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Springsteen, Green Day and Elvis Rule RockinTown.com in 2009
According to RockinTown.com voters, Bruce Springsteen’s 16th studio album, "Working On A Dream," was the Best Album of 2009. It beat out Green Day’s "21st Century Breakdown" (number 2) and Fall Out Boy’s "Folie A Duex" (number 3).
Green Day landed at number 2 again in the RockinTown Hall of Fame voting. For the third consecutive year, Elvis Presley won the balloting.
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Today in Rock
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February Eighth Featured Artist
Motley Crue’s lead singer, Vince Neil, is born in Hollywood with the name Vincent Neil Wharton. He grows up all over SoCal – Inglewood, Watts and Compton. 1961 |
| | 1950's | Jerry Lee Lewis unleashes the salacious “Great Balls Of Fire.” Goodness gracious! Lock up your daughters! Rock n’ Roll is on a mission! 1957 | | 1960's | | The BoDeans’ Sam Llanas has a birthday. 1961
The Beach Boys record "Surfin’ Safari," among other tracks. 1962
George Harrison gets his tonsils yanked. OK, OK, it was big news back then. 1969
Eric Clapton, Ginger Baker (both formerly of Cream), Traffic’s Steve Winwood and bassist Rick Grech announce the formation of the short-lived “supergroup” Blind Faith. 1969
| | 1970's | A London performance of “200 Motels” by Frank Zappa & The Mothers Of Invention is cancelled because Royal Albert Hall officials deem the material obscene. 1971
Queen unleash their single, “Killer Queen." 1975
David Michael Farrell a.k.a. Dave "Phoenix" Ferrell is born. He’s Linkin Park’s bassist. 1977
“We Will Rock You/We Are The Champions” peaks at #4 in the U.S. The Queen song finds a home at sporting events around the country. 1978 | | 1980's | | David and Angela Bowie divorce after ten years of marriage. So much for blind faith. 1980
REM’s first recording session. 1981
The Who receive the Outstanding Contribution to British Music honor at the BPI Awards in London. 1988 | | 1990's | Del Shannon (“Runaway” and “Hats Off To Larry”), whose career appeared to be on an upswing, commits suicide - a self-inflicted gunshot wound. The 55 year old singer, an early ‘60s Rock ‘n’ Roll star, had been taking the anti-depressant drug Prozac. 1990
A gig in Amsterdam, at a place called the Sleepin Arena, is Oasis’ first show outside the U.K. 1994
The record industry certifies Green Day’s “Dookie” CD as selling ten million copies. It ties Pearl Jam’s “Vs” as the best selling Alt-Rock CD. 1999
| | 2000's | White Stripes perform at the 46th annual Grammy Awards in Los Angeles. The Foo Fighters appear onstage with jazz artist Chick Corea while Aerosmith's Steven Tyler and Joe Perry are among the presenters. The awards? Evanescence receives the Best New Artist and Best Hard Rock Performance honors, while the White Stripes take home awards for the Best Rock Song and Best Alternative Music Album. The evening`s other winners include Foo Fighters (Best Rock Album) and Metallica (Best Metal Performance). 2004
The DualDisc version of AC/DC's "Back In Black" is unfurled. The 1980 re-release contains The Story Of Back In Black, a behind-the-scenes documentary. 2005
Velvet Revolver's "Contraband" is released on the DualDisc format. The double-sided disc can be played in CD and DVD players. The latter side offers enhanced-audio, videos for "Slither" and "Fall to Pieces," photos of the band and other bonus features. 2005
Randy Bachman and Burton Cummings of the Guess Who are inducted into the Canadian Songwriters Hall Of Fame in a Toronto ceremony that features musical tributes from Three Days Grace and Ian Thornley. 2005
Ozzy Osbourne’s box set "Bible Of Ozz" arrives. The 52 tracks (including recently recorded covers) chronicle Ozzy’s solo career. 2005
A digitized version of the Beastie Boys appears in the "NBA v 3" video game. Each Beastie possesses unique skills on the basketball court. Yeah, like that could happen. 2005
3 Doors Down release "Seventeen Days." The album features Bob Seger on "Landing In London." 2005
