September 24, 1991, Nirvana released their second album, “Nevermind.” The leadoff single is “Smells Like Teen Spirit.” If you ask any artist from the 80s hair metal era, they will tell you as soon as they heard that song, they knew that things had changed.
Also today in 1991, Red Hot Chili Peppers released their album “Blood Sugar Sex Magik”, which features hits like “Breaking the Girl”, “Give It Away”, “Suck My Kiss”, and “Under the Bridge.”
Today in 1990, AC/DC released their album “Razor’s Edge.” It has songs like “Money Talks” and their huge hit “Thunderstruck.” Now as soon as you hear that riff, you know the chanting is about to begin.
Today in 1979, The Eagles released their album “The Long Run.” This is the final album they released before breaking up and getting back together so many years later. This album has songs like the title track and “Heartache Tonight”, which is a song that Bob Seger co-wrote. And it shouldn’t be too much of a surprise that Bob was involved in writing because before Glenn Frey moved out to California, he was a member of Bob Seger’s backing band.
Then we take a look at the calendar. We find a rock birthday on it. Born today in 1941 in New York City, Linda Eastman. who would go on to marry Paul McCartney, become Linda McCartney, and a member of Wings.