February 10th

1998: Guns N’ Roses singer Axl Rose was arrested for allegedly threatening to punch out a security guard who was searching his luggage at the Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport. Rose was charged with disorderly conduct.

1995: Seventeen years after its initial release, Heaven Tonight by Cheap Trick was certified platinum by the RIAA for sales of one million copies.

1990: Eric Clapton performed the final night of his record setting 18 nights at the Royal Albert Hall in London.

1985: Northern Lights, which included Neil Young, Burton Cummings of The Guess Who, Joni Mitchell, Geddy Lee of Rush, Bryan Adams, & Mike Reno of Loverboy entered Manta Sound studios in Toronto to record Tears Are Not Enough to raise funds for the famine in Ethiopia.

1978: Van Halen released their self-titled debut album. It peaked at number nineteen on the Billboard 200 album chart & went on to sell ten million copies in the U.S. alone.

1975: Dave Alexander, bassist for The Stooges died of pulmonary edema at a hospital in Ann Arbor, MI. He was 27 years old.

1974: Phil Spector was seriously injured in a car accident between Los Angeles & Phoenix. He received multiple injuries & underwent extensive plastic surgery which altered his looks. The details of this accident remain a mystery to this day.

Birthdays:
Don Wilson-guitarist for The Ventures born in 1937
Nigel Olsson-drummer for Elton John born in 1949
Cliff Burton-bassist for Metallica born in 1962