On This Day In METAL History – November 11th…
On this day in KISSTORY – November 11th, 1976 – KISS released their fifth studio album: Rock And Roll Over. This legendary album features the memorable KISS classics: Hard Luck Woman, Calling Dr. Love, I Want You and Makin’ Love. The album cover artwork was created by the prominent artist Michael Doret.
On November 11th, 1977 – As a tribute to Elvis Presley, Slade’s Rock medley of Elvis Presley covers, My Baby Left Me/But That’s All Right Mama, peaks at #32 in the United Kingdom. This release was a 7″, single, 45 RPM.
On this day in 1988 – The Christmas comedy film, Ernest Saves Christmas, was released to theaters. Jim Varney played the lovable super-nerd and film franchise star: Ernest P. Worrell. This film was directed by John R. Cherry III. Sadly, Jim Varney passed away at the young age of 50, in February of 2000. The Ernest character and Jim Varney were… Metal. Rest in peace, Jim Varney.
On this day in 1997 – The mighty Metallica performed a free concert at 3 p.m. on Tuesday, November 11th, 1997, in the CoreStates complex parking lot, in South Philadelphia. In celebration of the release of their seventh studio album Reload, Metallica had promised a free concert to any major city with an available venue. Philadelphia, Pennsylvania is… Metal.
On November 11th, 2014 – Forest Of The Living Dead is released on DVD. This Horror flick stars Michael Madsen, Johnny Young and Aiden Bristow. The living dead are always… Metal.
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November 11, 2014 at 6:51 am
Ernest Saves Christmas is the best Ernest movie in my humble opinion 🙂
November 12, 2014 at 4:16 pm
I won’t argue with you there, Metal Buddy! “Ernest Goes To Camp” from 1987 is a grand chuckle too! It’s a shame that Jim Varney died so young at age 50. I’ve read it was lung cancer that took him. 😦
November 12, 2014 at 4:58 pm
Yeah I read the same. Very sad. I thought some of the other stuff he did was also great — he made a great Jed Clampett in the Beverly Hillbillies movie, and who can forget the time he was on the Simpsons? Miss you Jim!
November 12, 2014 at 7:40 am
I went to enough metal concerts in Philadelphia to know that it is the major metal city.
November 12, 2014 at 4:13 pm
Amen to that, Metal Buddy!! Man, that entire state of Pennsylvania is… Metal! I really enjoyed living there in Allentown 🙂 \m/\m/
November 17, 2014 at 7:12 pm
>The album cover artwork was created by the prominent artist Michael Doret.
I did two interviews with him…
here:
and here: