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[Mudbug]

A daily dose of music history...

17th Aug 1991, Nirvana shot the video for 'Smells Like Teen Spirit' at GMT Studios in Culver City, California, costing less than $50,000 to make, the shoot features real Nirvana fans as the audience. The video won Nirvana the Best New Artist and Best Alternative Group awards at the 1992 MTV Video Music Awards, and in 2000 the Guinness World Records named 'Teen Spirit' the Most Played Video on MTV Europe.

http://www.thisdayinmusic.com/pages/smells_like_teen_spirit

 

[Deadmanposting]

A daily dose of music history...

17th Aug 1991, Nirvana shot the video for 'Smells Like Teen Spirit' at GMT Studios in Culver City, California, costing less than $50,000 to make, the shoot features real Nirvana fans as the audience. The video won Nirvana the Best New Artist and Best Alternative Group awards at the 1992 MTV Video Music Awards, and in 2000 the Guinness World Records named 'Teen Spirit' the Most Played Video on MTV Europe.

http://www.thisdayinmusic.com/pages/smells_like_teen_spirit

I still remember the very first time I heard that song. My mate Hughie on Strandville Ave flipping out about it.

 

[Jill Hives]

One of my friends is in that video.

 

[Mudbug]

That is a claim to fame!

 

[nlgbbbblth]

17 August 1997. I bought DJ Cam's Innervisions double 12" in Abbey Discs.

 

[Mudbug]

18th Aug 1964, Over 9,000 frenzied fans met The Beatles as they arrived in San Francisco, to begin an American tour. The Beatles were driven into a protective fence enclosure so that photographers could take pictures. As the 9,000 fans pressed against the fencing, it gave way, with The Beatles managing to get out split-seconds before it came crashing down.

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[shower another shower]

One of my friends is in that video.

Same here.

 

[Mudbug]

19th Aug 2005, A life-size bronze statue designed by Paul Daly of Phil Lynott was unveiled on Harry Street in Dublin. The ceremony was attended by his former Thin Lizzy band members Gary Moore, Brian Robertson and Scott Gorham. Lynott who died in 1986 aged 36 had a string of hits including 'Whiskey in the Jar', 'The Boys are Back in Town', 'Jailbreak' and 'Waiting for an Alibi'.

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[Mudbug]

20th Aug 2004, A man from Stoke-on-Trent, England, named Bryan Adams as the 'other man' in his divorce papers after years spent trying to cope with his wife's obsession with the singer. Rob Tinsley said he had to live with a 6ft cut-out of Adams which stood at the foot of the bed and posters on the bedroom walls.

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[pete]

20th August 1988 - I was at the Monsters Of Rock festival at Donington.

 

[Mudbug]

21st Aug 1961, Patsy Cline recorded the classic Willie Nelson song, ‘Crazy’. Cline was still on crutches after going through a car windshield in a head-on collision two months earlier and had difficulty reaching the high notes of the song at first due to her broken ribs. 'Crazy' spent 21 weeks on the chart and eventually became one of her signature tunes.

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[Cormcolash]

My mate gave Kurt Cobain his stripey jumper

 

[GARYXKNIFEDX]

Here,he was my bandmate.

 

[Deadmanposting]

19th Aug 2005, A life-size bronze statue designed by Paul Daly of Phil Lynott was unveiled on Harry Street in Dublin. The ceremony was attended by his former Thin Lizzy band members Gary Moore, Brian Robertson and Scott Gorham.

I'm gonna hazard a guess that Smiley Bolger was there too.

 

[David Kronenbourg]

On 21st August 1982 Bruce Springsteen murdered a lighthouse keeper in Nantucket.

 

[ann post]

on any given day tony fenton mentioned u2.

 

[Jill Hives]

This day in 1990 Jane's Addiction released their second studio album, Ritual de lo Habitual.

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[Cormcolash]

Here,he was my bandmate.

Hard luck!!!

 

[Mudbug]

22nd Aug 1968, Ringo Starr quit The Beatles during the White Album sessions when the constant bickering and tension became too much for him. The news of Ringo's departure was kept secret, and he rejoined the sessions on September 3rd. After Ringo walked out, the remaining Beatles recorded 'Back In the USSR', with Paul on drums and John playing bass.

Starr of The Beatles: http://www.thisdayinmusic.com/pages/ringo_starr

 

[GARYXKNIFEDX]

Hard luck!!!

I never had a problem with him.