Rock and Metal history, a day like today October 28
1956: Elvis Presley's song "Love Me Tender" became the No. 1 Billboard Pop Hit.
1957: New Order drummer Stephen Morris is born in Macclesfield, Cheshire, England.
1969: The Guess Who's "Laughing" is certified Gold.
1972: The United States Council for World Affairs announced that it was adopting The Who song, "Join Together" as its official theme.
1977: News of the World is the sixth studio album by the British rock band Queen, released by EMI Records in the United Kingdom and by Elektra Records in the United States.
1977: Neil Young releases Decade, a compilation triple album that goes Platinum in 1986.
1978: The movie "KISS Meets the Phantom of the Park" aired on NBC-TV as the NBC Movie of the Week.
1978: The legendary Alice Cooper made a guest appearance on The Muppet Show. Alice Cooper performed the classics: Welcome to my Nightmare, You and Me and School’s Out.
1985: Afterburner is the ninth studio album by the American rock band ZZ Top. Afterburner was a financial success, going several times platinum and launching several hit singles, the most successful of which was "Sleeping Bag" which peaked at No. 1 on the Mainstream Rock Tracks and at No. 8 on the Billboard Hot 100.
1991: The Metallica single "The Unforgiven" was released.
1997: KISS released the album "Carnival of Souls: The Final Sessions."
2003: At a Pearl Jam concert in Santa Barbara, California, vocalist Chris Cornell of Soundgarden joined the band onstage for an unexpected reunion of the supergroup Temple of the Dog. Hunger Strike and Reach Down were the two songs performed from the 1991 Temple Of The Dog studio album.
2007: The game "Guitar Hero III: Legends of Rock" was released in North America.
2014: Box sets of Led Zeppelin's "IV" and "Houses Of The Holy" were released.
2014: KISS Love Gun (Deluxe Edition) is released. It is the original album/newly remastered; plus 11 rare and unreleased demos and live tracks. Metal be thy name!
