July 21, 1987 – Guns N’ Roses release Appetite For Destruction, which becomes the best-selling American debut album of all time.  The album has sold over 28 million copies worldwide, with 18 million of those sales in the U.S. July 21, 1990 – Roger Waters’ The Wall concert takes place between Potzdamer Platz and the Brandenburg Gate in Berlin, which used to be in the area called “no … Continue reading CDJ Today: July 21 in Classic Rock →

December 23, 1985 – Judas Priest fans Raymond Belknap, 18, and James Vance, 20, shoot themselves after listening to the Judas Priest album, Stained Class. Belknap dies, but Vance lives for more than three years before dying from the effects of the shooting.  The parents later file an infamous lawsuit against the band claiming their music was filled with subliminal messages. December 23, … Continue reading CDJ Today: December 23 in Classic Rock →