This Day In Rock History: October 12th
1927 Guitarist Joe Olivier (of
Bill Haley And His Comets) is born in Maastricht, Limburg, Netherlands.
1948 Rick Parfitt (vocalist/guitarist for
Status Quo) is born in Woking, Surrey, England.
1979
Jethro Tull lead singer Ian Anderson has his right eye torn open by a thorn, situated on a rose an adoring fan threw on stage at the band's Madison Square Garden concert.
1979
Fleetwood Mac release
Tusk, their first album since the wildly successful
Rumours in 1977. A double album with less commercial appeal, Mick Fleetwood credits it with keeping the band together, as the band members were free to experiment.
1987
INXS release their breakthrough album
Kick, with the hits "
Need You Tonight," "
Devil Inside" and "
New Sensation."
1991 The Day on the Green Festival takes place at Oakland Coliseum in Oakland, California. Headlined by
Metallica, the lineup also includes
Queensrÿche,
Faith No More and
Soundgarden.
1997
John Denver, an avid amateur pilot who loves flying experimental aircraft, dies at 53 when the plane he is flying crashes into the Pacific Ocean.
2009 Blue Cheer singer/bassist Dickie Peterson dies from liver cancer at the age of 63, in Erkelenz, Germany.
2011 Joel 'Taz' DiGregorio, keyboard player in the
Charlie Daniels Band, is killed in a car accident before the band's gig at the C*u*m*m*i*n*g Country Fair in Tennessee. DiGregorio, who was 67 at the time of his death, co-wrote many songs with the group, including "
The Devil Went Down To Georgia."
source: calendarsongfacts