Are you ready to learn some stuff? It’s October 7th and here’s what happened Today in Rock History! Starting the day off, as Spotify launched in 2008. The most streamed song on the platform that year was The Killers’ song Human. The company would become a juggernaut in music streaming within the next few years,…… MORE
Are you ready to learn some stuff? It’s October 6th and here’s what happened Today in Rock History! Starting the day on a sad note as we lost Eddie Van Halen in 2020 from throat cancer. We also lost Ginger Baker of Cream in 2019 from complications of COPD. We saw the releases of Dig…… MORE
Are you ready to learn some stuff? It’s October 5th and here’s what happened Today in Rock History! We’ve got a killer list of releases today and starting it off we got Led Zeppelin III in 1970! As well as Goodbye Yellow Brick Road from Elton John in 1973! We also got The Police’s Reggatta…… MORE
Are you ready to learn some stuff? It’s October 4th and here’s what happened Today in Rock History! Starting off on a sad note, as we lost the Queen of Psychedelic Soul, Janis Joplin in 1970 from a heroin overdose. She was just 27. The 1996 comedy music film That Thing You Do! was released…… MORE
Are you ready to learn some stuff? It’s October 3rd and here’s what happened Today in Rock History! Starting off with birthdays today and BOY do we have a list today! First we have Tommy Lee of Motley Crue! Other birthdays include Gwen Stefani of No Doubt, Josh Klinghoffer of Red Hot Chili Peppers, and…… MORE
Are you ready to learn some stuff? It’s October 2nd and here’s what happened Today in Rock History! A week after wrapping up The Heartbreaker’s 40th anniversary tour, we lost Tom Petty in 2017 from accidental mixed drug toxicity at the age of 66. In 1967, all six members of the Grateful Dead were arrested…… MORE
Are you ready to learn some stuff? It’s October 1st and here’s what happened Today in Rock History! Starting the day in 2007, after announcing their next album In Rainbows would be only available on their official website, Radiohead’s website crashed when fans tried to pre-order the new album priced at 40 Euros for its…… MORE
Are you ready to learn some stuff? It’s September 30th and here’s what happened Today in Rock History! Starting the day in 2016, as a Philadelphia elementary school student skipped class to meet his musical hero at a book signing at the Free Library of Philadelphia. The boy returned to class the next day with…… MORE
Are you ready to learn some stuff? It’s September 29th and here’s what happened Today in Rock History! Starting the day with releases, and we got two heavy hitters on this day in 1992: Core from the Stone Temple Pilots… …and Dirt from Alice in Chains! We got another Alice in Chains record in 2009…… MORE
Are you ready to learn some stuff? It’s September 28th and here’s what happened Today in Rock History! The day begins centered on the shock rock legend Alice Cooper, as in 1983, Cooper completed rehab, beating his drug and alcohol addictions that nearly ended his marriage and his life. Moving onto releases, we got two…… MORE
