This Day In Rock History

[CrazyConnie]

This Day In Rock History: March 3rd


1966 Neil Young, Stephen Stills and Richie Furay formed Buffalo Springfield in Los Angeles. Among the first wave of American bands to become popular in the wake of the British invasion, the group combined rock, folk, and country music into a sound all its own. Its million-selling song 'For What It's Worth' became a political anthem for the turbulent late 1960s.

2012 American rock guitarist Ronnie Montrose died from a self-inflicted gunshot wound aged 64. The guitarist who led the bands Montrose and Gamma had been ill suffering from prostate cancer. Montrose had also worked with Edgar Winter, Van Morrison, Dan Hartman, Sammy Hagar and many other artists.

2017 American guitarist Jim Fuller from The Surfaris died aged 69. The Surfaris had the 1963 US No.2 & UK No.3 single 'Wipe Out' and Fuller was known as the "Godfather" of surf music, a Californian instrumental music. With his Fender guitar he contributed to the popularity of Leo Fender's instruments.


source: thisdayinmusic

 

[CrazyConnie]

This Day In Rock History: March 3rd


1986 Metallica release their third album, Master Of Puppets, featuring an anthemic title track that becomes their most-played live song.
The album has no singles, no music videos, and every song is at least 5-minutes long. But Metallica's fans are not looking for anything conventional or radio-friendly - they're after metal, which the band provides in a variety of styles, including the downtempo 8:12 instrumental "Orion," which was built around Cliff Burton's bass section.
It is Burton's last album with the band, as he is killed in a tour bus accident six months later. "Orion" is played at his funeral.


source: calendarsongfacts

 

[CrazyConnie]

This Day In Music History: March 3rd


A few albums that was released....

1977 ● Bad Company —— Burnin’ Sky ► Hard Rock

1978 ● Patti Smith —— Easter ► New Wave Punk-Rock

2008 ● The Black Crowes —— Warpaint ► Southern Rock


source: drrocksblog&roll

 

[CrazyConnie]

This Day In Rock History: March 4th


2021 Procol Harum’s former bassist Alan Cartwright died aged 75. He was part of the band’s line-up between 1971 and 1976, playing on four albums including their ground-breaking 1972 release Live With The Edmonton Symphony Orchestra.

source: thisdayinmusic

 

[CrazyConnie]

This Day In Rock History: March 4th



1948 Chris Squire (bassist for Yes) is born in Kingsbury, London, England.

1963 Jason Newsted is born in Battle Creek, Michigan. He plays bass for Flotsam and Jetsam, Metallica and Voivod.

1979 Mike Patto (of Patto, Spooky Tooth) dies of lymphatic leukemia at age 36.

1986 Richard Manuel (pianist, singer of The Band) commits suicide at age 42, following a gig in Winter Park, Florida.


source: calendarsongfacts

 

[CrazyConnie]

This Day In Music History: March 4th


A few albums that was released....

1968 ● The Mothers Of Invention —— We’re Only In It For the Money ► Art Rock

1979 ● The Police —— Live At Zellerbach ► New Wave Pop-Rock

1983 ● Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark —— Dazzle Ships ► New Wave Synth Pop

1983 ● Thin Lizzy —— Thunder And Lightning ► Hard Rock

2003 ● Evanescence —— Fallen ► Hard Rock/Alt Metal

2003 ● Procol Harum —— The Well’s On Fire ► Prog Rock


source: drrocksblog&roll

 

[CrazyConnie]

This Day In Rock History: March 5th


1952 Alan Clark (keyboardist for Dire Straits) is born in Great Lumley, England.

1958 Andy Gibb is born in Manchester, England, but is raised in Redcliffe, Australia. His older brothers, Barry, Robin, and Maurice, form the Bee Gees.

1969 The rock magazine Creem is published for the first time.


source: calendarsongfacts

 

[CrazyConnie]

This Day In Music History: March 5th


1963 Country singers Patsy Cline, Cowboy Copas and Hawkshaw Hawkins were killed in a plane crash near Camden, Tennessee. They were travelling to Nashville after appearing at a benefit concert for the widow of Kansas City disc jockey 'Cactus' Jack Call, who had died in a car crash. On 7 March, country singer Jack Anglin was killed in a car crash on his way to Cline's funeral. Cline was the first country singer to cross over as a pop artist.

source: thisdayinmusic

 

[CrazyConnie]

This Day In Rock History: March 5th


1982 The n-a-k-e-d body of 33-year-old John Belushi was found in a room at the Chateau Marmont Hotel on Sunset Boulevard in Hollywood. The cause of death was later ruled a drug-related accident. He and Dan Aykroyd had a hit record as The Blues Brothers in 1978 with a remake of the Sam And Dave classic, "Soul Man", while their album "Briefcase Full of Blues" reached #1 on the Billboard 200, going double Platinum.

source; classicbands

 

[CrazyConnie]

This Day In Rock History: March 5th


2023, Guitarist and songwriter Gary Rossington, the last surviving founding member of Lynyrd Skynyrd, died at the age of 71. Rossington had several close calls with death over the years, famously surviving the 1977 plane crash that killed the Florida rock band’s lead vocalist, Ronnie Van Zant, guitarist Steve Gaines, backup singer Cassie Gaines and several members of their road and flight crews.

source: internetfm