This Day In Rock History

[CrazyConnie]

This Day In Rock History: October 1st


1970 - Janis Joplin makes her last recordings, singing "Mercedes Benz," which is included on her posthumous Pearl album a capella. She dies three days later.


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[CrazyConnie]

This Day In Rock History: October 1st


1966: Moody Blues co-founder Denny Laine left the band. Replaced by Justin Hayward, Laine formed the Electric String Band later that year. He then briefly played with Balls and Ginger Baker’s Air Force before joining Paul McCartney’s band, Wings, all the while releasing his own solo albums.

1977: The Runaways released their third studio album, Waitin’ for the Night. It was their first as a quartet and saw Joan Jett take over lead vocals after the departure of Cherie Currie.


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[CrazyConnie]

This Day In Music History: October 1st


A few albums that was released....


1975 ● Rory Gallagher —— Against The Grain ► Blues-Rock

1976 ● Styx —— Crystal Ball ► Prog/Art Rock

1978 ● Rory Gallagher —— Photo-Finish ► Blues-Rock

1979 ● Slade —— Return To Base ► Hard Rock

1984 ● Joan Jett & The Blackhearts —— Glorious Results Of A Misspent Youth ► Punk-rock

1990 ● Iron Maiden —— No Prayer For The Dying ► Heavy Metal

1991 ● Cheap Trick —— The Greatest Hits ► Hard Rock/Power Pop


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[CrazyConnie]

This Day In Music History: October 1st


A few albums that was released....


1984: U2 released their fourth studio album, The Unforgettable Fire, via Island Records. It represented a major sonic shift for the band, as they moved away from the traditional hard rock sound of their previous album and experimented with new sounds and styles.

1996: Nirvana released the live album From the Muddy Banks of the Wishkah, which is a compilation of 17 live performances recorded between 1989 and 1994. The album's purpose was to showcase the band's heavier side after their highly successful MTV Unplugged in New York release two years prior.


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[CrazyConnie]

This Day In Rock History: October 2nd


1941 Ron Meagher (bass guitarist for The Beau Brummels) is born in Oakland, California

1951 Sting is born Gordon Matthew Thomas Sumner in Wallsend, Northumberland, England. He earns his nickname when a fellow musician says he looks like a bee in his yellow-and-black striped sweater. He is working as a schoolteacher when his band The Police hit the big time.

2017 Tom Petty, 66, goes into cardiac arrest at his Malibu home. He is taken to UCLA medical center, but cannot be revived. Later that night, after his friends and family gather, he is taken off life support.

2018 Geoff Emerick, the engineer on most Beatles' recordings, dies of a heart attack at 72.


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[CrazyConnie]

This Day In Rock History: October 2nd


1976 John Belushi came out on stage with Joe Cocker while he was performing on Saturday Night Live.

1978 The single "Hold The Line" was released by Toto.

1985 The Prince single "America" was released.

1995 Iron Maiden's tenth album The X Factor was released. It was the first album to include Blaze Bayley as vocalist.


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[CrazyConnie]

This Day In Music History: October 2nd


1983 Welsh singer Bonnie Tyler was at No. 1 on the U.S. singles chart with "Total Eclipse Of The Heart." The song, which was Tyler's biggest hit of her career, made her the only Welsh artist to score a U.S. No. 1 hit. Worldwide, the single has sales in excess of 6 million copies. Fun fact about the song -- it was written and produced by Jim Steinman, who said of the song in an interview with Playbill: "with 'Total Eclipse of the Heart', I was trying to come up with a love song and I remembered I actually wrote that to be a vampire love song. Its original title was 'Vampires in Love' because I was working on a musical of Nosferatu, the other great vampire story. If anyone listens to the lyrics, they're really like vampire lines. It's all about the darkness, the power of darkness and love's place in the dark."


source: thecurrent

 

[CrazyConnie]

This Day In Rock History: October 2nd


1971: The J. Geils Band released their second studio album, The Morning After.

1978: Chicago released Hot Streets, the band’s tenth studio album and first not to feature original guitarist and vocalist Terry Kath.

1989: The Kinks released their twenty-third studio album, UK Jive.


source: wwcfradio

 

[CrazyConnie]

This Day In Rock History: October 2nd


1993 Meat Loaf's "Bat Out of Hell II: Back Into Hell" enters the Billboard LP chart, where it will go on to reach number one. It also topped the charts in the UK and Australia and sold over 14 million copies worldwide.


source: classicbands

 

[CrazyConnie]

This Day In Music History: October 2nd


A few albums that was released....


1981 ● The Police —— Ghost In The Machine ► New Wave Pop-Rock

1995 ● Iron Maiden —— The X Factor ► Heavy Metal

2001 ● Machine Head —— Supercharger ► Heavy Metal/Groove Metal

2012 ● Heart —— Fanatic ► Album Rock


source: drrocksblog&roll