Are you ready to learn some stuff? It’s October 27th and here’s what happened Today in Rock History! Starting the day off on a sadder note as we lost Lou Reed from liver disease in 2013. We also lost Steve Peregrin Took of T.Rex in 1980 after he choked to death on a cocktail cherry…… MORE
Today in Rock History – October 26th
Are you ready to learn some stuff? It’s October 26th and here’s what happened Today in Rock History! Starting the day off on a sadder note as we lost legendary concert promoter Bill Graham in a helicopter crash in 1991. Graham booked some legendary venues on the west coast like The Fillmore and played a…… MORE
Today in Rock History – October 25th
Are you ready to learn some stuff? It’s October 25th and here’s what happened Today in Rock History! In 1993, despite refusing to speak with TIME magazine about their story trying to deconstruct the Seattle grunge scene, Eddie Vedder appeared on the cover of the red bordered magazine. Kurt Cobain also refused to speak with…… MORE
Today in Rock History – October 24th
Are you ready to learn some stuff? It’s October 24th and here’s what happened Today in Rock History! Starting the day off with an amazing list of releases, beginning with Hybrid Theory from Linkin Park in 2000! Other releases include: the live album Skull and Roses from the Grateful Dead in 1971 and Rush’s Hemispheres…… MORE
Today in Rock History – October 23rd
Are you ready to learn some stuff? It’s October 23rd and here’s what happened Today in Rock History! While watching a 1984 broadcast on BBC of the ongoing famine in Ethiopia, Bob Geldof begins the Band-Aid relief effort. The effort would release the charity single Do They Know It’s Christmas? just a month later. Just…… MORE
Today in Rock History – October 22nd
Are you ready to learn some stuff? It’s October 22nd and here’s what happened Today in Rock History! Starting off in 1990, while at the Off Ramp in Seattle, Mookie Blaylock played their first concert together. They would soon be known as Pearl Jam. Moving into releases, we got two from Zeppelin, their live album…… MORE
Today in Rock History – October 21st
Are you ready to learn some stuff? It’s October 21st and here’s what happened Today in Rock History! In 2001, The Concert For New York City took place in Madison Square Garden to help raise money for victims of the 9/11 attacks and their families. On the bill that night included Paul McCartney, Elton John,…… MORE
Today in Rock History – October 20th
Are you ready to learn some stuff? It’s October 20th and here’s what happened Today in Rock History! Starting the day on a sad note, as in 1977, a passenger plane carrying southern rock band Lynyrd Skynyrd from South Carolina to Louisiana crashed in a wooded area in Mississippi. Six people were killed in the…… MORE
Today in Rock History – October 19th
Are you ready to learn some stuff? It’s October 19th and here’s what happened Today in Rock History! Stating the day in 1980, as just months after the death of frontman Bon Scott earlier that year, AC/DC made their triumphant return to the stage with new vocalist Brian Johnson. Birthdays today include Thundercat and Pete…… MORE
Today in Rock History – October 18th
Are you ready to learn some stuff? It’s October 18th and here’s what happened Today in Rock History! Its a short and sweet kind of day starting off with releases, as in 1974 we got The Rolling Stones’ It’s Only Rock ‘n’ Roll Other releases include The River from Bruce Springsteen in 1980, Other Voices…… MORE
