Are you ready to learn some stuff? It’s February 10th and here’s what happened Today in Rock History!
Starting with releases, we have Blur’s self-titled record in 1997, Bob Dylan’s The Times They Are a-Changin’ in 1964 and both Stained Class from Judas Priest and Van Halen’s self-titled debut record in 1978!
Only one Birthday today and that would belong to the late Cliff Burton of Metallica.
Speaking of Metallica, in 1973, a young Lars Ulrich went to his very first concert: Deep Purple in Copenhagen. Ulrich would change his passion from tennis to music. A few years later he would form one of the biggest metal bands of all time. The story would come full circle, when Deep Purple was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2016, Lars would have the honor of inducting the band.
We lost Dave Alexander of The Stooges in 1975.
In 1977, The Clash began recording their debut album at CBS studios. Over three weekends the album would be finished and delivered to CBS at the beginning of March, costing just $4,000 to produce.
And finally in 2014, a Seattle woman was charged for sending death threats to Soundgarden singer Chris Cornell and threats to hurt his kids. The woman sent over 100 different messages to Cornell from nine different Twitter accounts. The woman was later charged with cyber-stalking.
This has been Today in Rock History! Check back tomorrow for your next rock history lesson!
