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This Week in Music History: September 2 - 8 -- Kanye West vs George Bush, Paris Hilton vs Banksy, Kelly Clarkson vs Afro Guy
- Posted on Sep 5th 2012 5:30PM by Aaron Brophy
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Like when Nick Cave burned the Red Hot Chili Peppers, saying "I'm forever near a stereo saying, 'What the fuck is this garbage?' And the answer is always the Red Hot Chili Peppers."
Or the time Oasis' Noel Gallagher said of White Stripes' Jack White, "He looks like Zorro on doughnuts."
Or when Boy George called Madonna, "A vile, hideous human being with no redeeming qualities."
Sometimes it gets better than one-line potshots though. Like when Paris Hilton got art-pranked or when Kanye West hurt the President of the United States' feelings.
To find out why Paris and Kanye as well as Kelly Clarkson and Dire Straits made music history this week, just click to launch the gallery below.
- September 2, 2005: Kanye West Cares About Black People
- September 3, 2006: Paris Hilton Gets Art-Punked
- September 4, 2002: Kelly Clarkson Wins American Idol
- September 5, 1986: Dire Straits Get Awards For Nothing
- September 6, 1997: Elton John Redoes "Candle in the Wind" For Princess Diana
- September 7, 1968: Led Zeppelin Plays Their First Show
- September 8, 2002: Iron Maiden's Bruce Dickinson Gets Really High
- This Week in Music History: August 26 - September 1
- August 26, 2004: Laura Branigan Died
- August 27, 1967 & 1990: Brian Epstein and Stevie Ray Vaughan Died
- August 28, 2005: Suge Knight Gets Shot
- August 29, 1977: Elvis Presley Was Nearly Grave-Robbed
- August 30, 1994: Oasis Release Debut Album 'Definitely Maybe'
- August 31, 2002: Lance Bass Attempts to Become An Astronaut
- September 1, 1983: The Clash Fired Mick Jones
- This Week in Music History: August 19 - 25
- August 19, 2008: Lady Gaga Releases 'The Fame' Album
- August 20, 2003: Nightclub Operators Fined in Great White Fire Deaths
- August 21, 1952: Joe Strummer Was Born
- August 22, 1968: Cynthia Lennon Files For Divorce From John Lennon
- August 23, 1967: Keith Moon's Wild Birthday Party Swim
- August 24, 1990: Judas Priest Don't Cause Suicides
- August 25, 2001: Aaliyah Dies in Plane Crash
- This Week in Music History: August 12-18
- August 12, 1963: Sir Mix-A-Lot Was Born
- August 13, 1994: Oasis and The Verve Break Into Swedish Church Looking For Wine
- August 14, 2000: Rage Against the Machine Fans Riot In Los Angeles
- August 15, 1969: Woodstock Becomes Defining Event of Hippie Era
- August 16, 1977: Elvis Presley Died
- August 17, 1979: Rolling Stones' Sympathy for the Witch?
- August 18, 2005: Kanye West Calls Out Rap For Being Homophobic
- This Week in Music History: August 5 - 11
- August 5, 1966: The Beatles 'Revolver' Album Was Released
- August 6, 1973: Stevie Wonder Car Accident Leaves Him In Coma
- August 7, 1997: Garth Brooks Attracts More Than a Million to Central Park
- August 8, 1992: Guns N' Roses Cause Riot in Montreal
- August 9, 1995: Jerry Garcia Dies of Heart Attack at Age 53
- August 10, 1959: The Platters Arrested For Fooling Around With White Women
- August 11, 1976: Death Cab For Cutie Singer Ben Gibbard Was Born
- This Week in Music History: July 29 - Aug. 4
- July 29, 1966: Bob Dylan Breaks Neck, Beatles Bigger Than Jesus
- July 30, 2003: 450,000 Risk Getting SARS to Watch Rolling Stones, AC/DC
- July 31, 1994: R. Kelly Secretly Marries 15-Year-Old Aaliyah
- August 1, 1960: Chuck D Brings the Noise For First Time
- August 2, 1991: Rick James Gets Super Freaky in All the Wrong Ways
- August 3, 2007: Queen Guitarist Becomes Doctor of Astrology
- August 4, 1990: New Kids on the Block Robbed in Montreal
- This Week in Music History: July 22 - 28
- July 22, 1969: Aretha Franklin's Driving
- July 23, 2006: George Michael and the Truck Driver
- July 24, 2008: 50 Cent vs Taco Bell
- July 25, 1999: Woodstock Ends in Fires, Rapes, Shame
- July 26, 1943: Mick Jagger Was Born
- July 27, 1976: Tina Turner Gets Divorce From Ike Turner
- July 28, 1973: Watkins Glen Becomes Accidental Woodstock
- This Week in Music History: July 15 - 21
- July 15, 1998: Aerosmith Drummer's Fiery Fill Up
- July 16, 2007: White Stripes Play Shortest Live Show Ever
- July 17, 1972: Montrealers Try to Blow Up the Rolling Stones
- July 18, 1974: The US Government Tries to Kick John Lennon Out
- July 19, 2001: Free Ol' Dirty Bastard
- July 20, 1986: Sid and Nancy, the Movie, Premieres
- July 21, 1987: Guns N' Roses Release 'Appetite For Destruction'
- This Week in Music History: July 8 - 14
- July 8, 1970: Total Loser Beck is Born
- July 9, 1995: Jerrry Garcia Plays Last Concert With Grateful Dead, Heart Problems All Around
- July 10, 1975: Cher and Gregg Allman Get Divorced
- July 11, 1979 & 2000: Rust Never Sleeps, Nor Do Lars Ulrich's Lawyers
- July 12, 1996: Smashing Pumpkins' Jimmy Chamberlin Charged With Drug Possession in Bandmate's OD Death
- July 13, 2002: Quarter of a Million People Attend Fatboy Slim Concert
- July 14, 1982: The Movie 'Pink Floyd - The Wall' Premieres
- This Week in Music History: July 1 - 7
- July 1, 1979: Sony Walkman Introduced
- July 2, 2008: Joy Division Singer Ian Curtis' Gravestone Stolen
- July 3, 1969 & 1971: Rolling Stones' Brian Jones and The Doors' Jim Morrison Died
- July 4, 1976 & 1999: The Clash Debut and the Beckhams Debut
- July 5, 1980: Bauhaus Farewell Concert
- July 6, 2007: Avril Lavigne Settles Claim She Stole a Song
- July 7, 2007: Live Earth Concerts Take Place in Eight Cities Around the World
- Filed under: News, Exclusive, Music Appreciation
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