Are you ready to learn some stuff? It’s January 13th and here’s what happened Today in Rock History!
Starting the day off with birthdays, and we have Tim Kelly of Slaughter!
Other birthdays include Wayne Coyne of The Flaming Lips, Trevor Rabin of YES, and Jason James of Bullet for My Valentine!
We got Learning to Crawl from The Pretenders in 1984!
As well as Defenders of the Faith from Judas Priest in 1984 and The Beatles’ Yellow Submarine soundtrack in 1969!
In 1986, Ozzy Osbourne went to court as the parents of John McCollum, a depressed teen who shot himself while listening to Osbourne’s Suicide Solution, sued the Ozzman. The McCollum’s claimed that their son was driven to suicide by the song. The case would be thrown out.
We lost Sylvain Sylvain of the New York Dolls in 2021 at the age of 69 from cancer.
And finally in 1973, with the help of many friends including Pete Townsend, Ronnie Wood and Steve Winwood among others, Eric Clapton returned to the stage for the first time in 18 months to perform at the Rainbow Theatre in London. Townshend organized the concert to help Clapton kick his heroin addiction. The first show of two, both shows were recorded and later released as Eric Clapton’s Rainbow Concert record.
This has been Today in Rock History! Check back tomorrow for your next rock history lesson!
