This Day In Rock History

[CrazyConnie]

This Day In Rock History: July 1st


1979 - The Sony Walkman debuts in Japan, making music portable.

2013 - Boston guitarist Tom Scholz was ordered to pay $132,000 in court fees to the Boston Herald after he unsuccessfully sued the newspaper. The Herald had suggested that Scholz was responsible for the 2007 suicide of Boston lead singer Brad Delp, but a Superior Court judge ruled that the paper could not be held liable for defaming Scholz.


source: thecurrent

 

[CrazyConnie]

This Day In Music History: July 1st


A few albums that was released....


1970 ● Cactus —— Cactus ► Hard Rock

1972 ● The Doobie Brothers —— Toulouse Street ► Pop-Rock

1987 ● Rory Gallagher —— Defender ► Blues-Rock

1996 ● Lynyrd Skynyrd —— Southern Knights ► Southern Rock

2014 ● 38 Special —— 10 Live! ► Southern Rock


source: drrocksblog&roll

 

[dr wu]

A shout out to Connie for doing This Day In Rock History all these years.

 

[CrazyConnie]

This Day In Rock History: July 2nd


1962 Jimi Hendrix was honourably discharged from the 101st Airborne Paratroopers, after breaking his ankle during his 26th and final parachute jump.


source: thisdayinmusic

 

[CrazyConnie]

This Day In Rock History: July 2nd


1949 Roy "The Professor" Bittan (keyboardist for Bruce Springsteen's E Street Band) is born in Rockaway Beach, Queens, New York

1952 Johnny Colla, who plays guitar and saxophone for Huey Lewis & the News and also assists with songwriting, is born in Sacramento, California.


source: calendarsongfacts

 

[CrazyConnie]

This Day In Rock History: July 2nd


1971 - Queen appeared at the University of Surrey in England. This was the group's first gig with the lineup of Freddie Mercury (lead vocals, piano), Brian May (guitar, vocals), John Deacon (bass guitar) and Roger Taylor (drums, vocals).

2008 - The gravestone of former Joy Division frontman Ian Curtis was stolen. The missing memorial stone was later replaced by a new stone with the same inscription — "Ian Curtis 18 - 5 - 80 / Love Will Tear Us Apart" — but in a different typeface.

2018 - Alan Longmuir from Scottish pop band Bay City Rollers died at age 70 after contracting an illness while on holiday in Mexico.


source: thecurrent

 

[CrazyConnie]

This Day In Rock History: July 2nd


1971: “Get It On” by T. Rex was released. It became the band’s second chart-topping single in the UK and is featured on their sixth album, Electric Warrior. In the US, where the song was re-titled “Bang a Gong (Get It On)” to avoid confusion with a song of the same name by American jazz band Chase, it became their only top 10 entry on the Billboard Hot 100.


source: wwcfradio

 

[CrazyConnie]

This Day In Rock History: July 2nd


1991 Guns N' Roses front man Axl Rose dives into the audience to take a camera away from a fan who was taking pictures during a concert in Maryland Heights, Missouri. The ensuing brawl injures fifty people, including fifteen police officers, and results in several other Guns N' Roses concerts being canceled.

2001 Yoko Ono was on hand as Liverpool renamed its airport after John Lennon. Yoko said John would have been very proud. "Thank you very, very much for remembering John and for loving John."


source: classicbands

 

[CrazyConnie]

This Day In Rock History: July 2nd


1973: Grand Funk Railroad released “We’re an American Band,” the lead single and title track from their seventh studio album. Written by singer and drummer Don Brewer and produced by Todd Rundgren, the song became the group’s first #1 hit in the US in September, which broadened the group’s appeal and lead to Brewer doing lead vocals on more songs.


source: wwcfradio

 

[CrazyConnie]

This Day In Music History: July 2nd


A few albums that was released....


1981 ● Foreigner —— 4 ► Arena Rock

1991 ● Alice Cooper —— Hey Stoopid ► Heavy Metal/Shock Metal

1991 ● Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers —— Into The Great Wide Open ► Album Rock

2002 ● Aerosmith —— O, Yeah! Ultimate Aerosmith Hits ► Hard Rock

2002 ● Kansas —— The Ultimate Kansas ► Prog/Arena Rock


source: drrocksblog&roll