This Day In Rock History

[CrazyConnie]

This Day In Rock History: March 8th


1945 Micky Dolenz (drummer, vocalist for The Monkees) is born George Michael Dolenz, Jr. in Los Angeles, California.

1946 Randy Meisner (bassist for Poco, Eagles) is born in Scottsbluff, Nebraska.

1947 Michael Allsup (guitarist for Three Dog Night) is born in Oakdale, California.

1948 Mel Galley (of Whitesnake) is born in Cannock, Staffordshire, England.

2014 Jerry Corbitt of The Youngbloods dies of lung cancer at age 71.


source: calendarsongfacts

 

[CrazyConnie]

This Day In Rock History: March 8th


1969 Steve Marriott officially announced that he was quitting The Small Faces. In 1973, he told The L.A. Times "I left the band when I realized the gimmickry album tracks we were making and the record company was releasing as singles, like "Itchycoo Park" (US #16) and "Lazy Sunday" (UK #2), were doing much better than the things we really dug." He would go on to form Humble Pie with Peter Frampton, while the remaining members, Ronnie Lane, Kenny Jones and Ian McLagan joined forces with two former members of The Jeff Beck Group, singer Rod Stewart and guitarist Ronnie Wood to continue as Faces.


source: classicbands

 

[CrazyConnie]

This Day In Rock History: March 8th


1965, Bob Dylan’s single “Subterranean Homesick Blues” was released in the US. The lead track from his Bringing It All Back Home album, gave Dylan his first top 40 hit. Subterranean Homesick Blues is also noted for its innovative film clip, in what became one of the first modern promotional film clips. The clip was shot in an alley behind the Savoy Hotel in London, the cue cards which Dylan holds were written by Donovan, Allen Ginsberg, and Dylan himself.


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[CrazyConnie]

This Day In Rock History: March 8th


1974, Some former members of Free, Mott the Hoople and King Crimson played their first live gig together in Newcastle, England as a little band known as Bad Company.


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[CrazyConnie]

This Day In Rock History: March 8th


1968: Concert promoter Bill Graham opened The Fillmore East in New York City’s Lower East Side neighborhood as the companion venue to the Fillmore Auditorium, and its successor, the Fillmore West, in San Francisco. The Fillmore East quickly became known as “The Church of Rock and Roll,” with two-show, triple-bill concerts several nights a week, featuring artists such as Jimi Hendrix, Cream, the Mothers of Invention, the Grateful Dead, Taj Mahal, Crosby, Stills, Nash and Young, Jefferson Airplane, The Allman Brothers Band, Joe Cocker, Derek and the Dominos, Johnny Winter, and many others. Numerous live albums were also recorded at the venue due to the auditorium’s excellent acoustics. The Fillmore East closed after only three years in June of 1971 with a final concert featuring several special guests that was broadcast live over New York radio.

1980: Pat Benatar released her cover of John Mellencamp’s debut single, “I Need a Lover,” as the first single from her debut album, In the Heat of the Night.


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[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


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[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.

1987 U2 release their fifth studio album, The Joshua Tree. The first two singles, "With Or Without You" and "I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For," climb to #1 in America. The album becomes their first #1 in that country, and takes the Grammy Award for Album of the Year.


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 Rock History: March 9th


1970 Having recently changed their name from Earth to Black Sabbath, Ozzy Osbourne, Tony Iommi, Geezer Butler and Bill Ward make their concert debut at The Roundhouse in the North London district of Camden Town.


source: classicbands

 

[CrazyConnie]

This Day In Rock History: March 9th

Boston frontman Tommy DeCarlo has died.

Boston Frontman Passes Away at 60 After Brave Battle With Brain Cancer

Boston singer Tommy DeCarlo died in March 2026 after being diagnosed with brain cancer.

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