On This Day In METAL History – March 14th… From Janis Joplin To Metallica
On March 14th, 1971 – The hit single, Me and Bobby McGee, by Janis Joplin was at #1 on the Billboard Hot 100 Singles Chart in the United States. This hit is featured on the 1971 album from Janis Joplin: Pearl. This song was written by Kris Kristofferson and Fred Foster and originally recorded by Roger Miller.
On this day in 1974 – The legendary Aerosmith performed at the New Haven Coliseum, in New Haven, Connecticut. Aerosmith were touring in support of their second studio album: Get Your Wings. Yes, this album features the memorable song: Same Old Song and Dance.
On March 14th, 1975 – The great Led Zeppelin performed at the Sports Arena in San Diego, California. Whoa!
On this day in 1980 – The sensational Def Leppard released their debut studio album: On Through The Night.
On March 14th, 1989 – Boston’s very own Extreme released their debut and self-titled studio album. Yes, this album features the song: Kid Ego.
On this day in 1992 – RUSH performed a concert at the New Haven Coliseum, in New Haven, Connecticut. RUSH had released their 14th studio album in September of 1991: Roll The Bones.
On March 14th, 2015 – Master Of Puppets from the super-mighty Metallica has returned to the Billboard Top 200 Albums Chart, sitting at #192! Whoa, man! This third studio album from Metallica was released back in March of 1986, peaking at #29 on this same chart. Master Of Puppets has spent 73 non-consecutive weeks on the Billboard Top 200. Without this Metallica album existing, life would super-duper and 100% suck to the maximum. Metal be thy name. – Stone
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LONG LIVE METAL.
LONG LIVE THE ROOTS & FAMILY TREE OF METAL.
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March 14, 2015 at 4:56 pm
On Through the Night! Love that album.
March 14, 2015 at 9:17 pm
Right on! Yeah, it is one of Def Leppard’s better albums across the board, making for a tremendous debut. I lost my liner notes to this CD too… don’t ask me how it happened, I can’t figure it out! LOL!!
March 15, 2015 at 9:40 am
I was just listening to On Through the Night. What ever happened to those guys – so heavy back then.