On This Day In METAL History – May 24th… From The Who To Metallica
On May 24th, 1969 – The Who peaked at #19 on the Billboard Hot 100 Singles Chart with their hit: Pinball Wizard. This marked the fourth top forty single for The Who, in the United States. Whoa! The Who forever! Yeah!
On May 24th, 1978 – The Van Halen self-titled debut album was certified Gold by the RIAA. This incredible album went on to sell 10 million (plus) copies in the United States alone. Whoa, man! Long live Van Halen!
On May 24th, 1991 – Guns N’ Roses began their Use Your Illusion Tour at the Alpine Valley Music Theater, in East Troy, Wisconsin. This GNR tour went on until July of 1993. Um, who cares? I sure don’t.
On May 24th, 2005 – Ozzy and Sharon Osbourne put their Beverly Hills home up for sale. This was the same home featured on their hit reality television show: The Osbournes. Who eventually purchased this famous and very expensive house? None other than Pop star Christina Aguilera. In other words, who cares.
On May 24th, 2015 – The newly released EP from California’s INCUBUS debuts at #1, on the Billboard Top Hard Rock Albums Chart. Whoa, again!
On May 24th, 2015 – Metallica Master Of Puppets is ranked at #149, on the Billboard Top 200 Albums Chart. This amazing album has spent 83 non-consecutive weeks on this chart, peaking at #29. Master Of Puppets is the third studio album from Metallica, released back in 1986. I love this Metallica album… just as much as I love to breathe. Metal be thy name! – Stone
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LONG LIVE METAL.
LONG LIVE THE ROOTS & FAMILY TREE OF METAL.
Stone.
May 24, 2015 at 5:00 am
Actually, I think it’s pretty fascinating that GnR’s Use Your Illusion tour lasted for more than 2 years. Surely this must be a record of sorts.
June 1, 2015 at 10:13 am
I totally agree with you. From everything I’ve read, GnR were LATE getting on stage for just about every show, back then.
May 25, 2015 at 6:49 am
Not many albums greater than Master. Seems like it has been with me all my life.
May 25, 2015 at 12:32 pm
Right on! I understand your point… music and a specific album can honestly become imbedded in a person’s soul! \m/\m/