Get A Grip, the album that would become Aerosmith's best selling album, got its release on this day in 1993.  More than 20 million copies of the Boston band's eleventh studio album would sell world wide.  Geffen's A&R Director convinced the band to collaborate with some outside songwriters and delayed a planned 1992 release to give the group the chance to do that and record some stronger songs.

 

Other Noteworthy Classic Rock events on April 20 include...

 

1967 The Beatles start recording sessions for Magical Mystery Tour.

1967 Dream tehater's Mike Portnoy born.

1968 The Rolling Stones record Jumping Jack Flash.

1968 Deep Purple makes its live debut in Denmark.

1970 Jethro Tull releases  Benefit.

1973  Roger Daltrey's self-titled debut solo album is released.

1976  The Rolling Stones release Black And Blue.

1979 John Belushi sings Hey Bartender with the Allman Brothers at the Capittol Theatre in Passaic, New Jersey.

1990 Bryan Adams honored as a member of the Order of Canada.

1991 Former Small Faces and Humble Pie member Steve Marriott dies in a house fire. Inducted posthumously to the Rock Hall Of Fame in 2012, Marriott was considered to have one of the best voices in Rock by many front men, including Ozzy Osbourne and Steve Perry.

1992 Guitarist Vivian Campbell does his first concert with Def Leppard during Freddie Mercury tribute at Wembley Stadium that also included performances by Roger Daltrey, Elton John, Tonu Iommi, David Bowie, Mick Ronson, Robert Plant, Axl Rose and Slash, and Phil Collen and Joe Elliott.
1998 Pearl Jam announces Jack Irons will be replaced by former Soundgarden member Matt Cameron.
1999 The Rolling Stones close out their No Security tour.

2001 Peter Frampton and other Humble Pie members perform a tribute concert for Steve Marriott.

2015, Former AC/DC drummer Phil Rudd enters guilty pleas on drug charges and threatening to kill a man and his daughter