1978-10

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Captain Beefheart

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1978
10/12 Thu
"Nancy Spungen, the American girlfriend of Sex Pistols bassist Sid Vicious, is found dead in a New York hotel room of a stab wound. Sid is arrested and charged with her murder."
10/24 Tue
Rolling Stones guitarist Keith Richards pleads guilty to a reduced charge of possessing heroin in Toronto in 1977. The more serious charge of drug trafficking is dropped and Richards is given a one-year suspended sentence as well as ordered to play a char
10/29 Sun
"Michael Schenker plays his final show with UFO in Stanford, California before leaving the group to rejoin Scorpions."
11/
"A now sober Alice Cooper releases the album From the Inside, which tells of his stay in rehab for alcoholism."
11/25 Sat
Aerosmith cuts a concert short after Steven Tyler suffers cuts to his face from a bottle that shatters upon hitting a stage monitor.
11/27 Mon
Def Leppard's permanent drummer Rick Allen joins the band at the age of 15.
12/
"Matthias Jabs joins Scorpions, replacing Uli Jon Roth."
12/31 Sun
"The seventh annual New Year's Rockin' Eve special airs on ABC, with performances by Barry Manilow, Village People, Chuck Mangione, Tanya Tucker and Rick James."
12/31 Sun
"CBS airs New Year's Eve with Guy Lombardo for the final time, nearly two years after the band leader's death and ending a 22 year run that began in 1956."
12/31 Sun
"The Winterland Ballroom venue in San Francisco closes with a New Year's Eve performance by the Grateful Dead, New Riders of the Purple Sage and the Blues Brothers."
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