Rock History

2024 – Over 250 popular musicians, including members of Green Day and Dave Matthews, sign a letter urging the Senate Commerce Committee to support The Fans First Act that aims to reform the live-event ticketing system – providing ticket transparency, consumer protection and preventing bad actors from charging exorbitant resale prices. 

2010 – Stone Temple Pilots’ single “Between The Lines,” is #1 on Billboard’s Alternative Rock chart. It is the first track off the group’s self-titled album. “When the four of us get into a room to make a musical statement, it’s undeniable that things happen,” says guitarist Dean DeLeo.

2008 – Smashing Pumpkins are inducted into Hollywood’s RockWalk in L.A. Frontman Billy Corgan (pictured) and drummer Jimmy Chamberlin are on hand. “I’m so used to bad vibes, people hating our band and throwing things at us,” says Corgan. “So it’s strange to be honored.”

2023 – Machine Gun Kelly’s 33rd birthday is interrupted when a police helicopter issues a demand for everyone to leave the party after Kelly is seen wielding an active flamethrower. 

1973 – Alice Cooper’s “Billion Dollar Babies,” with “Elected” and “No More Mr. Nice Guy” is #1 on the Billboard 200.
 
It’s the second to last album released by the band’s original line-up. Alice (the singer) would go solo while the remaining band members briefly emerged as the Billion Dollar Babies.

2017 – Rush: Geddy Lee, Alex Lifeson and Neil Peart, receive the Allan Slaight Humanitarian Spirit Award at the annual Canadian Music & Broadcast Industry Awards Gala Dinner.  The honor is for the group’s achievements, social activism and support of humanitarian causes. 

1980 – R.E.M. play their first show as R.E.M. It takes place at 11:11 Koffee Club in Athens, GA in front of 150 people. Police shut down the show because the venue is unlicensed.

2013 – Heart is inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame during a ceremony at the Nokia Theater in L.A. “They (Heart’s Ann and Nancy Wilson) blasted any sexist barriers in front of them,” says Soundgarden’s Chris Cornell in his induction speech.

2023 – The surviving members of Soundgarden and vocalist Chris Cornell’s widow, Vicky, end their long-running legal conflict and reach “an amicable out of court resolution” over the final songs that the band and Chris were working on.

2024 – Green Day’s third album “Dookie” is selected for inclusion in the Library of Congress in Washington, D.C. Viewed as one of the defining albums of the ’90s, it contains the tracks “Longview,” “Basket Case” and “When I Come Around.”