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1975 “Captain Fantastic And The Brown Dirt Cowboy” tops the Billboard 200.
Elton John (Captain Fantastic) and his songwriting partner Bernie Taupin (Brown Dirt Cowboy) have a six-week run at #1.
1994 Stone Temple Pilots release their sophomore album, “Purple.”
Led by the single “Vasoline.”
2022 Three Ghost singles are certified gold.
The Recording Industry Association Of America) recognizes “Cirice” (off of ‘15’s “Meliora”),”Dance Macabre” (from ‘18’s “Prequelle”) and “Square Hammer” (‘16’s “Popestar” EP) for accumulating 500,000 certified units moved. These are Ghost’s first RIAA certifications.
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1958 Prince (Prince Rogers Nelson) is born in Minneapolis, MN.
1967 Guitarist Dave Navarro (Red Hot Chili Peppers/Jane’s Addiction) enters the world.
1969 Blind Faith play a free show in London’s Hyde Park in front of 120,000. It’s the group’s first major concert.
1970 The Who perform “Tommy” at New York’s Metropolitan Opera House. It’ the first time The Who play this venue and the last time they perform “Tommy” in its entirety for nearly two decades.
1993 There’s a groundbreaking ceremony for the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame building in Cleveland.
1994 Grace Slick (Jefferson Airplane/Jefferson Starship) has to attend Alcoholics Anonymous and perform 200 hours of community service for pointing a shotgun at police officers earlier in the year.
2003 Staind find the top of the Billboard 200 with “14 Shades Of Grey.”
2008 During the encore at the Foo Fighters concert at London’s Wembley Stadium Led Zeppelin’s Jimmy Page and John Paul Jones come onstage for renditions of Zep’s “Rock And Roll” and “Ramble On.” “This is the greatest f-in’ night in our band’s life,” Grohl tells the audience.
2009 Elton John’s stage version of the film “Billy Elliot” wins big at the Tony Awards, snagging 10 trophies, including Best Musical. Poison performs in support of the ’80’s based musical “Rock Of Ages.” During the show’s opening number singer Bret Michaels is hit by a descending piece of scenery fracturing his nose and cutting his lip. And that’s why you show up for rehearsals!
2012 Former Fleetwood Mac guitarist/vocalist Bob Welch dies after shooting himself at his Nashville home. Welch was with the band from ’71 until ’74 and had experience health issues in recent months.
2013 Black Sabbath issue “13.” The set has original Sabbath members Ozzy Osbourne, Tony Iommi and Geezer Butler, plus drummer Brad Wilk (Rage Against The Machine) in place of Bill Ward who passed on the reunion due to a contract dispute. The Rick Rubin produced set marks the first time the trio has recorded an album since ’78’s “Never Say Die.”
2016 Trump uses “We Are The Champions” at a campaign rally. Queen guitarist Brian May subsequently states he doesn’t want the presidential candidate to use the song ever again.
2018 Ghost fans raise over $9,500 via a crowdfunding drive for the family of Jeffrey Allan Fortune, a 52-year old man who died after collapsing in the mosh pit at a Ghost concert in Milwaukee.
2021 Metallica sues Lloyd’s of London in L.A. Superior Court for allegedly refusing to compensate the band for financial losses suffered when the band was forced to postpone six shows in South America in ‘20 because of the coronavirus. Later in the year, a judge rules against Metallica.
2022 The Sex Pistols top the U.K. music streaming charts with “God Save The Queen,” 45 years after its initial release. The anti-government protest song originally dropped in ’77 to mock Queen Elizabeth II’s Silver Jubilee. It’s return to #1 coincides with the Queen’s Platinum Jubilee celebration.
2023 Busy day for Slipknot. Just prior to the start of a European tour, Slipknot co-founder and percussionist M. Shawn Crahan (a.k.a. Clown) writes on social media that he will sit out a number of the band’s shows in order to stay home with his wife, who is suffering from an undisclosed health issue. Next, Slipknot announce that they have parted ways with keyboardist Craig Jones who joined the band in early 1996, replacing original guitarist Donnie Steele but soon moved to sampling and keyboards. And just hours later, Slipknot play its first show with a “new mystery member” at the Nova Rock Festival in Austria.
2023 Social Distortion founder and bandleader Mike Ness reveals that he has been diagnosed with tonsil cancer. The 61-year-old singer/guitarist is undergoing treatment.
