The Red Hot Chili Peppers new album, “Unlimited Love” comes out on April 1st, but they just released another single “Poster Child”. The song name checks Judas Priest, Motorhead, Steve Miller, Led Zeppelin and more.
In the History of Rock in 1966 – John Lennon’s statement that The Beatles were “more popular than Jesus Christ” was published in The London Evening Standard. When republished in the US a few months later, angry reactions flared up in Christian communities. Extensive protests broke out with some radio stations banning Beatles songs and their records were publicly burned.
In 1967 – The Rolling Stones went to number 1 on the U.S. singles chart with ‘Ruby Tuesday’, the group’s fourth number one single.
And in 1978 – The U.S. Internal Revenue Service carried out a dawn raid at the home of Jerry Lee Lewis and removed cars worth over $170,000 to pay off his back taxes.