APRIL 29
VAN HALEN RELEASE THEIR FOURTH STUDIO ALBUM ‘FAIR WARNING’ TODAY IN 1981 FEATURING THE CLASSIC TRACKS “UNCHAINED” AND “SO THIS IS LOVE”.
TODAY IN 1997 LYNYRD SKYNYRD RELEASE THEIR NINTH STUDIO ALBUM, ‘TWENTY’. IT IS TITLED AFTER THE FACT THAT IT WAS RELEASED TWENTY YEARS AFTER THE PLANE CRASH THAT KILLED ORIGINAL LEAD SINGER RONNIE VAN ZANT, GUITARIST STEVE GAINES, AND BACKUP SINGER CASSIE GAINES.
TODAY IN 1998, AEROSMITH’S STEVEN TYLER STRUCK HIS KNEE WITH A 20-POUND MICROPHONE STAND, CAUSING HIM TEAR HIS ACL, AND FORCING THE BAND TO POSTPONE THE REMAINING 14 DATES OF THEIR ‘NINE LIVES’ TOUR.