Puddle of Mudd explains in an online post that Greg Upchurch "is still a member of Puddle of Mudd." Upchurch was tapped to take over drums for 3 Doors Down on their tour. The rest of Puddle Of Mudd continues to write songs for their next studio album. 2005
Doobie Brothers drummer Keith Knudsen succumbs to pneumonia. He was 56. Knudsen joined the Doobie Brothers in ’74 and stayed through their ’82 farewell tour. He helped start the Country oriented group Southern Pacific before rejoining the Doobies in ’93. 2005
U2, nominated for five awards, wins them all including Album of the Year and Song of the Year at the 48th annual Grammy Awards in L.A. Other winners are Green Day (Record of the Year - "Boulevard Of Broken Dreams"), System Of A Down (Best Hard Rock Performance), the White Stripes (Best Alternative Music Album) and Slipknot (Best Metal Performance). The Grammys are the only place where it pays to be old. U2's debut was in '81, Green Day '92, System Of A Down '98, and the newest acts to win, White Stripes and Slipknot, arrived in '99. An artist needs name recognition (and plenty of it) to get votes from aged/irrelevant Grammy voters. Bruce Springsteen, Bob Dylan and Dire Straits also get trophies. By the way, Paul McCartney doesn't win but he does perform. Now there's a fresh face. On the other hand, the tribute to Sly Stone (from the ‘60s) is great. 2006
The Beastie Boys perform on CBS' Late Show With David Letterman. 2006
Sevendust launch their tour in support of their sixth studio album, "Alpha," in Fort Wayne, IN. We're not going to have too many broken-down moments," says guitarist John Connolly. "We've been actually running a heavier set ever since (guitarist) Sonny (Mayo) got in the band." 2007
Guns N' Roses perform two songs at a Rodeo Drive Walk of Style ceremony in Beverly Hills, CA. The band plays Bob Dylan's "Knockin' on Heaven's Door" and "Sweet Child O' Mine." The show honors designer Donatella Versace and her late brother Gianni. 2007
Journey and Def Leppard's joint '06 trek is honored at the 18th annual Pollstar Concert Industry Awards in Universal City, CA. They win for Most Creative Tour Package beating out Aerosmith/Mötley Crüe and the Bon Jovi/Nickelback. 2007
John Mellencamp's promotes his "Freedom's Road" album on CBS' Late Show with David Letterman. The next day he's on NBC's Today and Comedy Central's The Daily Show. 2007
The Who announce plans for a spring European tour. At the London press conference guitarist Pete Townshend and vocalist Roger Daltrey play four songs. 2007
Aerosmith guitarist Joe Perry performs backed by his two sons' group, TAB The Band, in Ledyard, CT. "This is something we will not do very often," explains Perry. "They want to have their own identity and not be seen as my band." Perry adds that the set list features "a third of (TAB's) stuff, a third of my stuff, (some) interesting covers and a few Aerosmith songs." The group has Adrian (vocals/bass) and Tony Perry (guitar), "(It's) like watching a baby -- every day there's a change and they get better and they learn something new," says the senior Perry. 2008
Coldplay wins Rock Song of the Year (“Viva La Vida”) and Rock Album of the Year (“Viva La Vida”) at the 51st Grammy Awards in L.A. Led Zeppelin's Robert Plant and Bluegrass singer Alison Krauss nab the Record of the Year (“Please Read The Letter”) and Album of the Year (“Raising Sand”) awards. Peter Gabriel gets two Grammys for his contributions to the Wall-E soundtrack. U-2 opens the show with “Get Your Boots On.” Paul McCartney, accompanied by Foo Fighters' Dave Grohl on drums, plays The Beatles' "I Saw Her Standing There." Kid Rock, Coldplay and Radiohead also perform. And on a final note, Bruce Springsteen gets the Best Rock Song award for “Girls In Their Summer Clothes” but he has no idea. "I opened the newspaper on Monday and saw that I had won, and thought, 'Well, that's great,'" says The Boss. 2009 |
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