Rock and Metal History, November 15
1964: Rolling Stone Brian Jones was admitted to Passavant Hospital in Chicago with a temperature of 105, causing Jones to miss the last few dates on the Stones current tour.
1965: The Rolling Stones made their US TV debut on Hullabaloo, performing ‘Get Off Of My Cloud’. Hullabaloo was an American one-hour musical variety series that ran on NBC from January 1965 through August 1966.
1966: Born on this day, Christian "Flake" Lorenz, keyboardist, Rammstein.
1966: Doors singed with Electra records, in a deal to produce seven alboums. The band agreed to release "'Break on Through " as the first single.The lyric " she gets high / she gets high / she gets high" was changed to ‘She gets/she gets/she gets" in order to secure radio play.
1966: Jefferson Airplane records "Somebody To Love."
1969: Janis Joplin was arrested during a gig in Tampa, Florida, after badmouthing a policeman and using vulgar and indecent language. Joplin became upset after police moved into the hall forcing fans to move back to their seats. As the singer left the stage she confronted a detective calling him 'a son of a bitch' and told him she would kick his face in. She was released on $504 bail.
1971: Grand Funk Railroad released their fifth studio album E Pluribus Funk via Capitol Records, which later peaked at #5 on the Billboard 200 Albums Chart, selling one million copies.
1972: America released their fine album Homecoming.Acoustic guitar-based, with a more pronounced electric guitar and keyboard section than their first album, their second effort helped continue the band's success, and includes one of their best known hits, "Ventura Highway."
1974: Born on this day, Chad Kroeger, guitar, Nickelback, who had the 2002 US No.1 & UK No. 4 single 'How To Remind You', 2001 US No.2 & 2002 UK No.2 album 'Silver Side Up.' 2002 UK No.4 single with Josey Scott from Saliva, 'Hero'.
1976: The Sex Pistols appeared at Notre Dame Hall, Leicester Place, London.
1977: Led Zeppelin played the first of four shows at the Chicago Stadium, Illinois during their North American tour. Two more were scheduled for later in the tour but were cancelled due to the death of Robert Plant's son.
1983: Bark at the Moon is the third studio album by British heavy metal vocalist Ozzy Osbourne. The album marks Ozzy's change to a synth infused pop-metal sound, with both its "sonic production, and in Ozzy's imaging".
1984: KISS played the first North American date on their 119 date Animalize Tour at Stabler Arena in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania.
1986: Rockbird is the second solo studio album by American singer Debbie Harry. It was released in November 1986 by Geffen Records in the United States and Chrysalis Records in the United Kingdom.
1987: Dire Straits became the first act to sell over three million copies of an album in the UK. Brothers in Arms contained five, top 40 singles: ‘Money for Nothing,’ ‘So Far Away,’ ‘Walk of Life,’ ‘Brothers in Arms’ and ‘Your Latest Trick.’ The album is the eighth-best-selling album in UK chart history.
1987: Mony Mony ‘Live’ by Billy Idol was a hit.
1988: Metallica kicked off their And Justice for All tour in Toledo, Ohio with Queensryche opening.
1992: Ozzy Osbourne announced his retirement from touring after a gig in California, saying "Who wants to be touring at 46."
1999: KoRn play their album Issues (released the following day) from start-to-finish at a venue not known for hosting nu-metal: the Apollo Theater in Harlem.
2014: Slayer with Suicidal Tendencies and Exodus perform on November 15th, 2014 at Comerica Theatre in Phoenix, Arizona.
2014: Slipknot takes their ferocious Knotfest to Japan, on November 15th, 2014, at Makuhari Messe, Chiba, Japan.
