This Day In Rock History

[CrazyConnie]

This Day In Rock History: May 21st


1972, The Doors, Pink Floyd, The Faces, Family, Curved Air, Atomic Rooster, The Kinks, Rory Gallagher, Uriah Heep, Country Joe McDonald, Buddy Miles, Status Quo, Brinsley Schwarz, Spencer Davis, The Strawbs and Humble Pie all appeared at the 2nd British Rock Meeting, Insel Grun, Germersheim, West Germany. The festival was due to take place in Mannheim, West Germany, but after protests from the locals, the concert actually took place in nearby Germersheim.

2010, U2's lead singer Bono had emergency spinal surgery after suffering an injury while preparing for tour dates. The 50-year-old singer was treated at a specialist neurosurgery clinic in Munich and was expected to stay there for a number of days.

2016, Nick Menza, a former drummer in heavy metal band Megadeth, died after suffering a "massive heart attack" on stage, while performing with his band, OHM, in Los Angeles.


source: thisdayinmusic

 

[CrazyConnie]

This Day In Rock History: May 21st


2013 Trevor Bolder, bassist for Davie Bowie's Spiders From Mars before moving on to Uriah Heep, died of cancer at the age of 62.


source: classicbands

 

[CrazyConnie]

This Day In Rock History: May 21st


1987: Five years after their break-up, The Doobie Brothers kicked off a mini-reunion tour at the Sports Arena in San Diego, California. The band’s reunion began when drummer Keith Knudsen persuaded several former members to join him at a benefit concert for veteran’s. Finding that tickets were in high demand, the single show quickly evolved into a 12-city tour and the success of the tour lead to the permanent reformation of the group.


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[CrazyConnie]

This Day In Rock History: May 21st


1976: The Rolling Stones opened their first of six shows at the Earl's Court Theatre in London. This was the only night they played "Sympathy for the Devil" for their audience.


source: rock929rocks

 

[CrazyConnie]

Music History Today Podcast May 21

 

[CrazyConnie]

This Day In Rock History: May 21st


1970 - Crosby, Stills, Nash and Young recorded "Ohio."

1971 - Paul McCartney released Ram.

1979 - Elton John began a series of Russian concerts that were videotaped for a cable-TV special and a videodisc. They were both titled To Russia with Elton.

1996 - The Metallica single "Until It Sleeps" was released.


source: onthisday

 

[CrazyConnie]

This Day In Rock History: May 21st


A few albums that was released....


1976 ● Blue Öyster Cult —— Agents Of Fortune ► Metal

1985 ● Joe Walsh —— The Confessor ► Blues-Rock

1996 ● Scorpions —— Pure Instinct ► Heavy Metal/ Rock

2002 ● Poison —— Hollyweird ► Heavy Metal/Hair Metal

2002 ● Bad Company —— In Concert: Merchants Of Cool ► Hard Rock


source: drrocksblog&roll

 

[CrazyConnie]

This Day In Rock History: May 22nd


1955 John Grimaldi (guitarist for Argent) is born in St Albans, Hertfordshire, England.


source: calendarsongfacts

 

[CrazyConnie]

This Day In Rock History: May 22nd


1972, Pink Floyd, Donovan, New Riders of the Purple Sage, Buddy Miles and Carlos Santana, Tom Paxton and Memphis Slim, Dr. John The Night Tripper and Spencer Davis with Sneeky Pete and Gene Clark played at The Amsterdam Rock Circus 1972, Olympisch Stadion, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.


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[CrazyConnie]

This Day In Rock History: May 22nd


1968 Cream earns their first Gold record with their second album, "Disraeli Gears", which includes "Sunshine of Your Love" (US #5, UK #25), "Strange Brew" (UK #17) and "Tales of Brave Ulysses". The LP reached #4 on the Billboard 200 and #5 in the UK. In 1999, the album was inducted into the Grammy Hall of Fame.

2023 Chas Newby, who enjoyed a two-week stint as The Beatles' bassist in 1960, passed away at the age of 81. A then 19-year-old Newby joined the band in December, 1960 after they returned to Liverpool from Germany and needed a bassist, as Stuart Sutcliffe decided to remain in Hamburg to focus on his art career. After just four shows, Newby was invited to return to Germany with the group, but decided to focus on his academic career instead. He would go on to become a math teacher at Droitwich Spa High School in Worcestershire, England and always maintained that he was happy with the choice he made.


source: classicbands