A new coffee table book photo book of Eddie Van Halen called “Ed By Zloz”, will be released in September. The book is by legendary photographer Neil Zlozower, and contains 384 full-color pages, with many photos that have never been published.
In the History of Rock in 1968 – Decca Records released what has been called The Rolling Stones most political song, “Street Fighting Man”. The number was written after Mick Jagger attended an anti-war rally at London’s US embassy, during which mounted police attempted to control a crowd of 25,000.
In 1985 – Brothers In Arms by Dire Straits started a nine-week run at number at 1 on the album charts. The album also topped the charts in 25 other countries and went on to sell over 20 million copies worldwide.
And in 1991 – Metallica started a four-week run at number 1 with their self-titled album, Metallica. The album featured ‘Enter Sandman’, ‘Sad But True’, ‘The Unforgiven’ and ‘Nothing Else Matters’ went on to sell over 10 million copies in the US alone.