On This Day In METAL History – October 29th…
On this day in KISSTORY – October 29, 1976 – KISS appeared on The Paul Lynde Halloween Special. Paul Lynde was a very famous American comedian and actor, best known for his television specials and regular appearance on the hit televised game show, Hollywood Squares, where he sat as a regular in the center square. Sadly, Paul Lynde passed away in January of 1982, at the young age of 55. Rest in peace, Paul Lynde.
On October 29th, 1977 – Bat Out of Hell by Meat Loaf entered the Billboard 200 album chart. This iconic studio album of Rock and Hard Rock went on to spend 82 weeks on the Billboard 200 album chart, reaching its peak at #14. Bat Out Of Hell went on to sell 14 million copies in the United States alone. The song composer for this album was the legendary Jim Steinman.
On this day in 1982 – The Who hits #28 on the Billboard Hot 100 with their single Athena. This song is featured on The Who’s tenth studio album from 1982: It’s Hard.
On October 29th, 1955, Kevin DuBrow was born. Kevin DuBrow was the charismatic lead singer and co-songwriter for Quiet Riot. Sadly, Kevin DuBrow passed away in November of 2007, at the young age of 52. As a co-founding member of Quiet Riot, Kevin DuBrow helped launch and relaunch this band into Heavy Metal superstardom.
Classic Quiet Riot Lineup, circa 1983-84
From L to R: Kevin DuBrow, Frankie Banali, Rudy Sarzo and Carlos Cavazo.
Quiet Riot became the first Heavy Metal band to reach #1 on the Billboard 200 albums chart, with their studio album Metal Health; this Metal milestone happened in 1983. Subsequently, Metal Health spent 74 weeks on the Billboard 200 albums chart. Above top photo is a Kevin DuBrow cover feature for Rock! Metal magazine from October of 1984. Rest in peace, Kevin DuBrow.
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LONG LIVE METAL.
LONG LIVE THE ROOTS & FAMILY TREE OF METAL.
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October 29, 2014 at 7:24 pm
Reblogged this on Tokyo Five and commented:
It’s already October 30th in Japan now, but it’s hard to believe that it’s already been 38 years since KISS appeared on that TV Halloween special!