Are you ready to learn some stuff? It’s June 3rd and here’s what happened Today in Rock History!
Starting off with releases, we have …Like Clockwork from Queens of the Stone Age in 2013 and Indestructible from Disturbed in 2008!
We also got Faith No More’s Album of the Year in 1997 and Exodus from Bob Marley & the Wailers in 1977!
It’s Kerry King of Slayer’s birthday today!
Other birthdays include Suzi Quatro, Michael Clarke of The Byrds, Mike Gordon of Phish, Mickey Finn of T. Rex, Dave Alexander of The Stooges, and Billy Powell of Lynyrd Skynyrd
We lost Ralph J Gleason in 1975 from a heart attack. Gleason was a co-founder of Rolling Stone magazine, alongside Jann Wenner. Gleason worked as the editor of the magazine from 1967 until his death.
In 1983, Jim Gordon, a session drummer who worked with many artists including Frank Zappa and cowrote Eric Clapton’s Layla, murdered his mother during a psychotic episode. Gordon was diagnosed as schizophrenic during his trial a year later and was sentenced to 16 years-to-life.
In 1970, Ray Davies of The Kinks flew round-trip from New York to London to change just 1 word in the Kinks’ song Lola due to the BBC Radio’s commercial reference ban (brand names = BAD). The song’s lyric Coca-Cola was changed to Cherry Cola.
While campaigning for the office of US President, Arkansas governor Bill Clinton appears on The Arsenio Hall Show and does this:
It’s viewed as THE moment Clinton won over the youth of America and locked the election. And the ladies loved it
And finally in 2006, Metallica performed at the Rock am Ring Festival in Germany. While there, they played the entirety of their Master of Puppets album for the first time.
This has been Today in Rock History! Keep on Rocking, keep on Rolling! Check back tomorrow for your next rock history lesson!
