History Highlight:

Today in 1967, Iggy and the Stooges made their live debut when they played at a Halloween party in Michigan. During this early period, the Stooges were originally billed as the "Psychedelic Stooges" and had a very different sound from what they eventually developed - it was much more avant-garde and experimental, with Pop incorporating such household objects as a vacuum cleaner and a blender into intense walls of feedback that one observer described as sounding like "an airplane was landing in the room." We played an example of the style the band would ultimately adopt, however: "I Wanna Be Your Dog."

Today In:

1952 - Pianist Johnnie Johnson hired 26 year old Chuck Berry as a guitarist in his band. While playing evening gigs in the St. Louis area, Berry kept his day job as a hairdresser for the next three years.

1989 - The very first MTV Unplugged show was recorded in New York, featuring UK band Squeeze.

1990 - During a gig in Seattle, Billy Idol dumped 600 dead fish in Faith No More's dressing room. They responded by walking on stage, naked during Idol's set.

2005 - The white suit worn by John Lennon on the cover of the Beatles' Abbey Road album sold for $118,000 at an auction in Las Vegas.

Birthday:

Ad-Rock, aka Adam Horovitz of The Beastie Boys, is 48 today.

Johnny Marr, of The Smiths and his solo career, is 51 today.

U2 drummer Larry Mullen is 53.