On This Day in Rock: February 14
13 moments in rock history on February 14.
From the forum: This Day In Rock History
CrazyConnie on February 14, 2023 (2 posts)
This Day In Rock History: February 14th 2002 English drummer and singer Mick Tucker with glam rock band Sweet died of leukaemia aged 54. Sweet had the 1973 UK No.1 single 'Blockbuster', plus 14 other UK Top 40 singles. He was a founding member of the band Sweetshop in January 1968. "Sweetshop" was shortened to...
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1972
Neil Young released Harvest
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- 1973 The Velvet Underground released Squeeze Forum threads Wikipedia
- 1980 Heart released Bébé le Strange Forum threads Wikipedia
- 1992 Vangelis released 1492 – Conquest of Paradise – Music From The Original Soundtrack Forum threads Wikipedia
- 1995 The Cranberries released the single "I Can't Be with You" Forum threads Wikipedia
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1995
Slash's Snakepit released It's Five O'Clock Somewhere
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Born on this day
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1950
Josipa Lisac was born
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Photo: Stevan Kragujević, CC BY 4.0
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1951
Sylvain Sylvain of New York Dolls was born
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Photo: Erika Harding, Public domain
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1972
Rob Thomas was born
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Photo: David Shankbone, CC BY 2.0
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1989
Vincent Crane of Atomic Rooster died
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Photo: Unknown authorUnknown author, Public domain
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2002
Mick Tucker of The Sweet died
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Photo: Majalah Varianada, Public domain
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2010
Doug Fieger of The Knack died
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Photo: James No, CC BY 2.0
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2012
Tonmi Lillman of Lordi died
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Photo: Harsi62 at Finnish Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 3.0
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