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This Day In Rock History: October 29th


1944 Denny Laine is born Brian Hines on a boat off the Jersey coast. He becomes a founding member of both The Moody Blues and Wings.

1944 Rob Van Leeuwen (guitarist for Shocking Blue) is born in The Hague, Netherlands

1946 Rock guitarist Peter Green (of Fleetwood Mac, John Mayall & the Bluesbreakers) is born in Bethnal Green, London, England.

1955 Kevin DuBrow (lead singer of Quiet Riot) is born in Los Angeles, California.

1973 John Lennon releases "Mind Games" and the LP of the same name in the US.

1978 Rush's Hemispheres hits stores. The album is ambitious even by Rush standards, and the work put into recording it nearly gives the band members nervous breakdowns.

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A few albums that was released....




1976 ● The Doobie Brothers —— Best Of The Doobie Brothers ► Pop-Rock

1981 ● Rush —— Exit…Stage Left ► Arena Rock

1982 ● Pat Benatar —— Get Nervous ► Hard Rock

1996 ● Huey Lewis & The News —— Time Flies…The Best Of ► Pop-Rock

1996 ● The Who —— Live At The Isle Of Wight Festival 1970 ► British Rock

2002 ● Whitesnake —— Here I Go Again: The Whitesnake Collection ► Arena Rock

2002 ● Nirvana —— Nirvana ► Alt. Pop-Rock

2007 ● Queen —— Queen Rock Momtreal ► Glam Rock


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This Day In Rock History: October 30th



1970 Elton John released his third studio album Tumbleweed Connection. The cover photo for the album was taken at Horsted Keynes railway station, 30 miles south of London and captured John and Bernie Taupin in front of the late-nineteenth-century station to represent the album's rural Americana concept, despite the English location.

1971 Pink Floyd released their sixth studio album Meddle in the US. The album features 'One Of These Days' and the 23-minute track 'Echoes' which took up all of side 2 on the vinyl record. The cover image was photographed by Bob Dowling. The image represents an ear, underwater, collecting waves of sound, represented by ripples in the water.

1978 Blondie released the single 'Hanging on the Telephone', as the second single from the album Parallel Lines. Written by Jack Lee from US West Coast power pop trio The Nerves. The song gave Blondie their first UK Top 10 hit.

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1939 Grace Slick (of Jefferson Airplane) is born in Highland Park, Illinois.

1946 Drummer Chris Slade (of Uriah Heep, AC/DC, Manfred Mann) is born Christopher Rees in Pontypridd, Glamorgan, Wales

1947 Timothy B. Schmit (bass guitarist for Eagles, Poco) is born in Oakland, California.

1960 Joey BellaDonna (vocalist for Anthrax) is born Joseph Bellardini in Oswego, New York.

1968 Malcolm Hale (lead guitarist for Spanky & Our Gang) dies of pneumonia at age 27.

1970 Hotlegs (later renamed 10cc) make their concert debut at London's Royal Festival Hall.

2003 Pink Floyd manager Steve O'Rourke dies after suffering a stroke at age 63.

2007 Eagles release Long Road Out of Eden, available at first only at the band's website, Wal-Mart, and Sam's Club stores.


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A few albums that was released....


1971 ● The Who —— Meaty Beaty Big And Bouncy ► British Rock

1983 ● Mercyful Fate —— Melissa ► Heavy Metal

1985 ● Anthrax —— Spreading The Disease ► Heavy Metal/Thrash Metal

2007 ● Ben E. King —— Love Is Gonna Get You ► Soul

2012 ● Neil Young & Crazy Horse —— Psychedelic Pill ► Hard Rock


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This Day In Rock History: October 31st


1974 Led Zeppelin held the UK launch for their new record label Swan Song at Chislehurst Caves, Kent, England on Halloween night. Drinks were served by nuns in suspenders, a naked woman lay in a coffin covered in jelly and naked male wrestlers cavorted in recesses of the caves. Label mates Bad Company, The Pretty Things and Maggie Bell also attended. The launch also tied in with the releases of The Pretty Things new album Silk Torpedo. The label was named after an unreleased Zeppelin instrumental track.

1990 During a gig in Seattle, Washington, Billy Idol dumped 600 dead fish in Faith No More's dressing room. They responded by walking on stage, naked during Idol's set.


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1945 Russ Ballard (Unit 4+2 guitarist and Argent frontman) is born in Waltham Cross, Hertfordshire, England.

1961 U2 drummer Larry Mullen is born in Artane, Dublin, Ireland.

1992 Joan Jett stars in an episode of the TV series Highlander, playing one of the immortals. Her version of "Cherry Bomb" is featured.

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1968 Malcolm Hale, guitarist for Spanky And Our Gang, died suddenly of pneumonia at the age of 27. The group placed five songs on the Billboard Top 40 between 1967 and 1968, including "Sunday Will Never Be The Same" (#9), "Lazy Day" (#14) and "Like To Get To Know You" (#17).

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