This Day In Rock History

[CrazyConnie]

This Day In Rock History: Nov 22nd


1991, Alice Cooper came to the rescue of two fans; Patrick and Dee Ann Kelly, whose California home was about to be re-possessed. Patrick had painted Coopers face on the house to help sell the property. Mr Cooper signed autographs to help raise money for the couple.

1994, Pearl Jam released their third studio album Vitalogy, which was first released on vinyl and became the first vinyl album to appear on the US chart, since the domination of the compact disc format. They followed the release in other formats two weeks later, whereupon it became the second-fastest-selling CD in history, behind only the band's previous release Vs.

1997, INXS singer Michael Hutchence was found dead in his hotel suite in Sydney. He was 37. Hutchence body was found at 11.50am naked behind the door to his room. He had apparently hanged himself with his own belt and the buckle broke away and his body was found kneeling on the floor and facing the door. It had been suggested that his death resulted from an act of auto eroticism, no forensic or other evidence to substantiate that suggestion was found.


source: thisdayinmusic

 

[CrazyConnie]

This Day In Rock History: Nov 22nd



1947 Rod Price (lead guitarist for Foghat) is born Roderick Michael Price in Willesden, North London, England.

1950 Little Steven Van Zandt (guitarist/mandolinist for Bruce Springsteen's E Street Band) is born in Boston, Massachusetts.


source: calendarsongfacts

 

[CrazyConnie]

This Day In Music History: Nov 22nd


A few albums that was released....



1968 ● The Beatles —— The Beatles (The White Album) ► Pop-Rock

1968 ● The Kinks —— The Kinks Are The Village Green Preservation Society ► British Rock

1980 ● Motörhead —— Beer Drinkers And Hell Raisers [EP] ► Heavy Metal

1988 ● Pink Floyd —— Delicate Sound Of Thunder ► Prog Rock

1993 ● The Rolling Stones —— Jump Back: The Best Of The Rolling Stones [UK] ► Blues-Rock

1994 ● Aerosmith —— Box Of Fire ► Hard Rock

1994 ● ZZ Top —— One Foot In The Blues ► Blues-Rock

2003 ● Rory Gallagher —— Meeting With The G-Man ► Blues-Rock

2005 ● Billy Joel —— My Lives ► Pop-Rock

2005 ● The Rolling Stones —— Rarities 1971-2003 ► Blues-Rock

2005 ● Rush —— R30: 30th Anniversary World Tour ► Prog/Art Rock

2011 ● Motörhead —— The Wörld Is Ours – Vol. 1: Everywhere Further Than Everyplace Else ► Heavy Metal


source: calendarsongfacts

 

[CrazyConnie]

This Day In Rock History: Nov 23rd


1979, Pink Floyd released 'Another Brick In The Wall (Part 2)' which rapidly topped the charts in the UK, followed by the US and a further 9 countries. Featuring children from Islington Green School in North London, close to Floyd's Britannia Row Studios, it was the group’s first UK single since Point Me At The Sky in 1968, and their first chart hit since See Emily Play in 1967.

2008, 15 years after their last album, Guns N' Roses released Chinese Democracy in the US, exclusively via the electronics retailer Best Buy. Nine years previously, Geffen Records had reportedly paid Axl Rose $1 million to finish the album, with a further $1 million if he handed it in to them by March 1, 1999.

source: thidayinmusic

 

[CrazyConnie]

This Day In Rock History: Nov 23rd


1940 Freddie Marsden (drummer for Gerry and the Pacemakers) is born in Toxteth, Liverpool, England.

1954 Bruce Hornsby is born in Williamsburg, Virginia.

source: calendarsongfacts

 

[CrazyConnie]

This Day In Rock History: Nov 23rd


1974 The band Spooky Tooth split up after releasing seven albums since 1968. At various times, the group included Gary Wright (who would have solo success with "Dreamweaver" and "Love Is Alive"), Mick Jones (later with Foreigner), Chris Stainton (who went on to work with Joe Cocker), and Henry McCullough. (recruited by Paul McCartney And Wings) The British band never charted in their home country, but gained modest success in the US.

1976 After Elvis had invited him, Jerry Lee Lewis shows up at Presley's Gracland mansion just before three o'clock in the morning, driving a brand new Lincoln Continental, which he accidently rams into the famous front gates with the wrought-iron music notes. Elvis' cousin, Harold Loyd, who was manning the gates, didn't recognize Jerry Lee and called the police. The press later reported that The Killer was waving a pistol in the air, demanding to see Elvis. It was a story that tour guides at Graceland told for years, but Jerry Lee emphatically denied. "I really didn't mean to do nothin' to harm Elvis. He was my friend. I was his." The two never saw each other again.

source: classicbands

 

[CrazyConnie]

This Day In Rock History: Nov 23rd


1970 - George Harrison's "My Sweet Lord" was released in the U.S.

1984 - The Metallica single "Creeping Death" was released.

1993 - Metallica's album "Garage Inc." was released worldwide. It was released in the U.S. the next day.

1999 - The Metallica album "S&M" was released.


source: onthisday

 

[CrazyConnie]

This Day In Music History: Nov 23rd


A few albums that was released....


1964 ● Ben E. King —— Ben E. King’s Greatest Hits ► Soul

1964 ● The Beatles —— The Beatles Story ► Pop-Rock

1970 ● Cat Stevens —— Tea For The Tillerman ► Folk-Pop

1981 ● AC/DC —— For Those About To Rock We Salute You ► Hard Rock

1981 ● Chicago —— Greatest Hits, Volume II ► Jazz-Rock

1981 ● Pink Floyd —— A Collection Of Great Dance Songs ► Prog Rock

1983 ● The Who —— Who’s Greatest Hits ► British Rock

1993 ● Guns N’ Roses —— The Spaghetti Incident? ► Hard Rock

1993 ● Metallica —— Live Shit: Binge & Purge ► Heavy Metal

1999 ● Mötley Crüe —— Live: Entertainment Or Death ► Heavy Metal

1999 ● Guns N’ Roses —— Live Era: ’87-’93 ► Hard Rock

2004 ● Evanescence —— Anywhere But Home ► Hard Rock/Alt Metal

2004 ● Nirvana —— With The Lights Out ► Grunge

2004 ● Poco —— Keeping The Legend Alive ► Country-Rock

2009 ● Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers —— The Live Anthology ► Album Rock


source: drrocksblog&roll

 

[CrazyConnie]

This Day In Rock History: Nov 24th


1991, Eric Carr (Paul Charles Caravello) drummer with KISS died aged 41, of complications from cancer in a New York hospital. Carr replaced Peter Criss in 1980 and remained a band member until he became ill in 1991. For his Kiss stage persona, Carr was known as 'The Fox.'

1991, Freddie Mercury died of complications from aids at his home in London's Holland park aged 45, just one day after he publicly admitted he was *** positive. Mercury was openly bisexual and enjoyed a colourful rock star lifestyle. During his career with Queen he scored over 40 Top 40 UK singles including the worldwide No.1 'Bohemian Rhapsody'.

source: thisdayinmusic

 

[CrazyConnie]

This Day In Rock History: Nov 24th


1955 Drummer Clement Burke (aka Elvis Ramone) (of the Ramones, Blondie) is born in Bayonne, New Jersey.

1957 Chris Hayes (lead guitarist for Huey Lewis and the News) is born in Great Lakes, Illinois.

source: calendarsongfacts