Are you ready to learn some stuff? It’s May 26th and here’s what happened Today in Rock History!
Starting off with a releases and we’re starting with a big one: Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band! Considered not only as the best Beatles album, but the greatest record ever.
Other releases today include Absolutely Free from The Mothers of Invention in 1967 and Who Made Who by AC/DC in 1986.
It’s a great day for birthdays too, as we start with Lenny Kravitz!
The hits keep coming as it’s also Stevie Nicks birthday today!
Other birthdays include Mick Ronson, Alan White of Oasis, Levon Helm of The Band, Garry Peterson of The Guess Who, Kevin Moore of Dream Theater and Kristen Pfaff of Hole
We lost Rick Derringer in 2025 and both Andy “Fletch” Fletcher of Depeche Mode and Alan White (different Alan White) of YES in 2022.
In 2017, Chris Cornell was laid to rest at the Hollywood Forever Cemetery. He was buried next to Johnny Ramone. Those in attendance included Dave Navarro, Tom Morello, Lars Ulrich, James Hetfield, and his Soundgarden bandmates Kim Thayil and Matt Cameron.
In 1977, KISS, promoting their upcoming Marvel comic book, provide the publisher with a vial of their own blood mixed with red ink.
In 2002, The Osbournes, the reality show following Black Sabbath’s frontman, Ozzy Osbourne and his family, had its first episode air on MTV in the UK.
In 2004, just days after entering the Democratic Republic of Congo to film their documentary of the war-torn country, Sum 41 were evacuated from their hotel in Bukavu when fighting erupts. After being saved by United Nations peacekeeper Chuck Pelletier, the band would name their third album Chuck, in honor of Pelletier.
And finally in 1996, a fire erupts at Eric Clapton’s home, causing over three million in damage. When firefighters arrive, they see Clapton running in and out of his home to try and save his guitar collection.
This has been Today in Rock History! Keep on Rocking, keep on Rolling! Check back tomorrow for your next rock history lesson!
