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89: July 6, 1977
ROGER WATERS SPITS AT A người hâm mộ DURING A màu hồng, hồng FLOYD SHOW: The incident would inspire Waters to write "The Wall", a masterpiece of rock-star alienation and anomie.

88: April 6, 1974
ABBA WIN THE EUROVISION SONG CONTEST: Making possible the ascendance of Swedish pop and approximately 18 bajillion drunken wedding dances.

87: October 9, 1999
COACHELLA KICKS OFF: Beginning the annual pilgrimage of alterna-kids to the Sonoran Desert.

86: November 21, 1959
ALAN FREED FIRED IN FIRST PAYOLA SCANDAL: Ending the career of the DJ who invented the term rock & roll.

85: July 18, 1991
LOLLAPALOOZA...

100: October 3, 2000
RADIOHEAD RELEASE KID A: Spontaneously, đàn ghi ta, guitar những người hâm mộ everywhere begin weeping.

99: December 11, 1965
THE VELVET UNDERGROUND PLAY THEIR FIRST SHOW: Giving birth to the sound of alternative rock.

98: April 13, 1963
THE KINGSMEN RECORD "LOUIE LOUIE": When it becomes a hit, everone assumes singer Jack Ely's incomprehensible mumbling masks obscenity, causing the first panic over dirty lyrics.

97: November 23, 1936
ROBERT JOHNSON'S FIRST RECORDING SESSION: The king of delta blues singers hooks up with the devil, provides Rosetta Stone for rock pioneers including Eric Clapton and Keith...