This Day In Rock History

CrazyConnie · Sep 18, 2020

This Day In Music History: September 18th

A few albums that was released....

1970 ● Fleetwood Mac —— Kiln House ► Pop-Rock

1978 ● Ace Frehley —— Ace Frehley ► Pop-Metal

1978 ● Peter Criss —— Peter Criss ► Hard Rock

1978 ● Gene Simmons —— Gene Simmons ► Hard Rock

1978 ● Paul Stanley —— Paul Stanley ► Hard Rock

1982 ● Twisted Sister —— Under The Blade ► Hair Metal

1983 ● Dokken —— Breaking The Chains ► Heavy Metal

1983 ● Kiss —— Lick It Up ► Hard Rock

1987 ● Kiss —— Crazy Nights ► Hard Rock

1989 ● The Band —— To Kingdom Come: The Definitive Collection ► Folk-Rock

2001 ● Alice Cooper —— Dragontown ► Hard Rock

2015 ● David Gilmour —— Rattle That Lock ► Prog Rock

source: drrocksblog&roll

CrazyConnie · Sep 20, 2020

This Day In Rock History: September 19th

1973 Country rock singer, songwriter 26-year-old Gram Parsons formerly of The Byrds and The Flying Burrito Brothers, died under mysterious conditions in Joshua Tree, California. His death was attributed to heart failure but later was officially announced as a drug overdose. His coffin was stolen by two of his associates, manager Phil Kaufman and Michael Martin, a former roadie for The Byrds, and was taken to Cap Rock in the California desert, where it was set alight, in accordance to Parson's wishes. The two were later arrested by police.

source: thisdayinmusic

CrazyConnie · Sep 20, 2020

This Day In Rock History: September 19th

1940 Blue-eyed soul singer Bill Medley (of The Righteous Brothers) is born in Los Angeles, California.

1943 Cass Elliot (of The Mamas & The Papas) is born Ellen Naomi Cohen in Baltimore, Maryland.

1958 Lita Ford is born in London. She joins the all-female rock group The Runaways as a teenager and has a hit with "Kiss Me Deadly" in 1988.

source: calendersongfacts

CrazyConnie · Sep 20, 2020

This Day In Music History: September 19th

A few albums that was released....

1980 ● White Spirit —— White Spirit ► Hard Rock/Heavy Metal

1981 ● Triumph —— Allied Forces ► Arena Rock

1986 ● Megadeth —— Peace Sells…But Who’s Buying? ► Heavy Metal

1988 ● Anthrax —— State Of Euphoria ► Heavy Metal/Thrash Metal

1988 ● Bon Jovi —— New Jersey ► Hard Rock

1995 ● Pink Floyd —— London ’66-’67 [EP] ► Prog Rock

2005 ● Jethro Tull —— Auqualung Live [UK] ► Folk-Rock

source: drrocksblog&roll

CrazyConnie · Sep 21, 2020

This Day In Rock History: September 20th

1948 The fraternal twin brothers Chuck and John Panozzo are born in Chicago. Along with James Young, Dennis DeYoung and John Curulewski, they form the band Styx, where they are the rhythm section, Chuck on bass and John on drums.

1967 Identical twins Matthew and Gunnar Nelson (of Nelson) are born to teen idol Ricky Nelson and actress Kristin Harmon in Santa Monica, California.

1973 Jim Croce is killed in a plane crash in Natchitoches, Louisiana, at age 30.

2010 Leonard Skinner, the namesake of the band Lynyrd Skynyrd, dies of Alzheimer's disease at age 77. As a gym teacher at Robert E. Lee High School in Jacksonville, Florida, he sent Ronnie Van Zant to the principal's office because his hair was too long.

source: calendarsongfacts

CrazyConnie · Sep 21, 2020

This Day In Rock History: September 20th

1976 AC/DC released their third studio album 'Dirty Deeds Done Dirt Cheap'. The album has been certified 6x Platinum in the United States, which means that it has sold at least 6 million copies, becoming the third highest sold album by AC/DC in the US after 'Highway To Hell' and 'Back In Black'.

source: thisdayinmusic

CrazyConnie · Sep 21, 2020

This Day In Music History: September 20th

A few albums that was released....

1980 ● Ozzy Osbourne —— Blizzard of Ozz ► Hard Rock

1982 ● Dire Straits —— Love Over Gold ► Post-Punk Pop-Rock

1982 ● Poco —— Ghost Town ► Country-Rock

1994 ● Robert Palmer —— Honey ► Blue-Eyed Soul

1999 ● Yes —— The Ladder ► Prog Rock

2005 ● Motörhead —— BBC Live & In Session ► Heavy Metal

2005 ● Bon Jovi —— Have A Nice Day ► Arena Rock

2005 ● Poco —— Bareback At Big Sky ► Country-Rock

source: drrocksblog&roll

CrazyConnie · Sep 21, 2020

This Day In Rock History: September 21st

1991 Status Quo put themselves in the Guinness Book Of Records by appearing four venues in one day, Sheffield, Glasgow, Birmingham and London, performing all four in a 12-hour period.

source: thisdayinmusic

CrazyConnie · Sep 21, 2020

This Day In Rock History: September 21st

1968 The Grass Roots' "Midnight Confessions" enters the Billboard Pop chart where it will peak at #5, becoming their most successful record.

1968 Janis Joplin announced that she would be leaving Big Brother And The Holding Company at the end of the year. The band's musicianship had long been suspect by Rock critics. Joplin would later be backed by The Kozmic Blues Band.

1968 Jimi Hendrix's "All Along the Watchtower" is released in the US where will become his only Top 40 hit single, topping out at number 20.

1974 Canada's Bachman-Turner Overdrive release "You Ain't Seen Nothin' Yet", which will become their third US Top 30 entry and their only number one.

source; classicbands

CrazyConnie · Sep 21, 2020

This Day In Rock History: September 21st

1932 Don Preston (of Mothers of Invention) is born in Flint, Michigan.

1947 Don Felder (Eagles lead guitarist) is born in Gainesville, Florida.

1972 Liam Gallagher is born William John Paul Gallagher in Burnage, Manchester, England. He forms Oasis with his older brother, Noel.

1972 David Silveria (Korn drummer) is born in San Leandro, California.

1987 Jaco Pastorius of Weather Report, age 35, dies of a massive brain hemorrhage ten days after a violent altercation with a club bouncer left him a coma.

1989 Rush move away from their keyboard-heavy sound with Presto, their 13th studio album and first under the Atlantic Records label. The album's four singles (including "Show Don't Tell," "Presto," "The Pass," and "Superconductor") all crack the Top 40.

source: calendarsongfacts

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