SO MUCH HAPPENED ON THIS DATE IN ROCK HISTORY! BACK IN 2009 THE BAY AREA PUNKS, GREEN DAY WON THREE MOON MEN AT THE MTV VIDEO MUSIC AWARDS INCLUDING BEST ROCK VIDEO FOR ‘21 GUNS’, IN 2011 ON THIS DATE, THE GRUNGE INSPIRED BRITISH BAND BUSH RELEASED THE SEA OF MEMORIES, THEIR FIFTH STUDIO ALBUM…AND FINALLY, ON THIS DATE IN 1991, GEFFEN RECORDS THREW A CELEBRATION PARTY TO LAUNCH NIRVANA’S SINGLE “SMELLS LIKE TEEN SPIRIT” A WEEK AND A HALF AHEAD OF THE ALBUM NEVERMIND WAS RELEASED, WHICH WAS THE BAND’S FIRST MAJOR LABEL RELEASE AND THE FIRST ALBUM THAT NEW DRUMMER DAVE GROHL APPEARED ON…NOW BACK TO THE PARTY…. THINGS APPARENTLY GOT OUT OF HAND AFTER THE BAND AND SOME OF THEIR GUESTS, OTHER LOCAL BANDS OF EVERY VARIETY DIPPED INTO SOME WHISKEY THAT HAD BEEN SMUGGLED INTO THE BEER ONLY SOIREE AND A FOOD FIGHT BROKE OUT, INSTIGATED BY NIRVANA THEMSELVES! RECORD LABEL EXECS WEREN’T AMUSED…TO SAY THE VERY LEAST AND THE GRUNGEY PRANKSTERS WERE THROWN OUT OF THEIR OWN PARTY! THAT IS SO VERY ROCKSTAR! WITHIN DAYS OF THE INCIDENT, NIRVANA WERE ON TOUR IN SUPPORT OF NEVERMIND AND THEIR SINGLES ROCKETED TO THE TOP OF THE CHARTS AND PERMEATED THE RADIO WAVES AND MTV…THEIR LIVES & THE WORLD OF ROCK WERE FOREVER TRANSFORMED. NEVERMIND SOLD 2 MILLION COPIES BY THE END OF 1991 AND IS STILL RECOGNIZED AS ONE OF THE GREATEST AND BEST SELLING ROCK N ROLL ALBUMS OF ALL TIME…’SMELLS LIKE TEEN SPIRIT’…IT’S ROXY’S ROCK REWIND ON 105.7 THE X