AUGUST 24
TODAY R.E.M. RELEASE THEIR DEBUT EP ‘CHRONIC TOWN’ TODAY IN 1982, EIGHTEEN MONTHS AFTER THE FORMATION OF THE BAND.
ON THIS DAY IN 1975, QUEEN BEGAN RECORDING THEIR OPERATIC MASTERPIECE, “BOHEMIAN RHAPSODY.” THERE WOULD BE THREE MORE WEEKS OF VOCAL AND INSTRUMENTAL OVERDUBS BEFORE THE SONG WAS FINISHED.
SADLY, TODAY IN 2021, ROLLING STONES DRUMMER CHARLIE WATTS DIED AT THE AGE OF 80 IN LONDON. AS A FOUNDING MEMBER OF THE LEGENDARY ROCK BAND, WATTS BEGAN HIS NEARLY SIX-DECADE-LONG TENURE WITH THE STONES IN 1963