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50 Years, 50 Albums 1987: Guns ‘N Roses ‘Appetite for Destruction’

50 Years, 50 Albums 1987: Guns ‘N Roses ‘Appetite for Destruction’

This is the third debut album in our Hall of Fame. Guns ‘N Roses Appetite for Destruction. Released in July of 1987 when hair metal bands were dominating rock station charts, we all thought that this was just another hair band out of L.A. That’s until you dropped the needle on cut one, side one and got your head blown off by “Welcome to the Jungle.” No, this was not another hair band out of L.A. but a straight-ahead hard rocking band. It wasn’t until the following year that this album became a massive commercial success with songs like the aforementioned “Mr. Brownstone” to the showstopper “Paradise City” and the classic “Sweet Child O’ Mine.” Add along “Rocket Queen,” Nightrain” and “My Michelle,” you have the best-selling debut album of all time, as well the 11th best-selling album of all time in the United States. At this time, we would like to induct Guns ‘N Roses’ Appetite for Destruction into the WPLR Hall of Fame.

Learn more about the album:

Guns N’ Roses Conquered the Rock World with Appetite for Destruction

25 Things You Might Not Know About Appetite For Destruction

Smack, strippers and Guns N’ Roses: the chaotic road to Appetite For Destruction

Essential video:

Listen to the album:

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PODCAST – Thursday, April 15: The Latest In Ashley’s Worn Sock Selling Saga; Dumb Ass News; Jimmy Koplik’s Top ’80s Albums

PODCAST – Thursday, April 15: The Latest In Ashley’s Worn Sock Selling Saga; Dumb Ass News; Jimmy Koplik’s Top ’80s Albums

Ashley agreed last week to sell her used socks to Adam, for some decent money. The deal was for her to wear the same pair, every day for a week, and then send to him without washing them. Of course Ashley decided to break a bunch of the agreed-upon parameters. (0:00)

Dumb Ass News – There is a new sponsor for Dumb Ass News! Chaz and AJ were listening to the new production sent over by the voice guy, and couldn’t get over how many sound effects he uses. (13:58)

93-year-old Flo called in to share some poems she wrote, and talk about her life growing up during the Hoover presidency, and without any indoor plumbing. (24:23)

Jimmy Koplik of Live Nation had an update on concerts in Connecticut, and the last hurdles the state needs to clear before he can start selling tickets again. Then, Chaz and AJ had him finish his list of the greatest albums from the 1980’s. (35:16)

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The Local Bands Show 04/18/21

The Local Bands Show 04/18/21

Join Rick Allison and Frank Critelli every Sunday at 10pm for “The Local Bands Show” on 99.1 PLR!

Send your original music to [email protected] or The Local Bands Show, 70 Quarry Dock Road, Branford, CT 06405

Check out the bands that will be featured this Sunday….

  • The Bandidos – Big Tomatoes
  • Big Fat Combo – Hale Bop
  • The Zambonis – Away Game
  • The Bargain – You’re Still Alive
  • Laundry Day – Hey, How’s Heaven?
  • Green Light – Comin’ For Ya
  • Light Warriors – One
  • SG Carlson & The Tines – Rough Jazz
  • Steve Cropper w/ Roger Creale – The Go-Getter Is Gone

Support your Local Bands!

Support Local Businesses who support Local Bands…

New England Brewing – 175 Amity Road, Woodbridge

Brian’s Guitars – 453 W. Main Street, Cheshire

Chaz and AJ Show Rundown: Thursday, April 15

Chaz and AJ Show Rundown: Thursday, April 15

6:00. More details released on the Branford shooting.

6:13 – 7:00. How will Adam react to the news of Ashley’s sock development? What do you collect?

7:00. How to NOT get bit by a dog. National dog bite prevention week. Michelle Douglas, “the Dog lady” on the phone

7:13. Dumb Ass News. What happens when you buy a house with money accidentally deposited into your account.

7:20. Woman thought she was engaged to Prince Harry.

7:30. Have you ever been duped by the internet?

8:00. More details about the shooting in Branford, and a crypto currency guy is found dead.

8:13 – 9:00. Any CT concert updates? Concert Guru Jimmy Koplik.

9:00. Buddy the Beefalo has been captured. Plymouth Police on the phone.

