Are you ready to learn some stuff? It’s June 13th and here’s what happened Today in Rock History!
Starting off with releases, we have Crush from Bon Jovi in 2000, Rather Ripped by Sonic Youth in 2006, Candy-O from The Cars in 1979, Texas Flood from Stevie Ray Vaughan in 1983, and the universally acclaimed Jagged Little Pill by Alanis Morissette in 1995!
It’s Rivers Cuomo of Weezer’s birthday!
Other birthdays include Paul De Lisle of Smash Mouth, Howard Leese of Heart and Robbie Merrill of Godsmack!
A roadie who worked for artists like Elton John and Oasis was arrested in 2000 and was charged with drug smuggling. The roadie managed to smuggle millions of English Pounds worth of Ecstasy into the UK.
It was on this day in 1969 at a press conference that Mick Taylor was officially revealed to be the new guitarist of The Rolling Stones.
In 1998, a concertgoer was struck by lightning at the Tibetan Freedom Concert, held in Washington D.C.’s RFK Stadium during the Dave Matthews Band set. The attendee, Lysa Selfon, was revived by an off-duty paramedic and would make a full recovery
In 2003, the Arctic Monkeys played their very first gig, debuting at The Grapes pub in Sheffield, England. The band made a whopping £27 (about $30) in ticket sales.
And finally in 1975, Peter Frampton began the first of his two-night performances at San Francisco’s Winterland Ballroom. Those two nights, as well as others, were recorded and were used to create one of the greatest live albums of all time: Frampton Comes Alive!
