APRIL 20
TODAY IN 1993, AEROSMITH RELEASED ‘GET A GRIP’, THEIR 11TH STUDIO ALBUM, WHICH BECAME THEIR BEST-SELLING ALBUM TO DATE.
TODAY IN 1968 THE BRITISH ROCK BAND BILLED AS “ROUNDABOUT” DEBUTS IN DENMARK; BUT AFTER A BRIEF TOUR OF SCANDINAVIA, GUITARIST RITCHIE BLACKMORE SUGGESTED A NEW NAME — “DEEP PURPLE” — NAMED AFTER HIS GRANDMOTHER’S FAVORITE SONG
AND IN 1992, THE SURVIVING MEMBERS OF QUEEN WERE JOINED BY AN ALL-STAR LINEUP, INCLUDING ROGER DALTREY, DAVID BOWIE, ROBERT PLANT, ELTON JOHN AND MANY OTHERS, IN A CONCERT AT WEMBLEY STADIUM IN LONDON TO HONOR FREDDIE MERCURY WHILE RAISING MONEY FOR AIDS AWARENESS.