This Day In Rock History

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This Day In Rock History: July 17th


1996, Chas Chandler died aged 57 at Newcastle General Hospital, England, where he was undergoing tests related to an aortic aneurysm. He had been the bass player with The Animals and manager of Slade, Nick Drake and Jimi Hendrix.


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This Day In Rock History: July 17th


1974 The Moody Blues opened what they claimed was the first Quadraphonic recording studio in the world. Quadraphonic sound was equivalent to what is now called 4.0 surround sound, uses four audio channels in which speakers are positioned at the four corners of a listening space.

1993 Guns N' Roses appeared at River Plate Stadium in Buenos Aires, Argentina, in front of 80,000 people, the final show on their Use Your Illusion Tour. A highlight of the night was English drummer Cozy Powell playing drums with Matt Sorum, dressed as a Domino's Pizza delivery boy.

2021 American rock violinist and singer Robby Steinhardt died from complications of acute pancreatitis age 71. He is best known for his work with Kansas, for which he was co-lead singer along with keyboardist Steve Walsh.


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[CrazyConnie]

This Day In Rock History: July 17th


1972 A bomb explodes under a Rolling Stones equipment truck in Montreal, and although no one is hurt, the blast blows out the cones of thirty speakers stored inside. It's never determined who planted the dynamite, and the show went on as planned.

1987 The Ozzy Osbourne Band embarked on a unique 16-week tour of US and UK prisons. The British prison performances were so unusual that they reportedly required personal approval from then-Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher. Ozzy later recalled the prison shows with affection, saying they were his "last good memory of the eighties. "


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[CrazyConnie]

This Day In Rock History: July 17th


2011, Cheap Trick’s stage collapsed during a severe thunderstorm at Canada’s Ottawa Bluesfest. While the band escaped unscathed, their instruments and equipment weren’t as fortunate.


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Music History Today Podcast July 17

 

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This Day In Music History: July 17th


A few albums that was released....


1981 ● Journey —— Escape ► Prog/Art Rock

1982 ● Judas Priest —— Screaming For Vengeance ► Heavy Metal


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[CrazyConnie]

This Day In Rock History: July 18th


1945 Danny McCulloch (bassist for The Animals) is born in Shepherd's Bush, West London, England.

1948 Cesar Zuiderwijk (drummer for Golden Earring) is born in The Hague, Netherlands.

1988 Christa Päffgen aka Nico (of The Velvet Underground) dies at age 49 while vacationing in Ibiza, Spain. While riding a bicycle, the German singer-songwriter suffers a heart attack and falls and hits her head, causing a severe cerebral hemorrhage.


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[CrazyConnie]

This Day In Rock History: July 18th


2001 Kiss added another product to their ever-growing merchandising universe: the "Kiss Kasket." The coffin featured the faces of the four founding members of the band, the Kiss logo and the words "Kiss Forever." Pantera guitarist Dimebag Darrell was buried in one after he was shot and killed on-stage in Dec 2004.

2002 The Rolling Stones crew chief, 54 year old Royden Magee, who had worked with the band for 30 years, died during a rehearsal in Toronto. A spokesman for the band said Magee had said that he wasn't feeling well and went to another room to take a nap. The Stones had just finished dinner and resumed rehearsing when they got word that Magee had collapsed and stopped breathing. He was taken by ambulance to nearby Sunnybrook Hospital. He was pronounced dead on arrival. The members of the band said they were devastated by his death.


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This Day In Rock History: July 18th


1981 The Texxas Jam was held at the Astrodome in Houston. The lineup included REO Speedwagon, Heart, Foghat and Blue Oyster Cult.

2008 - Billy Joel played his "Last Play at Shea" concert - the final show before Shea Stadium was closed down. Joel was joined on stage by Paul McCartney, Garth Brooks, Steven Tyler of Aerosmith, and The Who's Roger Daltrey.


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[CrazyConnie]

This Day In Rock History: July 18th


1966: The Byrds’ third album, Fifth Dimension, was released by Columbia Records. Most of the album was recorded following the February 1966 departure of the band’s principal songwriter Gene Clark, and contains increased songwriting output by guitarist Jim McGuinn and David Crosby. It is also the first Byrds album not to include any songs written by Bob Dylan, whose material had previously been a mainstay of the band’s repertoire. Upon release, Fifth Dimension was widely regarded as the band’s most experimental album to date and is today considered influential in originating the musical genre of psychedelic rock.

1970: Queen played their first concert at London’s Imperial College. Guitarist Brian May and drummer Roger Taylor had performed previously as members of Smile, whose lead singer and bassist, Tim Staffell had left the group to join Humpy Bong. Friend of the band Farrokh Bulsara, known as “Freddie,” encouraged the others to keep performing and joined as a singer and keyboardist. He soon after took the surname “Mercury” and suggested “Queen” as the name for the group. Their first gig also included Mike Grose, the first of several bassists before the band settled on its classic lineup with bassist John Deacon a year later.


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