On this night, 45 years ago, Joy Division played at King Kong, Antwerp (B)!
In their short existence of barely four years, Joy Division played only 12 shows in total outside the UK.
One of those shows was in an Antwerp movie theatre called King Kong on January 14th, 1979. Some sources talk of only 80 tickets sold while other witnesses say there where 'only' about 200 people. And in fact most of them didn't even come to see Joy Division, they came to see and support the at that time popular and local post-punk band 'De Kommeniste'.
The low turnout is said to have been due to the fact that the organizer was arrested by the police while hanging out posters promoting this show. They forced him to remove all posters already hung, while the rest of his posters, and even his car, were confiscated with a prohibition to hang out any more posters.
The complete story can be read here!
Joy Division - European tour dates (*Outside the UK)
16 Oct Plan , Brussels
18 Dec Les Bains Douches, Paris
11 Jan Paradiso, Amsterdam
12 Jan Paard Van Troje, The Hague
13 Jan Doornroosje, Nijmegen,
14 Jan King Kong, Antwerpen,
15 Jan The Basement, Cologne
16 Jan Lantaren, Rotterdam
17 Jan Plan K, Brussels
18 Jan Effenaar, Eindhoven
19 Jan Club Vera, Groningen
21 Jan Kant Kino, Berlin
American singer, writer and film director Rob Zombie, born as Robert Bartleh Cummings (Haverhill (Massachusetts), January 12, 1965) and founder of the now disbanded metal band White Zombie in 1986, started a solo career in 1996 under the name Rob Zombie. Zombie's career as a director began with the horror film House of 1000 Corpses, which has now gained cult status.
With White Zombie he released 4 studio albums and the remix album ‘’Supersexy Swingin’ Sounds".
As Rob Zombie he released 8 studio albums and the remix album American Made Music To strip By".
www.robzombie.com
Musician, guitarist, singer, performance artist, composer, writer and actor Blixa Bargeld, born Christian Emmerich (Berlin, 12 January, 1959) and best know to most of us as the head and voice of Einstürzende Neubauten turns 65 today!
Ten Grand Goldie official video from neubauten.org on Vimeo.
On this day 39 years ago, Nina Hagen performed in front of 1,5 million people on the first edition of world’s biggest festivals Rock in Rio (Brazil).
39 years ago, on 11 January 1985, Nina Hagen performed in front of 1,5 million people on the first edition of the world’s biggest festival Rock in Rio (Brazil). The festival lasted 9 days while most of the headliners performed on two different nights. Nina Hagen’s second performance was on the last day of the festival, 20 January 1985.
A special 250,000 m2 site was built especially for this event with a stage of a stunning 5,000 m2, two shopping centers with 50 stores, two medical first aid centers and became know as Cidade do Rock or City of Rock.
Rock in Rio 1985 Line-up (Alphabetically)
• AC/DC
• Al Jarreau
• The B-52's
• George Benson
• The Go-Go's
• Iron Maiden
• James Taylor
• Metallica
• Nina Hagen
• Ozzy Osbourne
• Queen
• Rod Stewart
• Scorpions
• Whitesnake
• Yes
Exactly 24 years ago today, Nine Inch Nails officially released their third single ‘Into the Void’ which was taken from their third studio album The Fragile (1999). Although some promo copies of this single were released in the US and Germany by the end of 1999, it’s only and official release was in Australia on 10 January 2000. It peaked at the 72nd position on the Australian singles chart.
This Australian release lacks the typical NIN halo number, making it the only commercial Nine Inch Nails release at that time with that distinction and therefore much wanted by fans and collectors.
‘Into The Void’ features the same guitar and bass lines as the song ‘La Mer’, also on The Fragile.
The version of ‘The Perfect Drug’ included on this single is slightly longer than the one released on the Lost Highway soundtrack. It fades out at the end instead of ending abruptly.
Into the Void, directed by Walter Stern and Jeff Richter, was nominated for the 2000 MTV Video Music Awards Breakthrough Video award, but lost out to Björk's All Is Full of Love.
The song was featured in the 2000 film Final Destination, being played on the radio in Carter Horton's '71 Chevy Nova, before one of the characters is killed. Even though the song was not written for the movie, the words final destination appear in the song ("...pictures in my head of the final destination...").
In the US the single peeked at #11 on the Modern Rock Tracks Billboard and at #27 on the Mainstream Rock Tracks Billboard.
Into The Void (MCD
01. Into The Void 4:52
02. We're In This Together 7:18
03. The Perfect Drug 5:43
04. The New Flesh 3:40
DISCOGS
Into The Void (lyrics)
Tried to save myself but myself keeps slipping away
Talking to myself all the way to the station
Pictures in my head of the final destination all lined up
(all the ones that aren't allowed to stay)
Tried to save myself but myself keeps slipping away
Tried to save a place from the cuts and the scratches
Tried to overcome the complications and the catches
Nothing ever grows and the sun doesn't shine all day
Tried to save myself but myself keeps slipping away
Tried to save myself but myself keeps slipping away
Songwriter: Trent Reznor
