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iHEARTMEDIA Classic Rock KPAW (92.9 THE BEAR)/CHEYENNE, WY, has given six reasons why DECEMBER 28th is an important date in rock history.
On DECEMBER 28th, 2015, MOTORHEAD's LEMMY KILMISTER passed away from cancer just four days after his 70th birthday.
On DECEMBER 28th, 1968, the MIAMI POP FESTIVAL, the first major rock concert on the EAST COAST, took place with FLEETWOOD MAC, THREE DOG NIGHT, GRATEFUL DEAD, PROCOL HARUM and THE TURTLES, among others.
On the same date, LED ZEPPELIN played their first-ever CANADIAN gig at VANCOUVER's PACIFIC COLISEUM, opening for VANILLA FUDGE and the MC5.
The late CLIFF BURTON joined METALLICA on this day in 1982.
ROLLING STONE named THE ROLLING STONES' "Some Girls" its Album Of the Year on DECEMBER 28th, 1978.
On DECEMBER 28th, 2001, a district court judge reduced a fourth degree sexual miscojnduct charge against MARILYN MANSON to disorderly conduct following an incident at a MICHIGAN concert where he allegedly assaulted a security guard.
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