 1987 MTV FINALLY ACKNOWLEDGED THE EXISTENCE OF HEAVY METAL WITH THE DEBUT OF ‘HEADBANGERS BALL’, A WEEKLY SHOW DEDICATED TO THE HARD ROCKING’ GENRE.
AND IN 1988 ERIC CLAPTON RELEASES ‘CROSSROADS’ A BOX SET THAT INCLUDES HIS WORK WITH THE YARDBIRDS, JOHN MAYALL & THE BLUESBREAKERS, CREAM, BLIND FAITH, DELANEY & BONNIE & FRIENDS AND DEREK AND THE DOMINOS, AS WELL AS HIS SOLO CAREER.