This Day In Rock History

[CrazyConnie]

This Day In Rock History: August 16th


1986 At a soggy Monsters Of Rock festival at Castle Donington, England, Def Leppard drummer Rick Allen gets a huge ovation when he takes the stage with the band. Twenty months earlier, Allen's left arm was severed in a car accident, and after extensive rehab and some warm-up gigs, he makes a triumphant return at the festival, playing barefoot behind a drum kit modified with electronic pedals. Scorpions and Motörhead are also on the bill, which is headlined by Ozzy Osbourne.


source: calendarsongfacts

 

[CrazyConnie]

This Day In Rock History: August 16th


1980 Rainbow is the headliner at England's first Monsters of Rock festival. After the show, drummer Cozy Powell, decides to leave the group. Also on the bill are Judas Priest, Scorpions and April Wine.

1985 "I Am The Night" is released. The Pantera album is the last to feature lead singer Terry Glaze (who is subsequently replaced by Phil Anselmo).

2009 Slipknot's Corey Taylor, Staind's Aaron Lewis, founding KISS guitarist Ace Frehley, ex-Guns N' Roses drummer Steven Adler and members of Shinedown and Buckcherry perform at the Ride for Dime 5 BBQ & Bash All Star Jam in Dallas. The event honors late Pantera/Damageplan guitarist 'Dimebag' Darrell Abbott and raises money for select charities.

source: rockintown

 

[CrazyConnie]

This Day In Rock History: August 17th


1968: Deep Purple’s “Hush” was released.

1970: Christine McVie joined Fleetwood Mac as the group’s first female member.

1974: Patrick Moraz replaced Rick Wakeman in Yes.

1977: Florists Transworld Delivery (FTD) reported that in one day the number of orders for flowers to be delivered to Graceland had surpassed the number for any other event in the company’s history.

1983: Prince’s song “Delirious” was released.

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[CrazyConnie]

This Day In Rock History: August 17th


1964, Glasgow council in Scotland announced that all boys and men with Beatle styled haircuts would have to wear bathing caps after a committee was told that hair from 'Beatle-cuts' was clogging the pools filters.

1991, Nirvana shot the video for 'Smells Like Teen Spirit' at GMT Studios in Culver City, California, costing less than $50,000 to make, the shoot features real Nirvana fans as the audience. The video won Nirvana the Best New Artist and Best Alternative Group awards at the 1992 MTV Video Music Awards, and in 2000 the Guinness World Records named 'Teen Spirit' the Most Played Video on MTV Europe.

source: thisdayinmusic

 

[CrazyConnie]

This Day In Rock History: August 17th


1984 - Motley Crue gave its performance debut at the Monsters of Rock festival at Castle Donington, England.

1986 - Rick Allen (Def Leppard) played his first concert with his band since losing his left arm in a car accident.

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[CrazyConnie]

This Day In Rock History: August 17th


1944 Folk rocker John Seiter (of Spanky and Our Gang) is born in St. Louis, Missouri.

1947 Rock/soul musician Gary Talley (of The Box Tops and Big Star) is born in Memphis, Tennessee.

1949 Sib Hashian (drummer for Boston) is born in Boston, Massachusetts.

1955 Colin Moulding (bassist for XTC) is born in Swindon, Wiltshire, England.

1958 Belinda Carlisle, lead vocalist for The Go-Go's, is born in Los Angeles, California.

1965 Steve Gorman (drummer for The Black Crowes) is born in Muskegon, Michigan.

1980 At the Toledo Speedway Jam II in Toledo, Ohio, ZZ Top headlines the show with AC/DC, Sammy Hagar and Humble Pie on the under card. (Also advertised on the poster: 800 kegs of beer, drinking age 18 in Ohio!) It is the last time AC/DC is a support act until 2003, when they open for The Rolling Stones.

1992 Exodus release their fifth studio album, Force of Habit.

1995 Microsoft buys the rights to The Rolling Stones' 1981 smash "Start Me Up" to use as the theme for their Windows 95 roll out.

2004 The venerable "Like A Rock" ad campaign comes to an end, as Chevy stops using the song and ends their association with Bob Seger. The 1986 song wasn't written for Chevy, but was used in the ads since 1989. Two years later, John Mellencamp's "Our Country" becomes the Silverado theme

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[CrazyConnie]

This Day In Rock History: August 17th


1964 The Kinks release the single, "You Really Got Me."

1974 Bad Company's "Can't Get Enough" is released.

1988 "Sweet Child O' Mine" is the third single from Guns N' Roses debut album "Appetite For Destruction." It becomes the group's only U.S. #1 single.

2010 Iron Maiden unleash "The Final Frontier," the band's 15th studio album. It was cut at Compass Point Studios where Iron Maiden recorded "Piece Of Mind," "Powerslave" and "Somewhere In Time." "The studio had the same vibe and it was exactly as it had been in 1983," says front man Bruce Dickinson.

2010 The first annual Rockstar Energy Drink UPROAR Festival Tour kicks off in Minneapolis with co-headliners Avenged Sevenfold and Disturbed. Halestorm and Stone Sour are also on board.

source: rockintown

 

[CrazyConnie]

This Day In Rock History: August 18th


1962 - Peter, Paul & Mary's "If I Had A Hammer" was released.

1973 - The Doobie Brothers' "China Grove" was released.

1977 - Funeral services for Elvis Presley were held at Graceland.

1986 - Bon Jovi released their "Slippery When Wet" album.

1992 - Kurt Cobain (Nirvana) and Courtney Love (Hole) became parents to daughter Frances Bean.

source: onthisday

 

[CrazyConnie]

This Day in Rock History: August 18th



1950 Drummer Dennis Elliot (Foreigner) has a birthday.

1977 Regine Chassagne, a founding member of Arcade Fire, is born Montreal.

1990 Aerosmith perform the classic "Train Kept A-Rollin'," with help from guitarist Jimmy Page (Led Zeppelin), at the Monsters Of Rock Festival in England.

2011 AC/DC and Australia's Warburn Estate introduce a line of wines: Back In Black Shiraz, Highway To Hell Cabernet Sauvignon and You Shook Me All Night Long Moscato.

source: rockintown

 

[CrazyConnie]

This Day In Rock History: August 18th


1983: The Police headlined a concert at Shea Stadium in New York City in front of 70,000 fans. The concert sold out in five hours. Also on the bill were Joan Jett and the Blackhearts and R.E.M.

1987: Aerosmith released their ninth studio album Permanent Vacation which was considered to be their “comeback” album. The album went on to peak at number eleven on the Billboard 200 Album Chart and sell five million copies in the U.S.

source: paulshaffersdayinrock