On This Day in Rock: October 25
25 moments in rock history on October 25.
From the forum: This Day In Rock History
CrazyConnie on October 25, 2025 (7 posts)
This Day In Rock History: October 25th 1943 Roy Lynes (keyboardist for Status Quo) is born in Redhill, Surrey, England. 1944 Jon Anderson (lead singer for Yes) is born in Accrington, Lancashire, England. 1949 Glenn Tipton (guitarist for Judas Priest) is born in Blackheath, England. 1955 Matthias Jabs...
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1968
Jethro Tull released This Was
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1969
Pink Floyd released Ummagumma
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1971
Chicago released At Carnegie Hall
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- 1974 Wings released the single "Junior's Farm" Forum threads Wikipedia
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1975
Paul Simon released Still Crazy After All These Years
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1977
Art Garfunkel released Watermark
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- 1982 Marillion released the single "Market Square Heroes" Forum threads Wikipedia
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1986
The Police released Every Breath You Take – The Singles
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- 1988 Frank Zappa released You Can't Do That on Stage Anymore, Vol. 2 Forum threads Wikipedia
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1988
Kansas released In the Spirit of Things
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- 1991 X Japan released the single "Standing Sex" Forum threads Wikipedia
- 1993 Pearl Jam released the single "Go" Forum threads Wikipedia
- 1994 Joni Mitchell released Turbulent Indigo Forum threads Wikipedia
- 1997 Eric Clapton released the single "Change the World" Forum threads Wikipedia
Born on this day
- 1943 Roy Lynes of Status Quo was born Forum threads Wikipedia
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1944
Jon Anderson of Yes was born
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Photo: Stéphane Gallay, CC BY 2.0
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1944
Kati Kovács was born
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Photo: S.Josh, CC BY-SA 4.0
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1947
Glenn Tipton of Judas Priest was born
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Photo: Zach Petersen ( http://zach.e53.org/ ), CC BY-SA 2.0
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1950
Chris Norman of Smokie was born
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Photo: Elke Wetzig Elya, CC BY-SA 3.0
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1951
Richard Lloyd of Television was born
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Photo: Photograph by Roberta Bayley. Distributed by Elektra Records., Public domain
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1955
Matthias Jabs of Scorpions was born
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Photo: Carlos Delgado, CC BY-SA 3.0
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1961
Chad Smith of Chickenfoot was born
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Photo: Sven Mandel, CC BY-SA 4.0
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1963
John Levén of Europe was born
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Photo: Birgit Fostervold, CC BY-SA 4.0
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2014
Jack Bruce of John Mayall & the Bluesbreakers died
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Photo: Christian Sahm, CC BY-SA 2.0
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2024
Phil Lesh of Grateful Dead died
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Photo: SaltyBoatr, CC BY-SA 3.0
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