APRIL 8
TODAY IN 1977 THE CLASH RELEASE THEIR SELF-TITLED DEBUT ALBUM ON CBS RECORDS IN THE UK. THE ALBUM IS WIDELY CELEBRATED AS ONE OF THE GREATEST PUNK ALBUMS OF ALL TIME.
IN 1994, AN ELECTRICIAN WHO WAS HIRED TO INSTALL A SECURITY SYSTEM AT THE HOME, FOUND NIRVANA SINGER, SONGWRITER AND GUITARIST KURT COBAIN DEAD IN HIS SEATTLE HOME OF A SELF-INFLICTED GUNSHOT WOUND. KURT COBAIN WAS ONLY 27 YEARS OLD.
AND HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO A COUPLE OF GUITAR PLAYERS: STEVE HOWE OF YES WHO WAS BORN IN 1947, AND IZZY STRADLIN OF GUNS N ROSES, BORN IN 1962.