Are you ready to learn some stuff? It’s May 13th and here’s what happened Today in Rock History!
If you thought yesterday was a bit much, today is a LOT slower. So let’s get started.
Starting if off on a fun note, it’s Buckethead’s birthday today
It’s also Danny Kirwan of Fleetwood Mac and Richard “Magic Dick” Salwitz of The J. Geils Band’s birthdays today!
Moving onto releases now, we got both Judas Priest’s Ram It Down in 1988, Lumpy Gravy from Frank Zappa in 1968 and The Black Keys’ Dropout Boogie.
We also got Supertramp’s Brother Where You Bound, Low-Life from New Order, and Brothers in Arms from Dire Straits, all in 1985!
In 1969, Led Zeppelin became the first major British rock band to perform in Hawaii, when they played the Civic Auditorium in Honolulu.
And finally in 1985, the PMRC (Parents Music Resource Center) holds one of their first meetings inside a Washington church to create support for their agenda to create a ratings system for music and to keep offensive album covers out of view in record stores aka CENSORSHIP. The meeting is attended by about 400 people (most of them high ranking politicians wives) and gains them enough clout to force a Senate hearing that takes place later that year. After hearing testimony from both sides, the “Parental Advisory” label is born. If you wanna see how an artist can make the PMRC look like a bunch of fools, here’s the ever outspoken Frank Zappa’s take on the whole thing.
This has been Today in Rock History! Keep on Rocking, keep on Rolling! Check back tomorrow for your next rock history lesson!
