SEPTEMBER 7
TODAY IN 1968, THE NEW YARDBIRDS MADE THEIR DEBUT AT A CLUB IN DENMARK, KICKING OFF THEIR ONLY TOUR WITH THAT NAME. TWO MONTHS LATER, THEY’D BE KNOWN AS LED ZEPPELIN.
WHO DRUMMER KEITH MOON DIED OF A DRUG OVERDOSE IN LONDON ON THIS DAY IN 1978. KNOWN AS MUCH FOR HIS OFF STAGE ANTICS AS HE WAS FOR HIS POWERFUL AND OFFBEAT STYLE, MOON WAS JUST 32 YEARS OLD.
AND HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO CHRISSIE HYNDE, LEADER OF THE PRETENDERS, BORN IN AKRON, OHIO TODAY IN 1951.