Meatloaf releases “Bat Out of Hell” on October 20, 1977. Jim Steinman is the composer, Todd Rundgren the producer. It’s #343 on Rolling Stone’s list of the 500 Greatest Albums of All Time.
Source: Bat Out of Hell – You Can’t Make This Stuff Up …
The only Deep Purple studio album to feature guitarist Tommy Bolin, Come Taste the Band, is released. The album also features David Coverdale on vocals …
Judas Priest release their fifth album on October 9, 1978. It was originally called, “Killing Machine” but, in defference to the Cleveland Elementary School shooting in January 1979, the album’s title was changed to “Hell Bent For Leather.
October 5, 1970 …
Get on your knees time to pray, boy — Alice in Chains relase on September 29, 1992.
The album was recorded during the 1992 LA Riots. Jerry Cantrell said the riots did indeed affect the album to certain extent …
I was actually in a store buying some beer when some guy came in and started looting the place … also got stuck in traffic and saw people pulling other people out of their cars and beating the crap out of them. That was some pretty scary shit to have to go through, and it definitely affected the overall feel of the album.”
Black Sabbath release “Vol 4” on September 25, 1972. The great Lester Bangs, who wasn’t a fan of the Sabbath’s earlier albums, came around with this one:
“We have seen the Stooges take on the night ferociously and go tumbling into the maw, and Alice Cooper is currently exploiting it for all it’s worth, turning it into a circus. But there’s only one band that’s dealt with it honestly on terms meaningful to vast portions of the audience, not only grappling with it in a mythic structure that’s both personal and powerful but actually managing to prosper as well. And that band is Black Sabbath.”
Foo Fighters release their 6th on September 25, 2007 …
The Red Hot Chili Peppers release their 5th on September 24, 1991. A fella by the name of Rick Rubin produces.
Ozzbo releases his debut solo album on September 20, 1980 …
