Are you ready to learn some stuff? It’s January 21st and here’s what happened Today in Rock History!
While performing at The Guildhall in Portsmouth, England, in 1972, Pink Floyd performed what would become The Dark Side Of The Moon in its entirety. They tried to do the performance the night before in Brighton but stopped due to technical issues.
A few years later, on this day we got Pink Floyd’s Animals in 1977!
Another release was Transgender Dysphoria Blues from Against Me! in 2014. This would be the band’s first album since lead singer Laura Jane Grace came out as transgender.
In 2004, Metallica’s documentary Some Kind of Monster debuted at Sundance.
With birthdays today, we have Todd Morse of The Offspring and Chris Kilmore of Incubus!
We lost Garth Hudson of The Band in 2025 and Lamar Williams of The Allman Brothers Band in 1983
In 1979, the surviving members of Lynyrd Skynyrd reunited onstage for the first time since the 1977 plane crash that killed three members. The members performed an instrumental version of Free Bird alongside The Charlie Daniels Band at the Volunteer Jam in Nashville, TN.
And finally in 2018, the four-hour public funeral for Dolores O’Riordan of The Cranberries began in Ireland at the St Joseph’s Church, where she laid in repose for three days. Normally reserved for heads of state, thousands of fans passed by her open coffin
This has been Today in Rock History! Check back tomorrow for your next rock history lesson!
