Classic Rock Album Releases This Week in History

Classic Rock Album Releases This Week in History

May 17, 1974

• Bad Company — Bad Company’s powerhouse debut album hits record stores

May 18, 1980

• Closer — Joy Division releases its dark and haunting masterpiece

May 21, 1983

• Pyromania — Def Leppard dominates rock radio and MTV

May 23, 1975

• Captain Fantastic and the Brown Dirt Cowboy — Elton John releases his autobiographical classic

May 23, 2000

• Infest — Papa Roach unleashes the nu-metal anthem “Last Resort”