2001Gorillaz launch their debut self-titled album, which becomes a surprise chart success in the US. Although the band's vocalist Damon Albarn is well known in Europe through his band Blur, he is virtually unknown in the States, leading to low expectations for the release. The album eventually sells over a million copies, and peaks at #14 on the Albums chart.
1994Modern rock rules as Soundgarden's Superunknown is the #1 album in America, with Nine Inch Nails' The Downward Spiral at #2. Those looking for something less intense can find it at #3, with the Ace of Basealbum The Sign.
1990Digital Underground, a rap collective that later includes Tupac Shakur, release their debut album, Sex Packets. It's a concept album about a drug that simulates the experience of having sex.More
1987Nike begins airing a commercial using the Beatles song "Revolution," marking the first time an original version of a Beatles song is used in an ad.More
1983Thanks to heavy rotation on MTV, Duran Duran have their first American hit when "Hungry Like The Wolf" hits #3 on the Hot 100.More
1977"Rich Girl" hits #1 in America, giving Hall & Oates their first of six chart-toppers on the Hot 100.
1977The Clash release their first single, making an immediate political statement with "White Riot." It is released only in the UK and not available in America until two years later.
2012Madonna's 12th studio album, MDNA, debuts, hitting #1 on the Billboard album charts and selling a hot 350,000 copies in two weeks.
2009Pete Wentz of Fall Out Boy hosts the MTV Australia Awards. His band wins Best Rock Video for "I Don't Care," while Pink's "So What" takes Best Video.
2008The B-52's lose their apostrophe, becoming the B-52s with the release of their album Funplex. The apostrophe, which is grammatically incorrect, was there because when a friend designed their logo, that person put it there.
2008Guitarist Clint Lowery returns to Sevendust to replace Sonny Mayo.
2006Nikki Sudden (co-founder of Swell Maps) dies of a heart attack at age 49.
2005Paul Hester (drummer for Crowded House) commits suicide at age 46.
2004Jan Berry (of Jan & Dean) dies at age 62.
2002Drummer Randy Castillo, who played with Ozzy Osbourne and Motley Crue, dies of cancer at age 51.
1999Bengali musician Ananda Shankar dies of heart failure at age 56.
1988"Man In The Mirror" becomes the fourth of a record five #1 hits from Michael Jackson's Bad album.
1980John Poulos (drummer for The Buckinghams) dies of drug-related heart failure less than a week before this 33rd birthday.
1976David Keuning (lead guitarist for The Killers) is born in Pella, Iowa.
1976Blues singer Duster Bennett dies in a car accident at age 29 after falling asleep at the wheel.
1975The movie version of Tommy premieres in London.
Iconic Stones Logo Appears For First Time
1971
The Rolling Stones' lips and tongue logo appears for the first time when it is used on VIP passes for their show at the Marquee Club in London.
The logo was designed by John Pasche, a student at the prestigious Royal College of Art in London (where Storm Thorgerson, who designed the Pink Floyd Dark Side of the Moon album cover, also attended). Stones management called the school looking for a student to design a poster for their 1970 European tour, and Pasche was chosen. That project went well, so he was given another assignment: "Create a logo or symbol which may be used on note paper, as a program cover and as a cover for the press book."
Pasche met with Mick Jagger, who showed him a picture of the Indian goddess Kali, rendered sticking out a long, pointed tongue. Using that as a basis, Pasche came up with the tongue and lips logo, earning £50 (about $75) for his efforts.
Pasche did not base the design on Jagger's lips, but he says he may have done so subconsciously. The logo is bold and compact - perfect for small spaces. It has an anti-authority vibe with plenty of sexual overtones, which is exactly what the band stands for.
After debuting on the VIP passes, the logo appears in April on an insert for the Sticky Fingers album, which features a real, working zipper on the cover designed by Andy Warhol. The logo is so successful, the band uses it for their label, Rolling Stones Records, and puts it on every subsequent album, as well as most of their promotional materials, T-shirts and other merchandise.
"It's kind of a universal statement, sticking your tongue out at something," Pasche says. "It's a protest, really."
Pasche met with Mick Jagger, who showed him a picture of the Indian goddess Kali, rendered sticking out a long, pointed tongue. Using that as a basis, Pasche came up with the tongue and lips logo, earning £50 (about $75) for his efforts.
Pasche did not base the design on Jagger's lips, but he says he may have done so subconsciously. The logo is bold and compact - perfect for small spaces. It has an anti-authority vibe with plenty of sexual overtones, which is exactly what the band stands for.
After debuting on the VIP passes, the logo appears in April on an insert for the Sticky Fingers album, which features a real, working zipper on the cover designed by Andy Warhol. The logo is so successful, the band uses it for their label, Rolling Stones Records, and puts it on every subsequent album, as well as most of their promotional materials, T-shirts and other merchandise.
"It's kind of a universal statement, sticking your tongue out at something," Pasche says. "It's a protest, really."
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