Are you ready to learn some stuff? It’s September 23rd and here’s what happened Today in Rock History! Starting off this very slow day strong as it’s The Boss Bruce Springsteen’s birthday! It’s also late CBGB owner Hilly Kristal’s birthday! Without CBGB, we wouldn’t have many punk and new wave groups of the 70s and…… MORE
Are you ready to learn some stuff? It’s September 22nd and here’s what happened Today in Rock History! Starting this very busy day off in 1985 as the very first Farm Aid took place at Memorial Stadium in Champaign, IL. On the bill that night included organizers Neil Young, Willie Nelson and John Mellencamp, as…… MORE
Are you ready to learn some stuff? It’s September 21st and here’s what happened Today in Rock History! Starting the day off as we normally do with releases and it’s a great day for them! Not only did we get Green Day’s magnum opus American Idiot in 2004, We ALSO got Nirvana’s final album In…… MORE
Are you ready to learn some stuff? It’s September 20th and here’s what happened Today in Rock History! Starting the day off with releases, we got AC/DC’s Dirty Deeds Done Dirt Cheap in 1976 Ozzy’s solo debut Blizzard of Ozz in 1980 As well as, Love Over Gold by Dire Straits in 1982, Billy Idol’s…… MORE
Are you ready to learn some stuff? It’s September 19th and here’s what happened Today in Rock History! Starting the day off in 1979, as the first day of the 5-day MUSE “No Nukes” concert opens at Madison Square Garden in NYC. MUSE, of Musicians United for Safe Energy, used the concert to oppose nuclear…… MORE
Are you ready to learn some stuff? It’s September 18th and here’s what happened Today in Rock History! In the late morning of September 18th, 1970 the world lost one of it’s greatest guitar heroes, the legendary Jimi Hendrix at the age of 27. Although he had been in the rock spotlight for only 4…… MORE
Are you ready to learn some stuff? It’s September 17th and here’s what happened Today in Rock History! Starting the day off in 1967, as The Doors made their first and final appearance on The Ed Sullivan Show. The band is never invited back after singer Jim Morrison falls back on a promise he made…… MORE
Are you ready to learn some stuff? It’s September 16th and here’s what happened Today in Rock History! Starting the day off in 1965, as a young British singer, Davie Jones, was forced to change his stage name, as he kept getting confused for the singer of The Monkess, Davy Jones. Davie became better known…… MORE
Are you ready to learn some stuff? It’s September 15th and here’s what happened Today in Rock History! Starting the day off on a sadder note, we lost Johnny Ramone of the Ramones on this day in 2004 We also lost Ric Ocasek of The Cars in 2019 and Richard Wright of Pink Floyd in…… MORE
Are you ready to learn some stuff? It’s September 14th and here’s what happened Today in Rock History! Starting our day off strong with releases, as we got Painkiller from Judas Priest in 1990! Other releases include: Arcade Fire’s debut record Funeral in 2004, both Counting Crows’ August and Everything After and Bat Out of…… MORE