9:13. Dumb Ass News. Liposuction doctor dancing with human fat in TikTok

9:20. Chaz catches up with Anthony Cumia. Formerly of Opie and Anthony and now owns his own media company. Compound media.
Tickets for his show tomorrow HERE!

Throwback Concert: Pink Floyd at The XL Center 1987

Throwback Concert: Pink Floyd at The XL Center 1987

99.1 PLR celebrates 50 years! This week we are celebrating another great year in our history: 1987!

That year PLR welcomed Pink Floyd to Hartford’s XL Center (which was called Hartford Civic Center at the time) for two shows on back-to-back nights. Pink Floyd hit the road in 1987 to support their thirteenth studio album “A Momentary Lapse of Reason,” which featured singles like Learning To Fly, On The Turning Away and One Slip. It was Pink Floyd’s first album recorded without founding member Roger Waters, who left the band in 1985, and their first full tour since 1981’s “The Wall” Tour.

 

Pink Floyd

Tour: A Momentary Lapse of Reason Tour

Wednesday October 14 and Thursday October 15, 1987

The XL Center in Hartford, Connecticut

Ticket Price: $22.50

Band Lineup: David Gilmour (vocals/guitar), Nick Mason (drums), Richard Wright (keyboards)

Setlists*

Night 1 – Wednesday October 14, 1987

  1. Shine On You Crazy Diamond (Parts I-V)
  2. Signs of Life
  3. Learning To Fly
  4. Yet Another Movie
  5. Round and Around
  6. A New Machine (Part 1)
  7. Terminal Frost
  8. A New Machine (Part 2)
  9. Sorrow
  10. The Dogs of War
  11. On the Turning Away
  12. One of These Days
  13. Time
  14. On the Run
  15. Wish You Were Here
  16. Welcome To The Machine
  17. Us and Them
  18. Money
  19. Another Brick in the Wall Part 2
  20. Comfortably Numb
  21. One Slip (encore)
  22. Run Like Hell (encore)

Night 2 – Thursday October 15, 1987

  1. Shine On You Crazy Diamond (Parts I-V)
  2. Signs of Life
  3. Learning To Fly
  4. Yet Another Movie
  5. Round and Around
  6. A New Machine (Part 1)
  7. Terminal Frost
  8. A New Machine (Part 2)
  9. Sorrow
  10. The Dogs of War
  11. On the Turning Away
  12. One of These Days
  13. Time
  14. On the Run
  15. Wish You Were Here
  16. Welcome To The Machine
  17. Us and Them
  18. Money
  19. Another Brick in the Wall Part 2
  20. Comfortably Numb
  21. One Slip (encore)
  22. Run Like Hell (encore)

*source: setlist.fm

 

Check out these live clips of Pink Floyd in Hartford in 1987

 

Chaz and AJ Show Rundown: Wednesday, April 14

Chaz and AJ Show Rundown: Wednesday, April 14

6:00 – 7:00. What’s up with the Johnson and Johnson vaccine? Dr. Ron Clark and a shooter in Branford ended with one dead and one wounded.

7:00. We have a neighbor who was nearby when the shooting began in Branford.
7:13. Dumb Ass News. Driver gets expensive lesson on highway 401.
7:20 – 8:00. Inside details from one of New York Cities most intense serial killer investigations. Patrick Picciarelli, Retired NYPD Lt., has a podcast with Mobster/Actor Gianni Russo. You can listen to it HERE!
8:00. A standoff with a shooter in Branford, and what’s up with the Johnson and Johnson vaccine?
Kim P. with Make-A-Wish CT. 
8:13 – 9:00. The top 5 almost perfect movies. Movie Critic Joe Meyers’s Top 5.
@joesview on Instagram and Twitter 
9:00. Kim P. with Make-A-Wish CT. 
9:13. Dumb Ass News. Woman gets stuck in wet send while walking family dog.
Throwback Concert: R.E.M. at New Haven Coliseum 1987

Throwback Concert: R.E.M. at New Haven Coliseum 1987

99.1 PLR celebrates 50 years! This week we are celebrating another great year in our history: 1987!

That year PLR welcomed R.E.M. to New Haven Coliseum. R.E.M. hit the road in 1987 to support their fifth studio album “Document,” which featured such hit songs as The One I Love, It’s The End of the World as We Know It (And I Feel Fine) and Finest Worksong. Joining R.E.M. at the Coliseum were special guests 10,000 Maniacs.

