AUGUST 16
IN 1986 RICK ALLEN, DRUMMER WITH DEF LEPPARD MADE HIS FIRST LIVE APPEARANCE WITH THE BAND AFTER LOSING AN ARM IN A CAR ACCIDENT, WHEN THEY APPEARED AT THE MONSTERS OF ROCK FESTIVAL IN ENGLAND.
GENESIS PARTED WAYS WITH PETER GABRIEL ON THIS DAY IN 1975. THEY WOULD AUDITION OVER 400 SINGERS BEFORE DECIDING THAT HIS REPLACEMENT WAS ALREADY IN THE BAND: PHIL COLLINS.
AND IN 1989, RED HOT CHILI PEPPERS RELEASE THEIR FOURTH ALBUM ‘MOTHER’S MILK’ FEATURING THE REMAKE OF STEVIE WONDER’S “HIGHER GROUND”. IT IS ALSO THE FIRST ALBUM WITH GUITARIST JOHN FRUSCIANTE AND DRUMMER CHAD SMITH