This Day In Rock History

This Day In Rock History: Sept 11th


1974 Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young, Joni Mitchell and The Band play to 80,000 fans at London's Wembley Stadium.


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This Day In Rock History: September 11th


1943 Mickey Hart (one of the drummers for Grateful Dead) is born Michael Steven Hartman in Brooklyn but would be raised in Long Island, New York.

1945 Dennis Tufano (original lead singer for The Buckinghams) is born Dennis Stanley Joseph Tufano in Chicago, Illinois.

1953 Tommy Shaw of Styx is born in Montgomery, Alabama.

1973 Bruce Springsteen releases his second album, The Wild, The Innocent And The E Street Shuffle.

1982 John Mellencamp becomes the first male solo artist with a #1 album (American Fool) and two Top 10 singles, all at the same time ("Hurts So Good" at #8; "Jack & Diane" at #4)


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This Day In Rock History: September 11th


1987: Jethro Tull released their sixteenth studio album, Crest of a Knave, after a three year hiatus caused by a throat infection of lead singer Ian Anderson. It became the band’s most successful LP since the 1970s and won the 1989 Grammy Award for Best Hard Rock/Metal Performance Vocal or Instrumental.


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This Day In Rock History: September 11th


1987, Peter Gabriel cleaned up at the MTV Awards, winning best video, best male video, best concept video, best special effects, and five other awards for the track “Sledgehammer.”


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This Day In Music History: September 11th


A few albums that was released....


1979 ● Foreigner —— Head Games ► Arena Rock

1991 ● Stephen Stills —— Stills Alone ► Folk-Rock

2001 ● Nickelback —— Silver Side Up ► Alt Rock/Post-Grunge

2012 ● Dave Matthews Band —— Away From The World ► AA Pop-Rock

2015 ● Scorpions —— Return To Forever ► Heavy Metal


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This Day In Rock History: September 12th


1944 R&B singer Barry White is born Barry Eugene Carter in Galveston, Texas. He would be raised in South Central Los Angeles, California.

1946 Blue Cheer singer/bassist Dickie Peterson is born in Grand Forks, North Dakota.

1952 Neal Peart (drummer/lyricist for Rush) is born near Hamilton, Ontario, Canada.

1969 The Rolling Stones release Through The Past, Darkly.

2008 Metallica release Death Magnetic, produced by Rick Rubin.


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This Day In Rock History: Sept 12th


1980 - Ozzy Osbourne released his solo debut album, Blizzard of Ozz. It features “Crazy Train,” “Goodbye to Romance,” and “Mr. Crowley.”

1985 - Starship released their debut album, Knee Deep in the Hoopla. It features “We Built This City” and “Sara.”


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This Day In Rock History: Sept 12th


1989, Aerosmith released 'Pump' their tenth studio album which featured the hit singles: 'Love In An Elevator', 'The Other Side' and 'Janie's Got a Gun'. Aerosmith found themselves in law school textbooks after a small rock band named Pump sued Aerosmith's management company for service mark infringement. Aerosmith won the case.


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This Day In Rock History: Sept 12th


1975, Pink Floyd released their ninth studio album, Wish You Were Here. The album explored themes of absence, the music business, and former band-mate Syd Barrett’s mental decline. It went to number one in the US and the UK, and went on to spend a total of 84 weeks on the chart.

2007, The surviving members of Led Zeppelin announced they would reform for a star-studded tribute concert in London. Robert Plant, Jimmy Page and John Paul Jones would play at a show to remember the late Atlantic Records founder Ahmet Ertegun. The place of Led Zeppelin drummer John Bonham, who died in 1980, would be taken by his son Jason. The one-off concert, the trio’s first performance for 19 years, would take place at the O2 arena in London on the 26th of November, with tickets costing £125 ($200). All profits from the show would go towards scholarships in Ertegun’s name in UK, the USA and Turkey, the country of his birth.


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This Day In Music History: September 12th


2003 Johnny Cash, "The Man in Black" who became a towering figure in American music with such hits as "Folsom Prison Blues", "I Walk the Line", and "A Boy Named Sue", died at the age of 71. During his career, Cash won 11 Grammys, most recently in 2003, when "Give My Love To Rose" earned him honors as Best Male Country Vocal Performance. He also notched fourteen number 1 Country music hits. He was elected to the Country Music Hall of Fame in 1980 and inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1992. Two of his most popular albums were recorded live at Folsom Prison in 1968 and at San Quentin in 1969. Many people wrongly thought he had served prison time himself. He never did, although he did spend the odd night in jail during his youth and battled addictions to pills on and off throughout his life.


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