On This Day in Rock: April 18
12 moments in rock history on April 18.
From the forum: This Day In Rock History
CrazyConnie on April 18, 2026 (4 posts)
This Day In Rock History: April 18th 1946 Skip Spence (of Quicksilver Messenger Service, Moby Grape, Jefferson Airplane) is born Alexander Lee Spence in Windsor, Ontario, Canada. 2009 Sable Starr dies of brain cancer in Reno, Nevada, at the age of 51. In the 1970s she was a famous groupie, following rock stars...
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1975
ZZ Top released Fandango!
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- 1980 Phil Lynott released Solo in Soho Forum threads Wikipedia
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1983
Kajagoogoo released White Feathers
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- 1989 The Cure released the single "Fascination Street" Forum threads Wikipedia
- 1994 Soundgarden released the single "The Day I Tried to Live" Forum threads Wikipedia
- 1995 R.E.M. released the single "Strange Currencies" Forum threads Wikipedia
- 1999 Bryan Adams released the single "Cloud Number Nine" Forum threads Wikipedia
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1946
Skip Spence of Jefferson Airplane was born
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Photo: KRLA/Beat Publications-page 2 Photo by Chuck Boyd of Beat. The newspaper was pro, Public domain
- 1953 Danny Gottlieb of Mahavishnu Orchestra was born Forum threads Wikipedia
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1963
Mike Mangini of Annihilator was born
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Photo: Sehsuan, CC BY-SA 3.0
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1974
Mark Tremonti of Creed was born
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2024
Dickey Betts of The Allman Brothers Band died
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