On This Day In METAL History – May 5th… From SWEET To SKID ROW
On May 5th, 1973 – The legendary SWEET had their huge hit single, Little Willy, sitting at #3, on the Billboard Hot 100 Singles Chart. Yeah!
On May 5th, 1973 – LED ZEPPELIN performed at Tampa Stadium, in Tampa, Florida. Sure wish I was there. Wish I was at any Led Zeppelin concert, for that matter.
On May 5th, 1990 – The awesome AEROSMITH had their hit power ballad, What It Takes, ranked at #9, on the Billboard Hot 100 Singles Chart. This song is featured on the tenth studio album from AEROSMITH: Pump.
On May 5th, 2016 – The newly released studio album from Texas’ DARKNESS DIVIDED has climbed the Metal ladder to #38, on the iTunes Top 100 Heavy Metal Albums Chart. Support this cool Metal band and buy their S/T album here:
iTunes (download): http://apple.co/1SdM0P6
Victory Records: http://www.victorymerch.com/store/darknessdivided
On May 5th, 2016 – The debut and S/T album from SKID ROW is ranked at #71, on the iTunes Top 100 Heavy Metal Albums Chart. Whoa!
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LONG LIVE THE ROOTS & FAMILY TREE OF METAL.
LONG LIVE METAL.
Stone.
May 5, 2016 at 6:34 pm
That Aero-ballad is one of the classiest they’ve done!
May 5, 2016 at 8:11 pm
Agreed! I absolutely love the song. It flows brilliantly! \m/