June 8th
Rock Albums Released on This Day in History
The perfect daily read for fans looking to explore rock history one day—and one album—at a time.
Featured Rock Albums
2004
My Chemical Romance
– Three Cheers for Sweet Revenge
Three Cheers for Sweet Revenge is a blood-soaked, hook-laced purge of pain and pageantry. My Chemical Romance turns punk melodrama into anthemic chaos, delivering every scream and snare like it’s life or death—and somehow, it is.
Velvet Revolver
– Contraband
Contraband is a gritty, volatile clash of rock veterans and raw urgency. Slash and Weiland ignite chaos with riffs and recklessness. It’s messy, loud, and alive—proof that danger still had a pulse in 2004, even if it came wrapped in rust.
1999
Red Hot Chili Peppers
– Californication
Californication is the sound of a band sobering up without losing the twitch in their fingers. It’s bleached-out, sun-fried, and bruised in all the right places. The funk’s still there, but now it’s wearing a black turtleneck and scribbling poetry in the corner.
1992
Faith No More
– Angel Dust
Angel Dust pulses with a warped sense of humor and a lurking menace. It’s heavy, yes—but not in the ways metal was used to. No double kick overkill. No cartoon riffage. Just precision chaos and unsettling melody.
More Rock Albums Released Today
Some are obscure or lesser-known, while others played a pivotal role in shaping the sound of rock and roll.
Year
Artist – Album
2023
The Dead Milkmen – Quaker City Quiet Pills
2021
Poppy – Eat (NXT Soundtrack)
2018
Joana Marte – De Outro Lugar
Dave Matthews Band – Come Tomorrow
Matt Maltese – Bad Contestant
Sheppard – Watching the Sky
2015
Young Guns – Ones and Zeros
FFS – FFS
2012
Rush – Clockwork Angels
2010
Tokyo Police Club – Champ
The Young Veins – Take a Vacation!
Attack Attack! – Attack Attack!
2009
Placebo – Battle for the Sun Alternative rock
Steel Panther – Feel the Steel
Datarock – Red
2007
Bon Jovi – Lost Highway
2004
Sonic Youth – Sonic Nurse
Hawthorne Heights – The Silence in Black and White
Queensrÿche – The Art of Live
Fastball – Keep Your Wig On
Bad Religion – The Empire Strikes First
The Calling – Two
A.C. Newman – The Slow Wonder
Rachael Yamagata – Happenstance
Matthew Good – White Light Rock & Roll Review
Pink Cream 69 – Thunderdome
Gene Simmons – Asshole
The Clarks – Fast Moving Cars
The Slackers – International War Criminal
311 – Greatest Hits ’93-’03
Various Artists – Punk-O-Rama Vol. 9
1999
Def Leppard – Euphoria
The Donnas – Get Skintight
The Apples in Stereo – Her Wallpaper Reverie
Cibo Matto – Stereo * Type A
Biohazard – New World Disorder
Lacuna Coil – In a Reverie
Frenzal Rhomb – A Man’s Not a Camel
The Tea Party – Triptych
Pavement – Terror Twilight
Smash Mouth – Astro Lounge
Testament – The Gathering
Ministry – Dark Side of the Spoon
1998
Diecast – Undo the Wicked
The Delgados – Peloton
Embrace – The Good Will Out
1993
Urge Overkill – Saturation
X – Hey Zeus!
Bratmobile – Pottymouth
Steve Miller Band – Wide River
1992
W.A.S.P. – The Crimson Idol
Asia – Aqua
1984
Siouxsie and the Banshees – Hyæna
1982
Survivor – Eye of the Tiger
1981
Yoko Ono – Season of Glass
1979
Wings – Back to the Egg
Dave Edmunds – Repeat When Necessary
The Who – The Kids Are Alright
Nick Lowe – Labour of Lust
1977
Trooper – Knock ‘Em Dead Kid
1974
Ry Cooder – Paradise and Lunch
1970
Bob Dylan – Self Portrait
1967
The Association – Insight Out
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