The guys get into two separate stories from the 70’s chronicling rock n roll showmanship colliding with wild year-end countdowns.
SHOW NOTES:
https://www.mic.com/articles/163481/how-did-new-year-s-eve-start-the-history-and-
tradition-explained
https://ultimateclassicrock.com/bruce-springsteen-firecracker-show/
https://www.cleveland.com/entertainment/2021/07/new-book-chronicles-bruce-
springsteens-relationship-with-ohio-through-40-years-of-iconic-photos.html
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_Year%27s_Eve
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Agora,_Cleveland_1978
https://case.edu/ech/articles/a/agoraagora-ballroom
https://www.cleveland.com/life-and-culture/erry-2018/08/66bf705e4b2862/40-facts-
about-bruce-springste.html
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mike_Appel
https://ultimateclassicrock.com/bruce-springsteen-mike-appel-settle-lawsuit
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richfield_Coliseum
https://www.cleveland.com/entertainment/2021/02/how-bruce-springsteen-made-
northeast-ohio-his-second-home-on-the-1978-darkness-tour.html
https://dangerousminds.net/comments/the_crazy_night_iggy_pop_blue_oeyster_cult_ki
ss_shared_the_same_stage_on_ne
https://ultimateclassicrock.com/gene-simmons-hair-on-fire/
Video of Gene’s hair catching fire: https://youtu.be/8fYRizoWhUg
https://fullinbloom.com/kisss-gene-simmons-on-the-time-he-melted-a-fans-face-on-new-
years-eve-in-1973-the-thing-exploded-in-front-of-the-guy-2022-interview/
Rocky IV and Tyson Punch out: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sknAucYijn8
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