On This Day in Rock: December 24
7 moments in rock history on December 24.
From the forum: This Day In Rock History
CrazyConnie on December 24, 2025 (4 posts)
This Day In Rock History: December 24th 2016 Status Quo guitarist Rick Parfitt died in hospital in Marbella, Spain aged 68. He died from a severe infection after going to hospital, following complications to a shoulder injury. His partnership with Francis Rossi became the core of Status Quo, one of Britain's most...
Album releases
- 1990 Iron Maiden released the single "Bring Your Daughter... to the Slaughter" Forum threads Wikipedia
Born on this day
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1945
Lemmy of The Damned was born
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Photo: Mark Marek Mark Marek Copyright Mark Marek Photography ©2007 URL: Motorhead Gall, CC BY-SA 3.0
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1946
Jan Akkerman of Focus was born
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1955
Gary Lachman of Blondie was born
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Photo: Jean-Luc, CC BY-SA 2.0
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1962
Darren Wharton of Thin Lizzy was born
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Remembering
- 2012 Ray Collins of The Mothers of Invention died Forum threads Wikipedia
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2016
Rick Parfitt of Status Quo died
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Photo: Håkan Henriksson (Narking), CC BY 3.0
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