Best Rock Songs of the 2000s

On this day… Creed gets credit for helping lift the Texas Rangers to the major league baseball playoffs. The Rangers see their season turn around when they start playing Creed in the clubhouse prior to games. According to Rangers’ pitcher Andrew Heaney listening to Creed was a way of “having fun” while dealing with the “rollercoaster of the second…

It was a classic Grunge vs. Hair Metal battle. First, Pearl Jam’s Eddie Vedder (above) stated in a New York Times interview, published on this day, that he “despised” most ’80’s Hair Metal bands, specifically Mötley Crüe.  Crüe bassist Nikki Sixx (pictured) responded by calling Pearl Jam “one of the most boring bands in history”…

On this day,,, Stone Temple Pilots ruled Billboard’s Mainstream Rock Songs chart for a week with “Big Bang Baby.” The song was featured on the band’s third album, “Tiny Music,,, Songs From The Vatican Gift Shop.” Bassist Robert DeLeo composed the music with singer Scott Weiland writing the lyrics. “We wanted to make a statement. We wanted…

On this day… John Lennon recorded his blistering “Cold Turkey.” Offered to The Beatles, who passed on it, the song was credited to the Plastic Ono Band – which consisted of Lennon, Eric Clapton (guitar), fellow Beatle Ringo Starr (drums), and Manfred Mann’s Klaus Voorman (bass). Yoko Ono was in there as well.  ‘Cold turkey’ refers…