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This Day In Rock History: May 21st




1972 The Doors, Pink Floyd, the Faces, Family, Curved Air, Atomic Rooster, The Kinks, Rory Gallagher, Uriah Heep, Country Joe McDonald, Buddy Miles, Status Quo, Brinsley Schwarz, Spencer Davis, The Strawbs and Humble Pie all appeared at the 2nd British Rock Meeting, Insel Grun, Germersheim, West Germany. The festival was due to take place in Mannheim, West Germany, but after protests from the locals, the concert actually took place in nearby Germersheim.

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This Day In Rock History: May 21st



1943 Hilton Valentine (original guitarist for The Animals) is born in North Shields, Northumberland, England.

1947 Bill Champlin (keyboardist, guitarist for Chicago) is born in Oakland, California.

1948 Leo Sayer is born Gerard Hugh Sayer in Shoreham-by-Sea, Sussex, England.

1955 Stan Lynch (original drummer for Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers) is born in Cincinnati, Ohio.

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This Day In Rock History: May 21st


A few albums that was released....



1976 ● Blue Öyster Cult —— Agents Of Fortune ► Metal

1979 ● Saxon —— Saxon ► Heavy Metal

1988 ● Cinderella —— Long Cold Winter ► Heavy Metal

1996 ● Scorpions —— Pure Instinct ► Heavy Metal/Kraut Rock

2002 ● Poison —— Hollyweird ► Heavy Metal/Hair Metal

2002 ● Bad Company —— In Concert: Merchants Of Cool ► Hard Rock

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This Day In Rock History: May 22nd


1955 John Grimaldi (guitarist for Argent) is born in St Albans, Hertfordshire, England.


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This Day In Rock History: May 23rd


1970 The Grateful Dead played their first gig outside the US at 'The Hollywood Rock Music Festival', in Newcastle under Lyme, Staffs, England. Also appearing at the festival was Free, Ginger Baker's Air Force, Colosseum, Family, Black Sabbath and Traffic.

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A few albums that was released....



1971 ● Rory Gallagher —— Rory Gallagher ► Blues-Rock

1979 ● Kiss —— Dynasty ► Hard Rock

1988 ● Joan Jett & The Blackhearts —— Up Your Alley ► Hard Rock

1995 ● Chicago —— Night & Day ► Big Band

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1938 Comedian Tommy Chong (of Cheech & Chong) is born in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada.

1941 Bob Dylan is born Robert Allen Zimmerman in Duluth, Minnesota.

1944 Patti Labelle is born Patricia Louise Holt in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

1946 Steve Upton (original drummer for Wishbone Ash) is born in Wrexham, Wales, but will be raised in Exeter, Devon, England.

1947 Blue Öyster Cult drummer Albert Bouchard is born in Watertown, New York.

1969 Rich Robinson (guitarist for The Black Crowes) is born in Atlanta, Georgia.

1991 Gene Clark (tambourine player for The Byrds), suffering from a bleeding ulcer, dies at age 46 after years of drug and alcohol abuse.

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This Day In Rock History: May 24th


A few albums that was released....


1974 ● David Bowie —— Diamond Dogs ► Glam Rock

1986 ● AC/DC —— Who Made Who ► Hard Rock

1988 ● Van Halen —— OU812 ► Hard Rock

1993 ● Guns N’ Roses —— The “Civil War” [EP] ► Hard Rock

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