Today in Rock History with Chris DeCarlo

MAY 31 |  

TODAY IN 1986 PETER GABRIEL NOTCHED HIS SECOND SOLO U.K. NO. 1 ALBUM WITH ‘SO’, WHICH FEATURED THE SINGLES “SLEDGEHAMMER” AND A DUET WITH KATE BUSH CALLED “DON’T GIVE UP.”  

ON THIS DAY IN 1976 THE WHO MADE IT INTO THE GUINNESS BOOK OF WORLD RECORDS AS THE LOUDEST ROCK BAND EVER WHEN THEIR SET HIT 120 DECIBELS. THAT RECORD HAS SINCE BEEN SURPASSED. CONCERNED ABOUT HEARING LOSS, GUINNESS LATER STOPS CERTIFYING THE RECORD.  

AND HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO THE LATE THUNDEROUS LED ZEPPELIN DRUMMER JOHN BONHAM WHO WAS BORN TODAY IN 1948. 

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