8 Crazy Nights In Rock History
In honor of Hanukkah, here’s a look back at eight crazy nights in rock history. Enjoy and Happy Hanukkah!
Hanukkah 2024 begins at sundown on December 25 and will continue through January 2, 2025.
According to Time, this is the first time since 2005 that the first night of Hanukkah falls on the same day as Christmas. The outlet notes that since 1900, the first night of Hanukkah has fallen on Christmas in 1910, 1921, 1959, 2005, and 2024.
As for why Hanukkah starts on a different date each year, this is due to Jewish holidays being observed on a lunisolar calendar and not a 365-day Gregorian calendar, which is used with American and Christian holidays. Reader's Digest says a lunisolar calendar "keeps track of the earth’s orbit around the sun to determine a year’s length but also factors in the phases of the moon to determine the beginning and end of each new month." As a result, holiday dates don't always match up year after year.
Of course, one thing that was introduced a few decades ago that hasn't changed is Adam Sandler referring to Hanukkah as “Eight Crazy Nights” in the iconic "Hanukkah Song." (Shout out to David Lee Roth, who lights the menorah.)
With this in mind, we thought we’d look back at eight crazy nights in rock history. Enjoy and Happy Hanukkah!
Nikki Sixx OD’s, Inspires “Kickstart My Heart”
Kevin Winter/Getty ImagesHOLLYWOOD, CALIFORNIA - DECEMBER 04: Nikki Sixx appears onstage at a press conference with Mötley Crüe, Def Leppard and Poison announcing their 2020 Stadium Tour on December 04, 2019 in Hollywood, California. (Photo by Kevin Winter/Getty Images)
Ozzy and The Alamo
Larry Busacca/Getty ImagesNEW YORK, NY - APRIL 25: Ozzy Osbourne visits the Tribeca Film Festival 2011 portrait studio on April 25, 2011 in New York City. (Photo by Larry Busacca/Getty Images for Tribeca Film Festival)
Axl Rose and the Riverport Riot
Gene Kirkland/Getty ImagesAmerican rock singer Axl Rose of the band Guns N' Roses performs on stage, dressed in a white tank top and bike shorts, a backwards baseball cap, and a lot of bracelets, 1992. (Photo by Gene Kirkland/Getty Images)
The Led Zeppelin Mudshark Incident
Hulton Archive/Getty ImagesBritish rock band Led Zeppelin, (left - right): John Paul Jones, John Bonham (1948 - 1980), Jimmy Page and Robert Plant, pose in front of an their private airliner The Starship, 1973. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)
Any given night with Keith Moon
Jack Kay/Daily Express/Hulton Archive/Getty ImagesDrummer Keith Moon (1947 - 1978), of British rock group The Who, in a radio studio at Broadcasting House, London, 12th July 1973. Moon is recording skits to play between songs while filling in for disc jockey John Peel on BBC Radio 1's 'Top Gear' programme. (Photo by Jack Kay/Daily Express/Hulton Archive/Getty Images)
R.E.M’s Peter Buck Loses It On An Airplane
Scott Gries/Getty ImagesNEW YORK - JUNE 19: Peter Buck of R.E.M. performs at Madison Square Garden on June 19, 2008 in New York City. (Photo by Scott Gries/Getty Images)
Police Raid Keith Richards’ Home
Kevin Winter/Getty ImagesINDIO, CA - OCTOBER 07: Musician Keith Richards of The Rolling Stones performs onstage during Desert Trip at the Empire Polo Field on October 7, 2016 in Indio, California. (Photo by Kevin Winter/Getty Images)
Jim Morrison arrested for allegedly exposing himself.
Central Press/Getty Images3rd September 1968: American psychedelic rock band, The Doors during a press conference at Heathrow Airport, London (left to right); drummer John Densmore, keyboard player Ray Mansarek, vocalist Jim Morrison (1943 - 1971) and guitarist Robby Krieger. (Photo by Central Press/Getty Images)
