January

ON THIS DAY IN ALTERNATIVE MUSIC HISTORY

GIGS
1979
Bauhaus played at White Elephant Pub, Northampton, England
1980
Joy Division played at Plan K, Brussels, Belgium
1990
Birdland played at JBs, Dudley, England
1998
The Sisters of Mercy played at Mala Sportovni Hala, Prague, Czech Republic
2011
Grinderman played at Palace Theatre, Melbourne, Australia

RECORD RELEASES
No records were released on this day in alternative music history

BIRTHS
1962
Ari Up of The Slits

DEATHS
There were no deaths on this day in alternative music history

FEATURED BANDS INCLUDE Love and Rockets, Tones on Tail, Bauhaus, Grinderman, The Sisters of Mercy, Flesh for Lulu, Birdland, The Sex Pistols, Carter the Unstoppable Sex Machine, Hole, Slowdive, Spiritualized, Spacemen 3, Spectrum, The Teardrop Explodes, Julian Cope, Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds, The Birthday Party, Einsturzende Neubauten, Pop Will Eat Itself, The Wonder Stuff, Joy Division, Alien Sex Fiend, New Order, Fields of the Nephilim, The Cult, Siouxsie and the Banshees, Nefilim, The Slits, Ramones, The Blockheads, The Gun Club, New York Dolls, The Jim Carroll Band, The Clash, John Peel, A Place to Bury Strangers, All About Eve, Black Flag, Rollins Band, Dirty Three, Factory Records, Gene Loves Jezebel, Generation X, My Bloody Valentine, Nirvana, Pixies, The Breeders, Primal Scream, The Jesus and Mary Chain, Sonic Youth, The BBC Radiophonic Workshop, The Brian Jonestown Massacre, The Damned, The Fall, The Happy Mondays, The Stone Roses, The Pogues, The Mission, The Smiths, The Stooges, The Velvet Underground, The Verve, Throwing Muses, PJ Harvey, Tom Waits, Patti Smith

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