 

R.E.M.

Tour: Work

Special Guest: 10,000 Maniacs

Saturday October 17, 1987

New Haven Veterans Memorial Coliseum

Ticket Price: $13.50

Band Lineup: Michael Stipe (vocals), Bill Berry (drums), Peter Buck (guitar), Mike Mills (bass)

Setlist*

  1. Finest Worksong
  2. These Days
  3. Welcome To The Occupation
  4. Pilgrimage
  5. Exhuming McCarthy
  6. Orange Crush
  7. Feeling Gravity Pulls
  8. King of Birds
  9. Sitting Still
  10. I Believe
  11. Drive 8
  12. Superman (The Clique cover)
  13. Auctioneer (Another Engine)
  14. Oddfellows Local 151
  15. It’s The End of the World as We Know It (And I Feel Fine)
  16. Begin The Begin
  17. Stranger (Wire cover) – Encore 1
  18. Cuyahoga – Encore 1
  19. Fall on Me – Encore 1
  20. The One I Love – Encore 1
  21. Wolves, Lower – Encore 2
  22. Crazy (Pylon cover) – Encore 2
  23. 1,000,000 – Encore 2
  24. Singing Cage (with Natalie Merchant) – Encore 3
  25. Harpers (Hugo Largo cover) – Encore 3
  26. So. Central Rain – Encore 3

*source: setlist.fm

 

Check out these live clips of R.E.M. in 1987

 

Chaz and AJ Show Rundown: Tuesday, April 13

Chaz and AJ Show Rundown: Tuesday, April 13

6:00. It looked like the entire planet showed up for Gary Bimonte’s wake. AJ was there.
And…Is it a vaccine van or an ice cream truck?

6:13. Will the guy buying Ashley’s worn socks be excited about this new development?

6:20 – 7:00. It’s National Dog Bite prevention week. Call in your dog bite story.

7:00. Seth is a 4 year old boy who needs our help to get his wish. His mom is up next.

7:13. Dumb Ass News. A ten year olds response to running out of Cheerios.

7:20. What should AJ do for Seth?

8:00. Can the St Vincent volcanic eruption wipe out entire villages. Folks are being asked to leave. How bad can it get? Nick the Science Guy.

8:13 – 9:00. What’s AJ’s house worth? Hello? Does Johnathan Carbutti know? Hello?

9:00. The best job on the planet has just became available. And Robert Fripp and his wife are back with a Judas Priest cover.

9:13. Dumb Ass News. Why would a guy go on porn hub to announce he found his soulmate.

9:20. And the least favorite day of the week is?

Throwback Concert: Def Leppard at The XL Center 1987

Throwback Concert: Def Leppard at The XL Center 1987

99.1 PLR celebrates 50 years! This week we are celebrating another great year in our history: 1987!

That year PLR welcomed Def Leppard to Hartford’s XL Center (which was called Hartford Civic Center at the time). Def Leppard hit the road in 1987 to support their fourth studio album “Hysteria,” which featured major hits like Animal, Pour Some Sugar on Me, Armageddon It, Hysteria and Love Bites and Rocket. It was Def Leppard’s best selling album, selling over 20 million copies worldwide.

Joining Def Leppard in Hartford was special guest Tesla, who opened the show.

 

Def Leppard

Tour: Hysteria

Special Guest: Tesla

Sunday October 11, 1987

The XL Center in Hartford, Connecticut

Ticket Price: $16.50

Band Lineup: Joe Elliott (vocals), Steve Clark (guitar), Phil Collen (guitar), Rick Savage (bass), Rick Allen (drums)

Setlist*

  1. Stagefright
  2. Rock! Rock! (Till You Drop)
  3. Women
  4. Another Hit and Run
  5. Too Late For Love
  6. Hysteria
  7. Guitar Solo
  8. Gods of War
  9. Die Hard The Hunter
  10. Bringin’ On The Heartbreak
  11. Foolin’
  12. Animal
  13. Pour Some Sugar On Me
  14. Let It Go
  15. Rock of Ages
  16. Photograph (encore)

*source: setlist.fm

 

Check out these live clips of Def Leppard in 1987

 

 

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