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KURT COBAIN’S BIRTHDAY

LAMONT’S MUSIC NOTES-FEB 20, 2019…BORN FEB 20, 1967 TODAY KURT COBAIN WOULD HAVE BEEN 52. COBAIN SKYROCKETED TO FAME WITH NIRVANA IN 1991. NIRVANA’S SELF-TITLED DEBUT SPENT OVER 2 YEARS ON THE CHARTS. DURING THE LAST 2 YEARS OF HIS LIFE, COBAIN STRUGGLED WITH HEROIN ADDICTION, ILLNESS, AND DEPRESSION. COBAIN COMMITTED SUICIDE ON APRIL 5, 1994. COBAIN IS REMEMBERED AS ONE OF THE MOST INFLUENTIAL ROCK MUSICIANS IN THE HISTORY OF ALTERNATIVE ROCK.

HERE’S GREAT FOOTAGE OF NIRVANA

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TRAGEDY AT A GREAT WHITE SHOW

LAMONT’S MUSIC NOTES-FEB 20, 2019…ON THIS DATE IN 2003, THE UNTHINKABLE HAPPENED AT A GREAT WHITE NIGHTCLUB APPEARANCE IN WEST WARWICK, RHODE ISLAND. ONE HUNDRED PEOPLE DIED WHEN PYROTECHNICS FROM THE BAND STARTED A FIRE AND IGNITED THE CLUB.

GREAT WHITE GUITARIST TY LONGLEY WAS ALSO KILLED IN THE ACCIDENT.THE TWO BROTHERS WHO OWNED THE CLUB WERE CHARGED WITH INVOLUNTARY MANSLAUGHTER, ALONG WITH THE GROUP’S FORMER TOUR MANAGER. THE FOAM SOUNDPROOFING AT THE EDGE OF THE STAGE CAUGHT FIRE, AND THE BLAZE SPREAD QUICKLY IN THE ONE STORY WOODEN BUILDING AS ALL THE FANS TRIED TO ESCAPE THROUGH THE SAME EXIT. APPROXIMATELY 200 SURVIVORS WERE BADLY BURNED,MAIMED OR PERMANENTLY DISFIGURED. GREAT WHITE STARTED A TOUR IN JULY 2003 TO RAISE MONEY FOR THE SURVIVORS AND FAMILIES OF THE VICTIMS THAT LASTED UNTIL 2005, WHEN THE GROUP EVENTUALLY BROKE UP. THE GROUP IS NOW BACK TOGETHER AND TOURING.

HERE’S A GREAT ROCK SONG, GREAT WHITE AND ‘ROCK ME’

INSTANT KARMA

LAMONT’S MUSIC NOTES-FEB 20, 2019…ON THIS DATE IN 1970, JOHN LENNON RELEASE THE SINGLE ‘INSTANT KARMA’ IN AMERICA. LENNON WROTE, RECORDED, AND MIXED THE TRACK ALL IN ONE DAY. HERE’S THE OFFICIAL VIDEO FOR THE SONG. MY FAVORITE PART OF THE VIDEO IS TWO-FOLD. FIRST OFF I MARVEL AT HOW FREAKIN’ GREAT JOHN LENNON IS AS A SONGWRITER AND PERFORMER. SECONDLY, I SPENT THE ENTIRE VIDEO TRYING TO FIGURE OUT WHY YOKO ONO IS BLINDFOLDED AND KNITTING IN THE VIDEO !! CLASSIC.

WATCH THE NEW TRAILER FOR THE DIRT

Premise: Their music made them famous. Their lives made them infamous. Based on Mötley Crüe’s 2001 best-selling autobiography, The Dirt is an unflinching and uncensored story about sex, drugs, rock ‘n roll, fame, and the high price of excess. Director Jeff Tremaine (Jackass co-creator, Bad Grandpa) shows us just how Nikki Sixx, Mick Mars, Tommy Lee, and Vince Neil took Mötley Crüe from the Sunset Strip to the world stage, and what it meant to become the world’s most notorious rock band.

The Dirt debuts exclusively on Netflix March 22nd.

