Are you ready to learn some stuff? It’s May 6th and here’s what happened Today in Rock History!
Starting off with releases today. We have both JET’s Dirty Sweet EP and Take This to Your Grave by Fall Out Boy in 2003, as well as Back from the Dead by Halestorm in 2022
Moving onto birthdays now, we have Bob Seger of the Silver Bullet Band and Chris Shiflett of the Foo Fighters
We lost Brian Howe of Bad Company in 2020 from a heart attack
While staying at a hotel in Clearwater, FL in 1965, a young Keith Richards got a new guitar riff stuck in his head while trying to sleep. Keith would roll out a bed, start a tape recorder, and fall asleep with the tape still going. He would wake up the next day to find on the recorder that, along with noises of grunts and snoring, a sleepy Richards created one of rock’s most iconic riffs.
In 2007, Amy Lee of Evanescence gets married to Bring Me To Life inspiration Josh Hartzler
In 2005, Audioslave becomes the first US rock group to perform in Cuba for free when they perform at La Tribuna in Havana.
And finally, the battle between Pearl Jam and Ticketmaster is on the horizon as the band cancels their 1994 summer tour due to being unable to find venues that don’t use the ticketing service. The band was against Ticketmaster due to the huge fees that it adds.
This has been Today in Rock History! Keep on Rocking, keep on Rolling! Check back tomorrow for your next rock history lesson!
