Week of November 20th

Take a look back at this week in Rock & Roll History

Episode Transcript

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What happened this week in rock androll history? Let's find out. It's
the rock Omanac on iHeartRadio. What'sgoing on, Rockers and Rollers? It's
Andy West. Let's get it started. We kick it off. This week
in nineteen seventy two, the RollingStones arrive in Kingston, Jamaica to record
the album goats Head Soup, whichspins off the hits Angie and Doo Doo

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Doo Doop Doo Heartbreaker. Also thisweek in nineteen seventy two, produced by
Don Kirshner, the TV series InConcert debuts on ABC as a competitor to
NBC's Midnight Special. Guests on thefirst episode include Chuck Berry, Alice Cooper,
Blood, Sweat and Tears, theAllman Brothers Band, and Poco.
This week in nineteen ninety three,U two performs in Sydney, Australia,

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with a roadie filling in for BassisAdam Clayton, who later admitted was too
hungover to play. It is thequartet's first show without all four members.
This week in nineteen ninety seven,Michael Hugens of Inexcess dies in a Sydney
hotel room and What the Coroner Rulesa suicide. The famous front man was
just thirty seven, the group's biggesthit, need You Tonight, My God.

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And this week in two thousand andeight, Guns n' Roses finally released
the album Chinese Democracy. It wasrecorded and re recorded in fifteen different studios
with multiple producers. The record isacknowledged as one of the most expensive albums
ever recorded, with a cost ofaround thirteen million dollars. And that's what
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