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The story behind some of the most well known songs that got a further boost from tragedy. Podcast on Apple Podcasts https://podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/the-rock-n-roll-true-stories-podcast/id1876614383 My second YouTube Channel https://www.youtube.com/@RockNRollTrueStories2 Some of the biggest rock songs of the '90s and 2000s became huge for the worst possible reason. In this documentary, we look at the rock hits and albums that got a massive push from tragedy, from the Oklahoma City bombing and 9/11 to Hurricane Katrina, a plane crash and the deaths of rock icons. We also look at how much the tragedy really had to do with it, because in a few of these cases, the story everyone tells about them isn't quite right. We start with Live and "Lightning Crashes." The song was dedicated to a friend of the band and was already number one on rock radio when the Oklahoma City bombing happened in April 1995. A local DJ's remix turned it into the soundtrack for tributes to the victims, and weeks later, Throwing Copper finally hit number one on the Billboard 200, a full year after it came out. Then there's P.O.D., whose album Satellite hit stores on the morning of September 11th, 2001. "Alive" was a song about hope, and the timing turned it into one of the defining rock anthems of that fall. We also cover Five for Fighting's "Superman (It's Not Easy)," which was already climbing the charts before 9/11 and became an anthem after John Ondrasik performed it at The Concert for New York City. We look at Bruce Springsteen's The Rising, the album that put him back at number one for the first time since 1987, and Green Day's "Wake Me Up When September Ends," a song about Billie Joe Armstrong's father that became tied to Hurricane Katrina after a fan video went viral. From there, we go back to 1977 and Lynyrd Skynyrd's Street Survivors, released with a cover showing the band in flames just three days before the plane crash that killed Ronnie Van Zant, Steve Gaines and Cassie Gaines. We also cover Nirvana's MTV Unplugged in New York, which became the biggest first week of Nirvana's career after Kurt Cobain's death, the sales surge after Chester Bennington died, and Eric Clapton's "Tears in Heaven." Finally, we flip it around and look at the Clear Channel list that circulated after 9/11, when songs by Rage Against the Machine, Metallica, AC/DC and even John Lennon were treated as too risky for radio. None of these artists set out to cash in on tragedy. They wrote songs about hope, grief and loss, and then something terrible happened and people needed those songs to get through it. This is the story of what happens when a song stops belonging to the band. Which song is permanently tied to a tragedy for you? Let me know in the comments, and if there's a story I missed, drop it below for a possible part two. If you enjoy documentaries about rock history, band controversies and the stories behind famous songs, subscribe to Rock N' Roll True Stories and turn on notifications so you don't miss the next one. Have a video request or a topic you'd like to see us cover? Comment below or send in your idea: https://bit.ly/3stnXlN CONNECT ON SOCIAL TIKOK:https://www.tiktok.com/@rocknrolltruestory Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/rnrtruestories/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/RNRTrueStories Twitter: https://twitter.com/rocktruestories Blog: www.rockandrolltruestories.com These videos are for entertainment purposes only. DISCLAIMER https://rockandrolltruestories.com/youtube-disclaimer/