Throwback Thursday, Comin’ at ya!
We’re talking 1996 today, so buckle up!
January 18th – Lisa Marie Presley files for divorce from Michael Jackson.
http://youtu.be/qsRK0GFSF-k
January 26th – The controversial musical Rent is given its first public performance at the New York Theatre Workshop, a day after the death of its creator, Jonathan Larson.
January 28th – Chris Isaak makes a guest appearance on the television show Friends.
February 4th – Former Milli-Vanilli band member Rob Pilatus is hospitalized when a man hits him over the head with a baseball bat in Hollywood, while Pilatus is attempting to steal the man’s car.
February 13th – Tupac Shakur releases the first ever rap double album, All Eyez on Me, one of the most influential albums in hip hop history. All Eyez on Me achieves platinum sales in just four hours and reaches No. 1 on the Billboard 200 charts.
http://youtu.be/coA6xUngOmw
April 3rd – M.C. Hammer files for bankruptcy.
http://youtu.be/Cdk1gwWH-Cg
May 30th – Depeche Mode leader Dave Gahan is arrested upon his release from hospital, having overdosed on a heroin and cocaine ‘speedball’ in a Los Angeles hotel room and been pronounced clinically dead for two minutes in an ambulance. Gahan is ordered by the court to complete a 9-month rehabilitation.
June 19th – Japanese duo Chage and Aska become the first Asian group to participate in MTV Unplugged.
http://youtu.be/w-48–cBJP0
July 3rd – Alice in Chains performs their last concert with lead singer Layne Staley in Kansas City, Missouri while touring with Kiss.
July 8th – The Spice Girls release their debut single Wannabe in the United Kingdom.The song proves to be a global hit, hitting number 1 in 31 countries and becoming not only the biggest selling debut single by an all-female group but also the biggest-selling single by an all-female group of all time.
August 1st – MTV2 is launched. The first video played is Where It’s At by Beck.
August 6th – Influential punk rock group The Ramones play their final show at The Palace in Hollywood.
August 27th – Aaliyah released her album One in a Million
http://youtu.be/_B0_RW5oSI4
September 4th – At the MTV Video Music Awards, Van Halen makes a surprise appearance with original singer David Lee Roth.
September 7th – Michael Jackson starts the HIStory World Tour.
http://youtu.be/vA0RkcNMvNc
September 11th – David Bowie’s single Telling Lies becomes the first song offered as a digital single by a major record label (Virgin Records).
October 27th – Pop-Up Video premieres on VH1.
October 29th – Slash announces in a faxed statement that he is officially leaving Guns N’ Roses.