Are you ready to learn some stuff? It’s February 14th and here’s what happened Today in Rock History! Oh yeah….. Happy Valentine’s Day too. I guess.
Starting with releases today and we’ve got two absolute classics from Canada: the American release of Dreamboat Annie from Heart in 1976 and Fly By Night by Rush in 1975!
One other release came from 1992, as Wayne’s World opened in theaters! The film featured appearances from Meat Loaf and Alice Cooper, but also included the classic scene featuring Queen’s Bohemian Rhapsody. It brought Queen back into the limelight and the song went to Number 2 on the U.S. singles charts 20 years after the song originally released. I know I used this clip the other day, but when you’re talking about Wayne’s World, you HAVE to include it.
This moment would come full circle as Mike Myers, who played Wayne, would be featured in Queen’s biopic, Bohemian Rhapsody, as Ray Foster and said this:
Man was he wrong.
Two birthdays today and they belong to Roger Fisher of Heart and Slyvain Slyvain of the New York Dolls.
In 1986, Frank Zappa appeared on an episode of Miami Vice called Payback and played crime boss ‘Mr. Frankie’.
While performing the final song of his set at Radio City Music Hall in NYC in 1973, David Bowie was knocked unconscious when a very excited fan rushed the stage and knocked Bowie to the ground. Bowie would be carried offstage. What was the final song?
In 1999, during the final stop on their tour with Black Sabbath, the Deftones find their equipment truck had been stolen from the parking lot of the Holiday Inn they were staying at in Dearborn, Michigan. The band not only lost their equipment, but also their instruments including several of Chi Cheng’s bass guitars and Stephen Carpenter’s custom-made guitars and racks.
And finally in 1970, The Who performed at Leeds University. This performance was recorded and became The Who’s Live at Leeds live album which is also considered by many as the greatest live rock record of all time.
This has been Today in Rock History! Keep on Rocking, keep on Rolling! Check back tomorrow for your next rock history lesson!
