Are you ready to learn some stuff? It’s November 10th and here’s what happened Today in Rock History!
Starting the day in 1975, Queen shot the video for what is considered their magnum opus: Bohemian Rhapsody. According to the video director Bruce Gowers, filming only took four hours.
Birthdays today feature Jim Adkins of Jimmy Eat World!
Other birthdays include Greg Lake of King Crimson and Emerson Lake & Palmer, Steve Mackey of Pulp, Glen Buxton of the Alice Cooper band and Teresa Nervosa of the Butthole Surfers!
While appearing on a Japanese talk show in 1994, Zeppelin members Jimmy Page and Robert Plant performed an acoustic version of Stairway to Heaven.
In 2002, a variety of rock legends, including Mick Jagger and Keith Richards of the Stones, Tom Petty, Lenny Kravitz, and Brian Setzer of The Stray Cats, appeared on an episode of The Simpsons where Homer and other Springfieldians go to a rock and roll fantasy camp.
We have a great list of releases today! Starting off we got Patti Smith’s Horses in 1975!
Other releases include the Grateful Dead’s Live/Dead in 1969, Zuma from Neil Young with Crazy Horse in 1975, Sonic Highways from the Foo Fighters in 2014,
As well as Rebel Yell by Billy Idol in 1983, Queen’s Jazz in 1978 and Greta Van Fleet’s From the Fires EP in 2017!
And finally in 2003, the paperback version of Kurt Cobain’s Journals was released, bringing renewed interest in the grunge icon. This version featured a warning, stating: “If you read, you’ll judge.”
This has been Today in Rock History! Keep on Rocking, keep on Rolling! Check back tomorrow for your next rock history lesson!
