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Suzi Gardner, guitarist/vocalist of 90s all-girl grunge band L7 is born in Altus, Oklahoma, USA.
The Squires, featuring Neil Young, play at The Fourth Dimension, Fort William, Manitoba, Canada.
Mike McCready, lead guitarist of Pearl Jam, is born in Pensacola, Florida, USA.
Scott Richard Kline on October 27th, 1967 in San Jose, Scott Richard Kline is born in San Jose, California, USA. he will find success as vocalist Scott Weiland of Stone Temple Pilots and Velvet Revolver, but will be found dead at the age of 48 in his band's tour bus, after a life blighted by drug abuse.
Neil Young completes recording of an instrumental, The Emperor Of Wyoming, which will appear on his solo debut album.
Rock censorship rears its ugly head again when MTV in the USA refuses to air the Neil Young video for his current single, This Note's For You. In the video, the hair of a Michael Jackson lookalike catches fire during filming of what appears to be a Pepsi commercial. The blaze is extinguished by 'Whitney Houston' pouring Coke on Jacko's head.
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Nirvana is mixing the tracks Love Buzz, Big Cheese and Spank Thru at Reciprocal Recording Studios, Seattle, Washington, USA.
Neil Young And The Bluenotes play at the Sports Center, Indianapolis, Indiana, USA.
Neil Young And The Bluenotes play at Lake Compounce Festival Park, Bristol, Connecticut, USA.
Nirvana play at The Vogue, Seattle, Washington, USA.
Neil Young ends a six-day tour of Japan, Asia, with a show at Shi Kokaido, Nagoya. The show will eventually be released on the bootleg, Japan Tour 89.
Nirvana play at Rogue Fabrik, Zurich, Switzerland, Europe.
Austin, Texas-based indie rocker Daniel Johnson releases a new album, 1990, in the USA. Johnson counts Kurt Cobain of Nirvana among his fans.
Nirvana record Sappy at Reciprocal Recording, Seattle, Washington, USA.
The Melvins and D.O.A. play at The Kennel Club, San Francisco, California, USA.
Faith No More and Primus play at Bacchanal, San Diego, California, USA.
Faith No More play at The Top Hat, Dublin, Ireland, Europe.
Soundgarden play on The Green Stage, Roskilde Festival, Roskilde, Denmark, Europe.
Mudhoney, The Melvins and Thee Headcoatees play at Hollywood Live, Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, USA.
Soundgarden play at The Wilson Theater, Fresno, California, USA, with Danzig and Corrosion of Conformity.
Faith No More play at Elzstadion, Emmendingen, Germany, Europe.
Jeremy Wade Delle, a student at Richardson High School, 1250 W. Belt Line Road, Dallas, Texas, USA, shoots himself in the head in front of his classmates. His tragic death will become the subject of the 1992 song Jeremy by Pearl Jam.
Give It Away by The Red Hot Chili Peppers peaks at No76 in the Billboard singles chart in the USA.
Nirvana play the first of three nights at The Palace, Melbourne, Australia, Oceania.
Nirvana play at the Maritime History Museum Park, Stockholm, Sweden, Europe.
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Mia Zapata, lead singer for Seattle-based punk band The Gits is beaten, strangled and possibly raped, in the Central District of Seattle, Washington, USA. The Seattle music community, including its most famous bands - Nirvana, Pearl Jam and Soundgarden - will help raise $70,000 to hire a private investigator for three years, but no killer is ever identified.
David Bowie holds his 50th birthday concert in Madison Square Garden, New York City, USA. Guests joining Bowie for this event include Robert Smith of The Cure, Frank Black, Billy Corgan, Dave Grohl, Lou Reed and Sonic Youth. After the show, Bowie's wife Iman hosts a post-concert dinner at the downtown space of Julian Schnabel with guests including Beck, Moby, Courtney Love, Prince, Charlie Sexton, Fred Schneider, Matt Dillon, Matthew Modine, Jeffrey Wright, Christopher Walken, and Michael Wincott, Donna Karan and Naomi Campbell.
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The Beaconsfield Mine collapse occurs in Beaconsfield, Tasmania, Australia, Oceania. Of the seventeen people who were in the mine, one is killed, fourteen escape immediately following the collapse, but the remaining two are trapped underground. One of the pair, Brant Webb, requests that an iPod be sent down to them, filled with Foo Fighters songs. When Dave Grohl of Foo Fighters learns of this request, he will become inspired to write the acoustic instrumental composition Ballad Of The Beaconsfield Miners.
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The Red Hot Chili Peppers play the first of two nights at The Westfalenhalle, Dortmund, Germany, Europe.
Pearl Jam begin an international tour with an appearance at the V Fest in Calgary, Canada.
Courtney Love's re-formed band Hole releases Nobody's Daughter, its first album in ten years, in the USA, Canada and Spain.
On his Twisted Road tour, Neil Young plays at the Palace Theatre, Albany, New York State, USA.
On his Twisted Road tour, Neil Young plays at the Knoxville Civic Auditorium, Knoxville, Tennessee, USA, supported by Bert Jansch.
The Sonisphere '10 festival, a three-day event, comes to an end at Romexpo, Bucharest, Romania. Artists appearing on this, the final day, include Rammstein, Alice In Chains and Stone Sour.
On the second leg of his Twisted Road tour, Neil Young plays the second of two nights at the Centennial Concert Hall, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada, supported by Bert Jansch.
The three-day-long Lollapalooza Festival comes to an end at Grant Park, Chicago, Illinois, USA. Acts appearing on this day include Soundgarden, MGMT, Arcade Fire, The National, Erykah Badu and Cypress Hill.
Gibson Guitar Chairman and CEO Henry Juszkiewicz announces the imminent launch of Gibson's new Firebird X guitar at a press conference in the Hard Rock Times Square, New York City, USA.
It is reported that Courtney Love is being evicted from her $27,000 per month West Village townhouse in New York City, USA, after she set it on fire and seriously damaged its designer decor. Owner Donna Lyon is taking Love to court, claiming that the Hole vocalist painted over hand-finished walls, and owes over $50,000 rent.
The Foo Fighters are recording material for their next album at Preservation Hall, New Orleans, Louisiana, USA.
Daughtry play at The Roundhouse, Chalk Farm, London, UK.
Former Silverchair frontman Daniel Johns is arrested for driving under the influence of alcohol in Morgan Street, Merewether, Newcastle, Australia.
On their Drones World tour, Muse play on the second day of The Download Festival, Derby, England, UK. Also on the bill are Faith No More, A Day To Remember, Rise Against, Parkway Drive, Hollywood Undead, Mallory Knox, Funeral For A Friend and Heart Of A Coward.
Three Days Grace play at The Live Music Hall, Cologne, Germany, Europe.
Bully play at The Fine Line Music Cafe, Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA.
Neil Young and Promise Of The Real play a private concert at Théatre Mogador, Paris, France, Europe, for Risk Managers at Carmignac, an asset management firm run by billionaire Eduardo Carmignac, estimated to be worth $1.54bn.
On their The Getaway World Tour, The Red Hot Chili Peppers play at The Greenfield Festival, Interlaken, Switzerland, Europe.
On their The Getaway World Tour The Red Hot Chili Peppers play the first of two nights at The TD Garden, Boston, Massachusetts, USA.
On their The Getaway World Tour The Red Hot Chili Peppers play the first of two nights at The Wells Fargo Center, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA.
On their The Getaway World Tour The Red Hot Chili Peppers play at Key Arena, Seattle, Washington, USA.
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