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January 2009, This Day In Rock

Keepin It Real

Wed, Jan 28, 2009

Facts that will seem unreal on this day in rock

What you are about to read is real.  So real that in fact you may think that it's not real.  But there is documented proof to prove it's realness.  So rest assured you're getting the real deal and not just a cheap imitation.  Some of what you will read, you have no trouble believing that it's real, but then there are things that you will not want to believe are real, but trust me....they are.

In 1968, after harassing a Las Vegas adult movie theater security guard, Jim Morrison was arrested and charged with public drunkenness.  They really have security guards at adult movie theaters?  I guess I've lived a very sheltered life because I would have never thought that one.  I mean, some very off colored jokes just "came" to my mind about what they would be securing...tee hee

I have heard of fans wanting autograph's in all sorts of places, but this is just unreal.  In 1978 a fan asked Ted Nugent to autograph his arm with a BOWIE KNIFE.  Did he...of course he did, it is Ted Nugent we're talking about after all.

This next fact just kills me.  It is one of those if I could wipe it off the face of history I would.  Not only did the face of Heavy Metal become altered in a way that should never have been, TBN (Trinity Broadcasting Network) a Christian network canceled this artists show Gospel America.  Heavy Metal and Christian programming having the same mind frame?  It does happen and here is proof.  Pat Boon released an album of Heavy Metal covers in 1997 entitled In A Metal Mood:  No More Mr. Nice Guy.  On the album were very horrific versions of songs such as Smoke on the Water, Stairway to Heaven, Panama, and for you viewing and listening displeasure, IF you are brave enough to click the play button, You've Got Another Thing Comin by Judas Priest.



And finally, a fact with a little normalcy to it, in 1997, MCA Records made an announcement that they had come to an agreement with the family of the late, great Jimi Hendrix to acquire rights to the entire Hendrix catalog.

Well, I know it doesn't seem real, but we've come to the end of our Twilight Zone edition of This Day In Rock.  Keep it Real! *wink*

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