Are you ready to learn some stuff? It’s June 16th and here’s what happened Today in Rock History!
Starting off with releases, we got Woodstock from Portugal. The Man and David Bowie’s legendary album The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spider from Mars.
On the film side of rock history, in 1980 we saw the release of The Blues Brothers based on the Saturday Night Live skit starring Dan Aykroyd and John Belushi.
We lost Kristen Pfaff of Hole in 1994 of a heroin overdose and James Honeyman-Scott of The Pretenders in 1982 of heart failure from cocaine use.
In 2013, Black Sabbath creates a new UK chart record for the longest gap between No.1 albums with their 19th studio album 13. Their last number one record released 42 years prior with their second album Paranoid.
During a Blink-182 concert in Los Angeles in 2023, Kourtney Kardashian announces to husband Travis Barker that she is pregnant by holding up a sign that reads “Travis I’m Pregnant” ala the band’s All the Small Things music video. And that’s gonna be the only time I’m talking about a Kardashian with this blog. EVER
The first day of the Monterey Pop Festival began in 1967. Held in California, the festival was considered the starting point for the “Summer of Love” movement. Monterey had all proceeds go to charity as all artists agreed to play it for free. The festival was also the first major US appearances by The Who and Jimi Hendrix.
And finally in 2010, Metallica, Megadeth, Slayer and Anthrax play on the same bill together at the Sonisphere Festival in Warsaw, Poland. This would be the first time that the Big Four of thrash metal performed together. Six more super successful shows in Europe follow (their show in Bulgaria is later released), and a year later The Big Four do seven more ending in NYC on September 14th. All have not appeared on the same bill since.
This has been Today in Rock History! Keep on Rocking, keep on Rolling! Check back tomorrow for your next rock history lesson!
