Today in Rock History with Chris DeCarlo

North Central Florida Media Group

MARCH 14 |  

TODAY IN 1983 JON BON JOVI, RICHIE SAMBORA AND ALEC JOHN SUCH FORMED THE BAND ‘BON JOVI’. THEIR ALBUM, ‘SLIPPERY WHEN WET’, RELEASED IN 1986, SPENT EIGHT WEEKS AT NO. 1 AND HELPED BRIDGE THE GAP BETWEEN HEAVY METAL AND POP.  

IN 1982 METALLICA MADE THEIR LIVE DEBUT WHEN THEY APPEARED AT RADIO CITY IN ANAHEIM, CALIFORNIA. METALLICA FORMED IN LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA, IN LATE 1981 WHEN DANISH-BORN DRUMMER LARS ULRICH PLACED AN ADVERTISEMENT IN A LOS ANGELES NEWSPAPER.  

AND IN 1981 ERIC CLAPTON IS ADMITTED TO UNITED HOSPITAL IN ST. PAUL, MINNESOTA AFTER A SERIOUS ATTACK OF BLEEDING ULCERS. HE IS FORCED TO CANCEL A 60 DATE TOUR OF THE UNITED STATES. 

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