In 1985,
Simple Minds had the number one song in the country with “Don’t You Forget About Me.”
In 2004, the BBC named
Jonny Greenwood their composer in residence. In the role, Jonny had access to the BBC archives and use of the BBC Concert Orchestra for a piece he composed.
And in 1982,
The Clash and moving to Paris for a month. He claimed his disappearance was due to exhaustion and doubts about his career.
And that’s what happened today in rock history.
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