This Moment in Music History for 10-31-2024

# March 31, 1986: The Day Metallica's Tour Bus Slid Into TragedyOn March 31, 1986, thrash metal giants Metallica were riding high on the success of their groundbreaking third album, "Master of Puppets," which had been released just two months earlier. The band was touring Europe ...  Show more

# March 30, 1981: The Day Reagan Was Shot and MTV Was Born (Sort of)While March 30th might not scream "music history" at first glance, this date in 1981 set in motion a chain of events that would revolutionize how the world consumed music forever.On this Monday afternoon, Preside ...  Show more

Is this the real life? Is this just fantasy? Well, either way, this is definitely an episode of Strong Songs about Queen's genre-blending rock saga "Bohemian Rhapsody." Kirk dives into Freddie Mercury's operatic opus and learns a lot about vocal technique, piano motifs, harmon ...

“Wind Of Change” by Scorpions has the rare distinction of being a history lesson within a huge rock ballad, released after the Berlin Wall came crashing down in 1989 in the band’s native Germany. In the years since, it has become a unifying theme song for the circumstances aro ...

Martin Freeman tells the story of the Fab Four’s rise, fall and rebirth - and how they changed the world along the way. In the space of just 8 years, their journey took them from the smoky clubs of Hamburg and Liverpool, to Abbey Road and unprecedented global fame. And when their ...  Show more

In episode 71 of the Behind The Song podcast, Janda dives into the history and lyrics of "Sweet Child O' Mine" by the band once called the most dangerous in rock, Guns 'N Roses. The song, written by Axl Rose for his then-girlfriend, was a departure from the rest of the materia ...