This Day In Rock History

[CrazyConnie]

This Day In Music History: March 25th


A few albums that was released....


1970 ● Jimi Hendrix —— Band Of Gypsys ► Psychedelic Rock

1972 ● The Kinks —— The Kink Kronikles ► British Rock

1980 ● Triumph —— Progressions Of Power ► Arena Rock

1997 ● Machine Head —— The More Things Change… ► Heavy Metal/Groove Metal

2002 ● Iron Maiden —— Rock In Rio ► Heavy Metal

2016 ● Judas Priest —— Battle Cry ► Heavy Metal

source: drrocksblog&roll

 

[CrazyConnie]

This Day In Rock History: March 26th


2002 Randy Castillo drummer with the Ozzy Osbourne band died of cancer aged 51. Worked with Osbourne during the 1980s and early 1990s. Also worked with Lita Ford and Motley Crue.


source: thisdayinmusic

 

[CrazyConnie]

This Day In Rock History: March 26th


1944 Diana Ross is born in Detroit, Michigan. She finds fame as lead singer of The Supremes.

1946 Fran Sheehan (bassist for Boston) is born in Swampscott, Massachusetts.

1948 Richard Tandy (keyboardist for Electric Light Orchestra) is born in Birmingham, England.

1948 Steven Tyler is born Steven Tallarico in Yonkers, New York. He becomes lead singer of Aerosmith and a judge on American Idol.

1953 Billy Lyall (keyboardist for Bay City Rollers, Pilot) is born in Edinburgh, Scotland.

1971 The Rolling Stones' lips and tongue logo appears for the first time when it is used on VIP passes for their show at the Marquee Club in London.

1980 John Poulos (drummer for The Buckinghams) dies of drug-related heart failure less than a week before this 33rd birthday.


source: calendarsongfacts

 

[CrazyConnie]

This Day In Rock History: March 26th


1974 Gordon Lightfoot releases "Sundown", which would top the Billboard Hot 100 three months later. Lightfoot would later say that he found the inspiration for the song while worrying about his girlfriend, who was out at bars all day while he was at home writing songs. "I was hoping that no one else would get their hands on her, because she was pretty good lookin'!" The girl in question was probably Gord's one time girlfriend Cathy Smith, who later served fifteen months in the California state prison system for delivering a lethal dose of ****** to John Belushi.

2002 Three Dog Night's original bass player, Joe Schermie, Jr., who played on all the group's biggest hits from 1968-1973, died of a heart attack. He had just turned 55 a month earlier.


source: classicbands

 

[CrazyConnie]

This Day In Rock History: March 26th


1972 Mott The Hoople had decided to call it all off after four albums, when David Bowie came to their rescue. He had a song called "All The Young Dudes" and Mott recorded it with Bowie producing. It became a huge hit in the U.K. and a sizable success in the U.S. as well.


source: thecurrent

 

[CrazyConnie]

This Day In Music History: March 26th


A few albums that was released....


1965 ● John Mayall & The Bluesbreakers —— John Mayall Plays John Mayall ► Blues-Rock

1972 ● The Mothers Of Invention —— Just Another Band From L.A. ► Art Rock

1976 ● Thin Lizzy —— Jailbreak ► Hard Rock

1976 ● Santana —— Amigos ► Jazz-Rock Fusion

1980 ● Van Halen —— Women And Children First… ► Hard Rock

1985 ● Keel —— The Right To Rock ► Heavy Metal

1985 ● Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers —— Southern Accents ► Album Rock

1990 ● Cross —— Mad: Bad: And Dangerous To Know ► Hard Rock

1990 ● Heart —— Brigade ► Album Rock

1997 ● Whitesnake —— Restless Heart ► Arena Rock


source: drrocksblog&roll

 

[CrazyConnie]

This Day In Rock History: March 27th



1986 – Sammy Hagar plays his first gig with Van Halen.

1987, U2 performed from the roof of a store in downtown LA to make the video for ‘Where The Streets Have No Name’, attracting thousands of spectators and bringing traffic to a standstill. The police eventually stop the shoot.

2006 – Pete Wells, slide guitarist and one of the founders of Australian power blues band Rose Tattoo, dies in a Sydney hospital. He was diagnosed with prostate cancer in 2002 and had spent the previous five weeks in the hospital. He is 59.

source: thisdayinrock

 

[CrazyConnie]

This Day In Rock History: March 27th



1946 Andy Bown (keyboardist, rhythm guitarist for Status Quo) is born in Beckenham, London, England.

1950 Tony Banks (keyboardist for Genesis) is born in East Hoathly, East Sussex, England.

1953 Rock guitarist Wally Stocker (of The Babys, Air Supply and Humble Pie) is born in London, England.

1959 Keyboard player Andrew Farris, who forms INXS along with his brothers, Tim and Jon, is born in Perth, Western Australia. He and lead singer Michael Hutchence team up to write most of the group's songs.


source: calendarsongfacts

 

[CrazyConnie]

This Day In Rock History: March 27th


1979 Eric Clapton married George Harrison's ex-wife, Patti Boyd at the Apostolic Assembly of Faith in Christ Jesus church in Tucson, Arizona. To throw off the press, Clapton's manager, Roger Forrester had booked the event in nearly every church in town. Eric's band and road crew rented black and powder blue tuxedos, but forgot to order shoes, so they showed up wearing their everyday, dirty sneakers.


source: classicbands

 

[CrazyConnie]

This Day In Rock History: March 27th


2015 Country singer Willie Nelson announced that he and his family were hard at work on a new brand of marijuana called Willie's Reserve.


source: thecurrent