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“Live In London,” Skid Row’s first official live album has dropped. Recorded in October of ’22 at the 02 Forum Kentish Town, the set marks Skid Row’s final release with singer Erik Grönwall, who quit the band earlier this year due to health concerns. The album contains “Slave To The Grind,” “18 And Life,” “Monkey Business” and “I Remember You.”…
Celebrating his birthday, Bruce Springsteen appears on The Late Show with Stephen Colbert. The host asks ‘The Boss’ “what are your five favorite Springsteen songs?” Here’s Springsteen’s List: 1. Born To Run Original Album: Born To Run (1975) 2. The Rising Original Album: The Rising (2002) 3. Thunder Road Original Album: Born To Run (1975)…
Grand Funk Railroad were just a bunch of Michigan wannabes when Terry Knight took over as their manager. Knight had a less than stellar career as a solo artist when he realized, correctly, that there was more money in managing Rock acts than being in one. He landed a client when a couple of guys…
On this day… Jim Morrison landed on the cover of Rolling Stone. “He’s hot, he’s sexy, and he’s dead,” screamed the headline. The accompanying article chronicled the renewed interest in the singer, who died a decade earlier, and his band. “The Doors Greatest Hits” was awarded a platinum album (1,000,000 units shipped) the next day. From…
On this day… Tired of listening to her roommate play The Eagles endlessly, Vernett Bader (pictured) of North Charleston, SC grabbed a serrated knife from the kitchen and repeatedly stabbed her male 65-year-old roommate. The gent suffered wounds on his arm, hand and elbow. And here’s the shocker, according to police, both parties appeared intoxicated….
On this day… Kid Rock got into a dust up with Mötley Crüe’s Tommy Lee at the MTV Video Music Awards in Las Vegas. The former spouses of ‘actress’ Pamela Anderson (pictured above) exchanged words before Rock threw a punch (according to witnesses) sending Lee to the deck. Rock (pictured) also took a hit when…
On this day… The US Festival kicks-off in San Bernadino, California. The three-day festival featured, the Police (pictured), the Cars, Jackson Browne, David Edmunds, the Ramones, Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers and the Grateful Dead. The shindig was financed by Steve Wozniak of Apple Computer fame. He intended the US Festivals (this one and another…
On this day… The Rock And Roll Hall of Fame opens. The night before Bruce Springsteen, Chuck Berry and Jerry Lee Lewis performed. Soul Asylum backed Iggy Pop (on “Back Door Man”) and Lou Reed (for “Sweet Jane”). Jerry Lee (with help from Springsteen & The E Street Band) delivered “Whole Lotta Shakin’ Goin’ On’”…
On this day… Green Day’s Billie Joe Armstrong is ejected from an Oakland to Burbank Southwest Airlines flight because his “pants sagged too low.” Asked by a flight attendant to hike his pants higher, the singer responds by asking if there weren’t “better things to do than worry about that?” That was the wrong question….
On this day… A monument honoring Thin Lizzy mainman Phil Lynott was unveiled in his hometown of West Bromwich where he was born and lived before moving to Dublin. The unveiling was on what would have been Lynott’s 72nd birthday. The statue was designed by Luke Perry. Sean Meaney led the fundraising campaign. It was…