Are you ready to learn some stuff? It’s March 13th and here’s what happened Today in Rock History!
Kicking it off with birthdays, it’s David Draiman of Disturbed’s birthday!
Today is also the late Hillel Slovak of the Red Hot Chili Peppers birthday! One of the founders of the Chili Peppers, Slovak helped the band find their funk sound and appeared on their early records Freaky Styley and The Uplift Mofo Party Plan. He would unfortunately pass of a drug overdose in 1988 before the band saw the major success it would have in the ’90s. He was inducted as a member of the Chili Peppers into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2012. Here’s just a taste of what Hillel offered!
Moving onto releases now, we have Generator from Bad Religion and The Bends by Radiohead
In 1977, Iggy Pop began the North American leg of his The Idiot World Tour in Canada. David Bowie played with the band on keyboards and provided backing vocals. Iggy’s opener? Blondie.
This day in 2006 is a major day for South Park fans, as the voice of Chef, musician Isaac Hayes quits the show after the episode Trapped in the Closet which is about Hayes “religion” Scientology airs. Chef was then promptly and viciously killed off.
Also in 2006, the 21st Rock and Roll Hall of Fame induction ceremony took place in Cleveland. Inductees included Black Sabbath, Lynyrd Skynyrd and the Sex Pistols. The Pistols refused to attend the ceremony, and in a handwritten letter posted on their website, called the institution ‘urine in wine’, and added ‘We’re not your monkeys, we’re not coming. You’re not paying attention’.
And finally, at a Dropkick Murphys’ show in 2013, the crowd came onstage for the encore. During said encore, a skinhead ‘fan’ performs a Nazi salute. Across the stage, Bassist Ken Casey sees this, runs across stage, takes the ‘fan’ to the floor and just beats the ever loving crap out of guy. After returning to his bass, Casey calmly says: “Nazis are not welcome at a Dropkick Murphys show.” Atta boy Ken.
This has been Today in Rock History! Keep on Rocking, keep on Rolling! Check back tomorrow for your next rock history lesson!
