Are you ready to learn some stuff? It’s August 23rd and here’s what happened Today in Rock History! Starting off, it’s Mad Moon, Keith Moon’s birthday! Other birthdays include Paul Langlois of The Tragically Hip, Jimi Jamison of Survivor, Dean DeLeo of Stone Temple Pilots and Julian Casablancas of The Strokes Moving onto releases, we…… MORE
Are you ready to learn some stuff? It’s August 22nd and here’s what happened Today in Rock History! The day is slow for headlines but it’s a damn good one for releases! Kicking it off with Zeppelin as we got their final studio album, In Through the Out Door in 1979! Other albums released include…… MORE
Are you ready to learn some stuff? It’s August 21st and here’s what happened Today in Rock History! Today is super strong when it comes to birthdays! Starting off we have to WAKE UP as its Serj Tankian of System of a Down’s birthday! Other birthdays include Glenn Hughes of Deep Purple, Tom Coster of…… MORE
Are you ready to learn some stuff? It’s August 20th and here’s what happened Today in Rock History! Starting off with birthdays and it’s a DAMN good day for birthdays! First we have Robert Plant of Led Zeppelin! We also have Dimebag Darrell of Pantera! AND Fred Durst of Limp Bizkit! Other birthdays include Phil…… MORE
Are you ready to learn some stuff? It’s August 19th and here’s what happened Today in Rock History! Starting off in 1972, The Midnight Special debuted on NBC. Originally a TV special, the show would become a regular fixture of late-night television on February 3rd, 1973. The show stood out from other shows of the…… MORE
Are you ready to learn some stuff? It’s August 18th and here’s what happened Today in Rock History! We spoke of it yesterday, but in 1969, Jimi Hendrix closes Day 3 (technically Day 4) of the very first Woodstock festival with an early morning performance. Performing hits like Voodoo Child and Purple Haze, his set…… MORE
Are you ready to learn some stuff? It’s August 17th and here’s what happened Today in Rock History! Beginning in 1991, after inviting their audience from a show two day before, Nirvana filmed their video for their breakthrough hit Smells Like Teen Spirit at GMT Studios in Culver City, CA. Having the audience come for…… MORE
Are you ready to learn some stuff? It’s August 16th and here’s what happened Today in Rock History! Starting off with releases, we got TWO Chili Peppers albums on this day with both Freaky Styley in ’85 and Mother’s Milk in ’89! In 1974, the Ramones debuted at the now legendary CBGB’s club in New…… MORE
Are you ready to learn some stuff? It’s August 15th and here’s what happened Today in Rock History! The first day of the original Woodstock Festival began on this day in 1969. 400,000 fans traveled to Bethel, New York for what was billed as “Three Days of Peace & Music” with music beginning in the…… MORE
Are you ready to learn some stuff? It’s August 14th and here’s what happened Today in Rock History! Starting off the day with violence, as in 1983, Johnny Ramone fractured his skull after being kicked in the head by Seth Macklin of the band Sub Zero Construction during a fight. Ramone was rushed to the…… MORE
