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
Are you ready to learn some stuff? It’s September 13th and here’s what happened Today in Rock History! Starting off with birthdays, it’s Dave Mustaine of Megadeth’s birthday! Other birthdays include Vinny Appice of Dio, Black Sabbath and Heaven & Hell and Stephen Perkins of Jane’s Addiction! In 1991, Geffen Records hosted a launch party…… MORE
Are you ready to learn some stuff? It’s September 12th and here’s what happened Today in Rock History! Starting the day off right as it’s “The Professor” Neil Peart’s birthday! Moving onto releases now and we’ve got a huge list for today. Starting off with the fantastic Wish You Were Here from Pink Floyd in…… MORE
Are you ready to learn some stuff? It’s September 11th and here’s what happened Today in Rock History! Today is a day many Americans will remember for the tragedy in New York in 2001. The day affected the music world as well. On that tragic day, while walking to work at his internship at Cartoon…… MORE
Are you ready to learn some stuff? It’s September 10th and here’s what happened Today in Rock History! Starting off strong with birthdays today as it’s Joe Perry of Aerosmith’s birthday! Other birthdays include Bill Stevenson of Black Flag, Robin Goodridge of Bush, and Mikey Way of My Chemical Romance Now that’ve we’ve triggered the…… MORE
