June 3rd
1967 Aretha Franklin is #1.
She tops the U.S. singles chart with her version of the Otis Redding’s “Respect.”
1972 Jethro Tull’s “Thick As A Brick,” is #1 on the Billboard 200.
Meant as a parody of “concept albums,” it contains a continuous piece of music, split over two sides of a record.
2008 Weezer’s self-titled disc (aka “The Red Album”) is released.
It’s earlier than originally planned because several tracks were leaked online.
2008 Disturbed unfurl their fourth studio album “Indestructible.”
“I don’t think I’ve seen a reaction like we’ve had to this record since (’00’s debut) ‘The Sickness’,” says frontman David Draiman. “I think that people are in for one hell of a wild ride.”
“Indestructible” debuts at #1 on the Billboard 200. It is the band’s third consecutive #1 on that chart. A rare feat.
2016 Volbeat issue their sixth full-length album, “Seal The Deal & Let’s Boogie.”
The album debuts at #4 on the Billboard 200 and is their highest debut chart position to date.
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1946 Mott The Hoople vocalist and solo performer, Ian (“Cleveland Rocks”) Hunter is part of the post-war baby boom.
1950 Stumblin’ in. Leather-clad singer Suzi Quatro is born in Detroit.
1952 Lynyrd Skynyrd’s Billy Powell is born in Corpus Christi, TX. He is a Skynyrd roadie when he plays his own version of “Free Bird” on the piano for singer Ronnie Van Zant. Impressed, Van Zant asks Powell to join.
1956 Vocalist Danny Wilde (The Rembrandts) has a birthday.
1964 Slayer founding member and guitarist, Kerry King, is born in L.A.
1964 Drummer Ringo Starr collapses during a photo shoot the day before The Beatles leave on a world tour. He enters the hospital with tonsillitis and pharyngitis. Jimmy Nichol fills in until Ringo rejoins the group on June 12th in Australia.
1967 Jefferson Airplane appear on American Bandstand to perform “White Rabbit” and “Somebody To Love.”
1970 Nice junket to the States. To re-record two words in the song “Lola,” the Kinks’ Ray Davies flies from London to New York. “Coca-Cola” becomes “cherry cola” to avoid any commercial conflicts.
1995 “Have You Ever Really Loved A Woman?” is the top pop song in the U.S. The Bryan Adams ballad is from the “Don Juan DeMarco” soundtrack. The film stars Johnny Depp and Marlon Brando.
1995 “December” (Collective Soul) is #1 on Billboard’s Mainstream Rock Songs chart. It was written by the band’s singer/guitarist Ed Roland.
2004 Creed guitarist Mark Tremonti and drummer Scott Phillips tell MTV that the band broke up due to personal issues with singer Scott Stapp.
2005 Degree in the attic. Aerosmith frontman Steven Tyler receives an honorary doctorate degree from University of Massachusetts – Boston during the commencement ceremony. The degree is awarded in recognition of Tyler’s musical achievements and contributions to Boston-area charities.
2008 Van Halen’s (David Lee Roth, Alex and Eddie Van Halen plus Eddie’s son Wolfgang – playing bass) North American tour comes to a close at the Van Andel Arena in Quebec City, Canada. The trek grosses more than $93 million over 74 shows-a band record.
2009 Former Nirvana bassist Krist Novoselic files for the position of County Clerk in Washington State’s Wahkiakum County. His campaign objects to what he calls a “confusing” law that allows candidates to list any party affiliation they choose on the ballot. Novoselic’s preferred party is Grange, which is not a party but actually the Grays River Grange; a nonpartisan, progressive organization that he leads. Novoselic later withdraws saying he’s made his point.
2016 Slipknot frontman Corey Taylor announces that his unplanned spinal surgery due to a broken neck will force the delay of a Slipknot summer tour. Meanwhile, “Officer Downe,” directed by Slipknot’s Shawn Crahan makes its world premiere at the 22nd Los Angeles Film Festival.
2018 Jack White (White Stripes/Raconteurs) is given a key to the City of Cincinnati after closing the Bunbury Music Festival. He is given the key by Mayor John Cranley during a trip to King Records. The R&B label was nation’s sixth-largest record company during the ‘40s and ‘50s.
2022 During a Judas Priest concert in Poland frontman Rob Halford voices his support for the Ukraine. Following a statement in support of the Ukraine’s battle to beat back a Russian invasion he chants “Free Ukraine!”
2023 Marc Lopes makes his live debut with Metal Church at the Legions Of Metal Festival in Chicago. Lopes joined Metal Church in ’22 replacing the late Mike Howe.
2024 Disturbed’s frontman David Draiman receives the joint Jerusalem Post and World Zionist Organization award for outstanding contributions in the fight against antisemitism.
2025 Metallica’s All Within My Hands (AWMH) foundation announces that more than 1,000 blood donations have been collected to date during the band’s North American tour as part of the band’s lifesaving partnership with the American Red Cross.
