On This Day in Rock: June 2
17 moments in rock history on June 2.
From the forum: This Day In Rock History
CrazyConnie on June 2, 2026 (6 posts)
This Day In Rock History: June 2nd Born on this day in music 1941 Charlie Watts, English drummer who joined The Rolling Stones in 1963 and had the 1965 UK & US No.1 single ’(I Can’t Get No) Satisfaction’ and over 35 Top 40 singles and albums. Watts also plays occasional gigs with Charlie Watts and his Big Band...
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1967
Small Faces released From the Beginning
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- 1975 Ringo Starr released the single "It's All Down to Goodnight Vienna" Forum threads Wikipedia
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1978
Bruce Springsteen released Darkness on the Edge of Town
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1978
Thin Lizzy released Live and Dangerous
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1980
Accept released I'm a Rebel
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- 1980 Peter Gabriel released Ein deutsches Album (A German Album) Forum threads
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1986
Queen released A Kind of Magic
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1992
The Lemonheads released It's a Shame About Ray
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1997
Bob Dylan released The Best of Bob Dylan
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1997
Gary Moore released Dark Days in Paradise
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1941
Charlie Watts of The Rolling Stones was born
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Photo: Poiseon Bild & Text (press photo by a photographer of the consulting company Poi, CC BY 2.0
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1955
Michael Steele of The Runaways was born
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Photo: Shane Greentree, CC BY-SA 3.0
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1959
Lydia Lunch was born
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Photo: Man Alive!, CC BY 2.0
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1960
Tony Hadley of Spandau Ballet was born
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Photo: veDro - l'Italia al futuro, CC BY-SA 2.0
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1961
Dez Cadena of Black Flag was born
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Photo: liftarn, CC BY-SA 2.0
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1981
Rino Gaetano died
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Photo: obbino, CC BY 2.0
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2008
Bo Diddley died
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Photo: Published by Chess Records. Photographer unknown., Public domain
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