Are you ready to learn some stuff? It’s March 22nd and here’s what happened Today in Rock History!
Lot of releases today including The Beatles’ Please Please Me in 1963 and On the Border from the Eagles and Apostrophe by Frank Zappa both in 1974
Other releases include Billy Idol’s Devil’s Playground in 2005, Far Beyond Driven from Pantera in 1994 and Make Them Die Slowly from White Zombie in 1989
What? Did I forget something? Of course I didn’t! We also got The Number of the Beast from Maiden in 1982!
With birthdays we have Aaron North formerly of Nine Inch Nails, Keith Relf of The Yardbirds, Jay Dee Daugherty of the Patti Smith Group, Matt Nicholls of Bring Me the Horizon and John Otto of Limp Bizkit!
My Chemical Romance announced they were breaking up, in 2013. Fans would have to wait 6 years for the band to reunite.
We lost Sib Hashian of Boston in 2017
In 2016, after being contacted by a teenage heavy metal band from Cornwall, England, Dave Grohl penned a letter to the town’s council to reconsider restrictions placed on the teens. The band, The Black Leaves of Envy, were told by the council that they weren’t allowed to practice anymore due to the multiple noise complaints from neighbors. I guess you could say Dave Grohl was their HERO! …I’ll see myself out.
In 1975, Led Zeppelin’s album Physical Graffiti hit #1 and stayed there for six weeks. And speaking of top hits, in 1980, Pink Floyd hit their first, and only, US No. 1 hit with Another Brick in the Wall (Part 2).
In 2006, Aerosmith canceled the rest of their Rockin’ the Joint tour. The cause? So Steven Tyler could have throat surgery for strained vocal chords.
And finally in 1984, Queen filmed the video for I Want to Break Free. The video was a parody of the British soap opera Coronation Street and featured the band in drag. The video was poorly received in America and was initially banned by MTV.
This has been Today in Rock History! Keep on Rocking, keep on Rolling! Check back tomorrow for your next rock history lesson!
