JANUARY 11
ON THIS DAY IN 1971, CHICAGO RELEASES THEIR THIRD ALBUM, CHICAGO III — THE FIRST TO USE ROMAN NUMERALS AND A DOUBLE LP FULL OF BRASS-INFUSED ROCK.
ON JANUARY 11, 1967, THE JIMI HENDRIX EXPERIENCE HEAD INTO A LONDON STUDIO TO START WORK ON “PURPLE HAZE.” THE TRACK BECOMES A PSYCHEDELIC ROCK CLASSIC.
AND IN 1992, ON THE SAME DAY THAT NIRVANA’S ALBUM ‘NEVERMIND’ HITS #1 IN AMERICA THE BAND APPEARS ON SATURDAY NIGHT LIVE PERFORMING TWO SONGS, INCLUDING THE HIT ‘SMELLS LIKE TEEN SPIRIT’.