Are you ready to learn some stuff? It’s December 29th and here’s what happened Today in Rock History!
Starting the day with birthdays, we have Dexter Holland of The Offspring!
Other birthdays include Shane Evans of Collective Soul and Danny Wagner of Greta Van Fleet.
As well as Ray Thomas of the Moody Blues, Rick Danko of The Band, and Alan Myers of Devo!
In 1982, we saw the release of the very unexpected electronic album Trans from Neil Young. This album (along with the one that followed, Everybody’s Rockin’) caused Young to be sued by Geffen Records for “intentionally creating music that won’t sell.”
Moving onto other releases today, we have THREE records named after their band: Grand Funk from Grand Funk Railroad in 1969, America from America in 1971 and Twenty One Pilots from Twenty One Pilots in 2009!
We lost John Hartman of The Doobie Brothers in 2021.
And finally in 2002, Creed played such a terrible show in Chicago that it caused four fans to SUE the band! The lawsuit claimed that lead singer Scott Stapp was either so intoxicated or medicated that he couldn’t “sing the lyrics of a single Creed song.” Stapp would push back claiming that he wasn’t drunk and that his on stage antics were an “artistic moment.” The lawsuit would later be thrown out.
This has been Today in Rock History! Check back tomorrow for your next rock history lesson!
