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Today in Rock
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July Fourth Featured Artist
The Ramones make their European debut at London’s Roundhouse. 1976 |
| | 1950's | With his popularity rising to new heights daily, Elvis Presley returns to Memphis for a charity concert. 1956
There are lot of people born on the 4th including INXS’ Kirk Pengilly. The guitarist is the group’s frontman until Michael Hutchence takes over. 1958
| | 1960's | Bassist Matt Malley has the distinction of being born on the holiday. He spends 14 years with the Counting Crows. 1963
The Beach Boys (an All-American band – at least at this point) have the top song in the nation – “I Get Around.” 1964 | | 1970's | Grand Funk Railroad play the Atlanta Pop Festival. Capitol Records is impressed and signs the group. 1970
One-time Barenaked Ladies keyboardist, Andrew Creegan, has a birthday. 1971
Last show at the Fillmore West. Tower of Power, Santana and Creedence Clearwater Revival perform. A jam session featuring numerous San Francisco musicians closes the show. 1971
Foo Fighters’ drummer, William Goldsmith, is born in Seattle. 1972
| | 1980's | | The Beach Boys play a free Independence Day concert in Washington, D.C. (for the first time). They perform on the 4th in the nation's capitol, off and on, throughout the '80s. 1980
Ozzy Osbourne marries his personal manager, Sharon Arden, in Hawaii. It’s his second marriage. Sharon resuscitates Ozzy’s career on several occasions. She also stars with him on the MTV “reality” series “The Osbournes” and briefly has her own talk show. 1982 | | 1990's | "Under The Bridge" lands at #3 on the Billboard Hot 100. The Red Hot Chili Peppers are slotted behind Sire Mix-A-Lot ("Baby Got Back") and Mariah Carey ("I’ll Be There"). 1992
Lollapolooza ‘95 kicks off with Hole, Sonic Youth and Beck. 1995
| | 2000's | David Lee Roth is a guest performer at the Boston Pops’ Fourth of July concert. Backed by a full orchestra, Roth performs "Jump" and "California Girls." 2004
Aerosmith’s Joe Perry (guitar) and Steven Tyler (vocals) perform "I Don't Want To Miss a Thing," "Dream On" and "Walk This Way" at the Boston Pops' nationally televised concert in front of an estimated audience of half a million. 2006
Guitarist Mike Campbell and keyboardist Benmont Tench (both of Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers), appear on the Johnny Cash album "American V: A Hundred Highways." The posthumous release has a cover of Bruce Springsteen's "Further On (Up the Road)." Campbell and Tench also played on other Cash discs. 2006
A special two-CD version of Deep Purple's, “Rapture Of The Deep,” hits stores. One disc contains couple of bonus tracks recorded during the sessions for the ‘05 album along with five recently recorded live performances, including renditions of Purple classics "Smoke on the Water" and "Highway Star." 2006
Pink Floyd's latter-day lineup, David Gilmour, Richard Wright and Nick Mason, appear together in London for a premiere screening of the band's Pulse DVD. "[It's] fantastic to watch it like this, as it's a privilege we just never ever get," says Wright of the ‘94 concert footage. 2006
And they said it would never last. Ozzy and Sharon Osbourne celebrate their 25th wedding anniversary (see above). 2007
A joint headlining Collective Soul/Live tour begins in Morrison, CO. Blues Traveler is also along for the ride. "It's great to be out with Live again this summer (they toured together the previous year) and we're excited to have Blues Traveler join us," says Collective Soul frontman Ed Roland. Also, Staind’s tour in support of their "The Illusion Of Progress" CD kicks off in Muskegon, MI. People who distribute advertising materials for the band can receive a ticket to one of Staind's concerts. 2008
Ted Nugent plays the 6,000th live show of his career in his Detroit hometown (at the DTE Energy Music Theatre), as part of the Rolling Thunder '08 tour. "It is guaranteed to be the most emotional, sensual, grind fest of what you've witnessed on the (trek) so far," says the Motor City madman prior to the concert. Nugent starts the show with a version of "The Star-Spangled Banner," as a group of National Guardsmen join him onstage. He is also presented with a giant red-white-and-blue cake. 2008 |
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