Today in Rock History with Chris DeCarlo

North Central Florida Media Group

MARCH 31 |  

TODAY IN 1992, DEF LEPPARD RELEASED THEIR FIFTH STUDIO ALBUM ‘ADRENALIZE’, THE FIRST BY THE BAND FOLLOWING THE 1991 DEATH OF GUITARIST STEVE CLARK. FORMER DIO AND WHITESNAKE GUITARIST VIVIAN CAMPBELL, WAS BROUGHT IN AS THE NEWEST MEMBER.  

JIMI HENDRIX SUFFERED MINOR BURNS IN 1967 AFTER HE SET FIRE TO HIS GUITAR FOR THE FIRST TIME WHILE PERFORMING IN IN LONDON. LOOKING FOR A WAY TO INCREASE EXPOSURE FOR ‘THE EXPERIENCE’, IT WAS A JOURNALIST WHO FIRST SUGGESTED JIMI SET HIS GUITAR ON FIRE.  

AND BIRTHDAY GREETINGS GO OUT TODAY TO A PAIR OF GUITAR LEGENDS: MICK RALPHS OF BAD COMPANY WHO’S 79, AND ANGUS YOUNG OF AC/DC, WHO CELEBRATES TURNING 68. 

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