This Day In Rock History: Oct 11th
1975: The first episode of Saturday Night Live then titled Saturday Night premiered on NBC. The episode was hosted by George Calrin, first musical guests were Janis Ian & Billy Preston & the bandleader was Paul Shaffer.
1983: Kiss performed their first concert without makeup at the Cascais Hall in Lisbon, Portugal.
1988: Van Halen was awarded the Gold Ticket during their concert at Madison Square Garden for playing to over 100,000 fans at the Garden.
1990: Nirvana performed their first concert with Dave Grohl on drums at the North Shore Surf Club in Olympia, WA.
Birthdays:
Gary Mallaber-drummer for The Steve Miller Band born in 1946
source: paulshaffersdayinrock
1975: The first episode of Saturday Night Live then titled Saturday Night premiered on NBC. The episode was hosted by George Calrin, first musical guests were Janis Ian & Billy Preston & the bandleader was Paul Shaffer.
1983: Kiss performed their first concert without makeup at the Cascais Hall in Lisbon, Portugal.
1988: Van Halen was awarded the Gold Ticket during their concert at Madison Square Garden for playing to over 100,000 fans at the Garden.
1990: Nirvana performed their first concert with Dave Grohl on drums at the North Shore Surf Club in Olympia, WA.
Birthdays:
Gary Mallaber-drummer for The Steve Miller Band born in 1946
source: paulshaffersdayinrock