Directed by Jeff Tremaine

The cast includes:

Douglas Booth as Nikki Sixx (Mötley Crüe’s bassist)
Iwan Rheon as Mick Mars (Mötley Crüe’s guitarist)
Machine Gun Kelly as Tommy Lee (Mötley Crüe’s drummer)
Daniel Webber as Vince Neil (Mötley Crüe’s singer)

Watch the new trailer below.

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THE DAY ROCK AND ROLL SUFFERED A PUNCH TO THE NUTS

LAMONT’S MUSIC NOTES-FEB 19, 2019…ON THIS DAY 39 YEARS AGO, BON SCOTT PASSED AWAY AT THE AGE OF 33. BON JOINED AC/DC IN 1974 AND WAS THE LEAD SINGER FOR THE GROUP FOR ONLY 6 YEARS, UNTIL HIS DEATH IN 1980. THEIR 1979 ALBUM ‘HIGHWAY TO HELL’ WAS THE BAND’S BIGGEST ALBUM COMMERCIALLY TO DATE, BREAKING THE TOP TWENTY ON BILLBOARD’S ALBUM CHART, AND IT LOOKED LIKE AC/DC WAS ON ITS WAY TO MEGA SUCCESS.

HOWEVER, AFTER A NIGHT OF PARTYING IN LONDON, IT’S REPORTED THAT SCOTT WAS DEAD FOUND IN A CAR PARKED ON THE STREET IN FRONT OF HIS HOUSE. THE OFFICIAL CAUSE OF DEATH LISTED ON THE CORONER’S REPORT IS “ACUTE ALCOHOL POISONING” AND IS CLASSIFIED AS “DEATH BY MISADVENTURE.”

I LOVE AC/DC…..HERE’S VINTAGE BON SCOTT. RIP BON

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TOMMY LEE AND PAM ANDERSON GOT MARRIED

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LAMONT’S MUSIC NOTES-FEB 19, 2019…ON THIS DATE IN 1995, MOTLEY CRUE’S TOMMY LEE MARRIED ACTRESS/MODEL PAM ANDERSON. THE MARRIAGE TOOK PLACE JUST 4 DAYS AFTER THEIR FIRST DATE. WHAT COULD GO WRONG ? WELL, HERE’S WHAT CAN GO WRONG.

A SEX TAPE OF THEIR HONEYMOON WAS ALLEGEDLY STOLEN FROM THEIR HOME IN 1995, RELEASED ON THE INTERNET AND WAS THE BIGGEST VIRAL SENSATION OF THAT ERA. IN 1998 TOMMY LEE PLED NO CONTEST TO KICKING PAM ANDERSON WHILE SHE WAS HOLDING THEIR CHILD, AND SPENT 6 MONTHS IN JAIL. THEY DIVORCED IN 1998, GOT BACK TOGETHER AGAIN NUMEROUS TIMES ONLY TO SPLIT AGAIN IN 2001. PAM ANDERSON WENT ON TO HAVE A RELATIONSHIP WITH KID ROCK, IN 2007 TOMMY LEE GOT INTO A FIGHT WITH KID AND WAS KICKED OUT OF THE MTV AWARDS.

IN 2008 IT WAS ANNOUNCED THAT TOMMY LEE AND PAM ANDERSON WERE BACK TOGETHER AND LIVING WITH THEIR 2 CHILDREN BRANDON THOMAS, AND DYLAN JAGGER, BUT SPLIT FOR GOOD SOON AFTER.

IN MARCH OF 2017, TOMMY LEE HAD AN ALTERCATION WITH HIS SON BRANDON, AND THE KID DECKED HIM AND KNOCKED HIM OUT. THE SHERIFFS WERE CALLED AND HAD TO REMOVE HIS SON FROM TOMMY LEE’S HOME. FATHER’S DAY 2018, LEE WENT VIRAL KICKING OFF A SOCIAL MEDIA WAR OF WORDS AGAINST HIS SON, AND HIS KID RESPONDED BY POSTING A VIDEO OF LEE KNOCKED OUT AFTER THE ALTERCATION.

HERE’S A GREAT STORY ON THE COUPLE’S WEDDING, SHOWING PAM WEARING HER WEDDING BIKINI ( IT ALSO LOOKS LIKE THE SAME BIKINI SHE WORE WHEN SHE MARRIED KID ROCK !)

