This Day In Rock History

[CrazyConnie]

This Day In Music History: March 8th


A few albums that was released....

1977 ● Foreigner —— Foreigner ► Arena Rock

1994 ● David Lee Roth —— Your Filthy Little Mouth ► Hard Rock

2013 ● David Bowie —— The Next Day ► Glam Rock


source: drrocksblog&roll

 

[CrazyConnie]

This Day In Rock History: March 9th


1942 Mark Lindsay of Paul Revere & the Raiders is born in Eugene, Oregon.

1942 Experimental musician John Cale (of Velvet Underground) is born in Wales.

1945 Guitarist Robin Trower is born in London.

1948 Jimmie Fadden (guitarist, drummer for The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band) is born in Long Beach, California.


source: calendarsongfacts

 

[CrazyConnie]

This Day In Rock History: March 9th


2007 Brad Delp lead singer of US rock band Boston committed suicide by carbon monoxide poisoning in at his home in the New Hampshire town of Atkinson. He died from the smoke of two charcoal grills he’d lit inside his sealed master bathroom. He was found by police lying on a pillow on his bathroom floor with a note paper-clipped to his shirt which read: "Mr. Brad Delp. I am a lonely soul." Boston had the 1977 UK No.22 single 'More Than A Feeling' and the 1986 US No.1 single 'Amanda.'


source: thisdayinmusic

 

[CrazyConnie]

This Day In Music History: March 9th


A few albums that was released...

1973 ● Canned Heat —— The New Age ► Folk-Rock

1979 ● Manfred Mann’s Earth Band —— Angel Station ► Prog Rock

1984 ● Golden Earring —— N.E.W.S. ► Hard Rock

1987 ● Gary Moore —— Wild Frontier ► Roots Rock (Irish)

1993 ● The Moody Blues —— A Night At Red Rocks With The Colorado Symphony Orchestra ► Pop-Rock

1999 ● Motörhead —— Everything Louder Than Everyone Else ► Heavy Metal

1999 ● Scorpions —— Eye II Eye ► Heavy Metal/ Rock

1999 ● Lynyrd Skynyrd —— 20th Century Masters ► Southern Rock

2010 ● Joan Jett & The Blackhearts —— Greatest Hits ► Hard Rock


source: drrocksblog&roll

 

[CrazyConnie]

This Day In Rock History: March 10th



1979 Believe it or not, James Brown played the Grand Ole Opry. Some Country artists such as Jean Shepard complained, but others like Barbara Mandrell said that Brown should have been invited five years earlier.

1988 30 year old Andy Gibb, younger brother of Bee Gees Robin, Maurice and Barry, died from a viral infection in his heart. Andy hadn't had a chart hit since 1981, but did have a stint as host of the Solid Gold TV show. Shortly before his death and just after he declared bankruptcy, Andy had signed a record deal and was working on a new album for Island Records that was never completed.

2005 53-year-old Danny Joe Brown, the original lead singer of Molly Hatchet, died from renal failure due to complications from diabetes. Brown was the front man for the band's self-titled album in 1978, which went Platinum. In 1979, the next album, "Flirtin' With Disaster" sold over 2 million copies.

2017 Joni Sledge, a part of the trio known as Sister Sledge, died of natural causes at the age of 60. The group is most often remembered for their 1979 Disco hit, "We Are Family".


source: classicbands

 

[CrazyConnie]

This Day In Rock History: March 10th


1947 Boston founder Tom Scholz is born in Toledo, Ohio

1963 Jeff Ament (bassist for Pearl Jam) is born in Havre, Montana.

1971 Douglas Ardito (guitarist, bass guitarist for Puddle Of Mudd) is born in Bedford, Massachusetts.

1975 Jerry Horton (lead guitarist for Papa Roach) is born in Charleston, South Carolina.


source: calendarsongfacts

 

[CrazyConnie]

This Day In Music History: March 10th


A few albums that was released...


1972 ● Thin Lizzy —— Shades Of A Blue Orphanage ► Hard Rock

1981 ● Joe Walsh —— There Goes The Neighborhood ► Blues-Rock

1992 ● The Church —— Priest=Aura ► Alt. Power Pop

1997 ● The Bee Gees —— Still Waters [UK] ► Pop-Rock

1998 ● The Mamas & The Papas —— Greatest Hits ► Pop-Folk

1998 ● Motörhead —— Snake Bite Love ► Heavy Metal

1998 ● Robbie Robertson —— Contact From The Underworld Of Red Boy ► Roots Rock

1998 ● Eric Clapton —— Pilgrim ► Blues-Rock

2008 ● Rory Gallagher —— The Essential ► Blues-Rock


source: drrocksblog&roll

 

[CrazyConnie]

This Day In Rock History: March 11th


1970 Deja Vu, the first album by Crosby, Stills Nash & Young, (and the second by the trio configuration of Crosby, Stills, and Nash), was released. It topped the pop album chart for one week and spawned three US Top 40 singles: 'Teach Your Children', 'Our House', and 'Woodstock'.

2016 English musician Keith Emerson died in Santa Monica, California, of a self-inflicted gunshot wound to the head after he had become 'depressed, nervous and anxious' because nerve damage in his hands had hampered his playing. Emerson found his first commercial success with the Nice, in the late 1960s and was a founding member of Emerson, Lake & Palmer (ELP), one of the early progressive rock supergroups.


source: thisdayinmusic

 

[CrazyConnie]

This Day In Rock History: March 11th


2015 Three Dog Night's longtime keyboard player Jimmy Greenspoon died of metastatic melanoma at the age of 67.


source: classicbands

 

[CrazyConnie]

This Day In Rock History: March 11th


1947 Vanilla Fudge lead singer Mark Stein is born in Bayonne, New Jersey.

1947 Keyboardist "Blue" Weaver (Mott The Hoople, The Strawbs) is born Derek John Weaver in Cardiff, Wales

1948 George Kooymans (vocalist, guitarist for Golden Earring) is born in The Hague, Netherlands.

1964 Pantera drummer and co-founder Vinnie Paul is born in Abilene, Texas.

source: calendarsongfacts