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 de...

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 &...

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...

Are you ready to learn some stuff? It’s August 13th and here’s what happened Today in Rock History!Starting off with releases and it’s another strong day as we got Lynyrd Skynyrd’s debut effort (Pronounced ‘ ‘Lĕh-‘nérd ‘Skin...

Are you ready to learn some stuff? It’s August 12th and here’s what happened Today in Rock History!Starting off with releases and it’s a killer day as we got The Black Album from Metallica in 1991!We also got Sacred Heart from DIO in 1985 and two debuts! One bei...

Are you ready to learn some stuff? It’s August 11th and here’s what happened Today in Rock History!Starting off with releases, we have just one. That one is Jackyl’s debut record from 1992. Cue the Chainsaw!Moving onto birthdays now we have Andy Bell of Oasis, R...

Are you ready to learn some stuff? It’s August 10th and here’s what happened Today in Rock History!Starting today off strong with releases! We got the Red Hot Chili Peppers debut record in 1984, Weasels Ripped My Flesh from The Mothers of Invention in 1970 and Siren S...

Are you ready to learn some stuff? It’s August 9th and here’s what happened Today in Rock History!Starting off on a sadder note as in 1986, Queen played what would be their final performance together as a band at Knebworth Park in England as the final show of their Ma...

Neil Young has announced a 50th anniversary edition of his 1975 album, Tonight's the Night, set for release on November 28. The new collection will feature six bonus tracks, including unreleased original versions of "Lookout Joe" (which replaces the or...

Sam Rivers, Limp Bizkit co-founder and bassist, has died at the age of 48. His bandmates - Fred Durst, Wes Borland, John Otto, and DJ Lethal - paid tribute to Rivers in an emotional Instagram post on Saturday night (October 18). "Today we lost our brot...

Bruce Springsteen was honored with the Academy Museum's Legacy Award on Saturday night (October 18), and he performed a special three-song solo acoustic set at the gala. The Boss opened with his Academy Award-winning 1994 hit, "Streets of Philadelphia"...

On Friday (October 17), Kelly Osbourne accepted a Lifetime Achievement Award on behalf of her late father, Ozzy Osbourne, at the Birmingham Awards held in the heavy metal pioneer's beloved hometown of Birmingham, England. In an Instagram post the follo...

Foo Fighters are teasing the upcoming release of new music with a snippet of an unreleased song included in an Instagram post shared on Thursday (October 16), which features a green, yellow, and blue-hued parrot on a stack of amps, alongside the captio...

While closing out the North American leg of her Radical Optimism Tour in Seattle on Thursday night (October 16), Dua Lipa was joined by Ben Gibbard for an acoustic duet of Death Cab for Cutie's "I Will Follow You Into the Dark." This performance contin...

On Thursday night (October 16), Sam Fender was awarded the 2025 Mercury Prize for his album, People Watching. The ceremony was held in Fender's hometown of Newcastle in the North East of England, marking the first time the awards took place outside of ...

On Thursday (October 16), Rancid released their punk-infused cover of Motörhead's "Sex and Death" as the final preview for the tribute album, Killed by Deaf - A Punk Tribute to Motörhead, which is set to drop on October 31st. The song, originally from ...