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HERE’S THE STORY ON THE WORST FATHER’S DAY EVER

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TONY IOMMI IS 71

LAMONT’S MUSIC NOTES-FEB 19, 2019…HAPPY BIRTHDAY WISHES GO OUT TODAY TO BLACK SABBATH GUITARIST TONY IOMMI. IN MY OPINION, TONY IOMMI IS BLACK SABBATH. IOMMI IS THE LEAD GUITARIST AND IS ONE OF THE FOUR FOUNDING MEMBERS OF THE GROUP. HE IS ALSO THE MAIN COMPOSER FOR THE BAND, AND THE ONLY MEMBER OF THE SABBATH THAT HAS BEEN A CONTINUAL MEMBER FOR OVER 5 DECADES.

IOMMI HAS BEEN RANKED IN THE TOP 25 GUITARISTS OF ALL TIME BY ‘ROLLING STONE MAGAZINE’. MIRACULOUSLY, HE’S ABLE TO PLAY DESPITE HAVING LOST THE TIPS OF HIS MIDDLE AND RING FINGERS ON HIS RIGHT HAND DUE TO AN INDUSTRIAL ACCIDENT AS A TEENAGER.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY TONY IOMMI…TO CELEBRATE HERE’S SOME VINTAGE SABBATH FROM 1970

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GET READY CUZ HERE I COME

LAMONT’S MUSIC NOTES-FEB 18, 2019…49 YEARS AGO, RARE EARTH RELEASED THE MOTOWN SONG ‘GET READY’. THIS WAS ONE OF THE FIRST SINGLES THAT I EVER PURCHASED, AND I THINK I WORE THE GROOVES OFF OF THE RECORD. THE BAND ‘RARE EARTH’ WAS THE FIRST WHITE MEMBERS ONLY BAND SIGNED BY MOTOWN THAT TURNED INTO A HIT MAKING MACHINE.

HERE’S SOME CONCERT FOOTAGE OF RARE EARTH PERFORMING ‘GET READY’ IN 1970.(BUCKLE UP FOR THIS ONE, THIS IS A JAM SESSION THAT GOES ON FOR CLOSE FOR 22 MINUTES)

THE DEBUT ALBUM FROM KISS

LAMONT’S MUSIC NOTES-FEB 18, 2019…THE YEAR WAS 1974 AND KISS RELEASED THEIR SELF TITLED DEBUT ALBUM. WE ALL KNOW KISS NOW, BUT IN 1974, NO ONE HAD EVER SEEN ANYTHING LIKE THIS !

THE BAND HAD THE MOST AWESOME STAGE SHOW, AND THE GROUP WORE OUTRAGEOUS COSTUMES WITH FULL FACE MAKEUP. EACH MEMBER HAD A PERSONA. THERE WAS THE STARCHILD(PAUL STANLEY), THE SPACE ACE (ACE FREHLEY), THE CAT MAN (PETER CRISS), AND THE DEMON (GENE SIMMONS). THE BAND HAS SINCE SOLD OVER 100 MILLION RECORDS AND THIS YEAR ARE TOURING IN WHAT THEY ANNOUNCED AS THEIR FINAL TOUR, THE “ONE LAST KISS:END OF THE ROAD TOUR.”

HERE’S A LIVE VERSION OF ‘STRUTTER’

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ERIC CLAPTON ANOTHER TICKET

LAMONT’S MUSIC NOTES-FEB 17, 2019…ON THIS DATE IN 1981 ERIC CLAPTON RELEASED THE ALBUM ‘ANOTHER TICKET’. IT REACHED #7 ON THE BILLBOARD CHARTS AND WAS FUELED BY THE HIT SINGLE ‘I CAN’T STAND IT’

ALTHOUGH A FULL TOUR IN SUPPORT OF THIS ALBUM WAS PLANNED, IT WAS CANCELLED AFTER LESS THAN 2 WEEKS WHEN CLAPTON WAS HOSPITALIZED FOR ULCERS.

HERE’S CLAPTON IN CONCERT IN 1988. IT’S AN ENTIRE SHOW FROM THE SHORELINE AMPHITHEATRE.