HOP IN THE TIME MACHINE AND BRING SNACKS…WE ARE MAKING A FEW STOPS ALONG THE WAY…LET’S START ON THIS DATE IN 1990…THE D.C PUNK BAND SCREAM HAD RECENTLY BROKEN UP AND THEIR DRUMMER WAS RECRUITED BY A WASHINGTON STATE BAND NAMED NIRVANA…THAT DRUMMER OF COURSE WAS DAVE GROHL, ON THIS DATE IN 1990, GROHL WAS ASKED TO JOIN NIRVANA TO BECOME THEIR FIFTH AND FINAL DRUMMER…HE ACCEPTED! FLASH FORWARD TO 1993 ON THIS DATE, NIRVANA PERFORMED ON SATURDAY NIGHT LIVE WITH A NEW GUITARTIST MAKING HIS DEBUT APPEARANCE…PAT SMEAR WHO WOULD BECOME ONE OF THE ORIGINAL PLAYERS IN THE FOO FIGHTERS…AND ON THIS DATE IN 2007, THE FOO RELEASED THEIR SIXTH ALBUM, “ECHOES, SILENCE, PATIENCE, AND GRACE” THAT WENT ON TO SNAG A GRAMMY FOR BEST ROCK ALBUM AND IT’S LEAD SINGLE, “THE PRETENDER” TOOK THE PRIZE FOR BEST HARD ROCK PERFORMANCE…AND DUDE…DOES IT EVER ROCK…JUST IN CASE YOU FORGOT…HERE’S “THE PRETENDER”, IT’S ROXY’S ROCK REWIND ON 105.7 THE X
