Hair Band History (June 19th)

June 19, 1985: In North America, Mötley Crüe released a cover of "Smokin' In The Boys Room" (Brownsville Station '73) as the lead single from their forthcoming album "Theatre Of Pain". The music video debuted on MTV a month later and the song became the band's first Top 40 hit, reaching No. 16 on the US Billboard Hot 100 in September that year. Release date source: FMQB radio trade publication - June 14, 1985.

June 19, 1987: Mötley Crüe launched the "Girls Girls Girls" Tour in Tucson, Arizona. Two weeks later they were in Oklahoma City where the newspaper there called them a "Hot Raunch 'n' Roll Act". "We're still doing the same filthy things that we've always done." -Nikki Sixx

June 19, 1987: Guns N' Roses played their first-ever show outside the US at London's Marquee Club. Only £4 a ticket, the venue was packed to the rafters, but attendees and reviews were not kind... "it ended up being a bit of a, dare I say it, CHOKER!" -Kerrang!

June 19, 1985: MTV in the US added the music video for "Lay It Down", from RATT's new album "Invasion Of Your Privacy", and it went right into power rotation. "Wait, Stephen! Don't forget to make a wish." Playboy model Marianne Gravatte is in the video and also the model on the LP cover. Billboard Magazine - June 15, 1985.

June 19, 2012: Lita Ford released her eighth studio album "Living Like A Runaway", a "back to basics" rock record co-written and produced by guitarist Gary Hoey. Lita's memoir with the same title was issued in 2016. Release date source: Blabbermouth.net - June 27, 2012.

June 1990: Canadian hard rockers Killer Dwarfs were picking up steam with power ballad "Doesn't Matter" on rock radio stations in Canada and the US and the music video was getting airplay on MuchMusic and MTV.

Happy Birthday to Heart singer Ann Wilson (June 19, 1950).

Remembering David Lee Roth keyboardist [1988-94] Brett Tuggle, who died June 19, 2022 at age 70.

June 19, 1991: The music video for Guns N' Roses single "You Could Be Mine", featuring clips from the movie "Terminator 2: Judgment Day", premiered on MTV. The song was played in the film and during the end credits, but not included on the soundtrack.

June 1989: The latest issue of Kerrang! reported that Lita Ford was engaged to W.A.S.P. guitarist Chris Holmes... "The first time I met Chris I had picked him up out of the road he was so drunk, before the cops came along..." Lita and Chris were married a year later and divorced in 1992.