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What’s the latest info about about rock music and the most interesting and momentous events in its past? You can find it all here: breaking news, sales and airplay charts from the past, notable occasions, and our appreciations of recently departed artists and other musical figures of note
Oct 6, 2015: World’s Largest Human Peace Sign Attempt
John Lennon would have loved it. Yoko Ono called for fans to gather in New York City’s Central Park to try to set a Guinness World Record
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October 5, 1970: Led Zeppelin III Release
Following the success of their first 2 albums in 1969, Jimmy Page and Robert Plant took to the Bron-Yr-Aur cottage in Wales in 1970 for a musical sabbatical
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Happy Birthday to AC/DC’s Brian Johnson
It took a mighty set of pipes to replace AC/DC singer Bon Scott when he died in 1980. But now, of course, he himself has left the band in a departure that wasn’t handled well
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Rolling Stones #NoFilter Tour Opening Night: Recap
Four months after announcing the tour, the Stones played Hamburg, Germany. Our recap of the show including the setlist and videos
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Oct 4, 2021: Lizzie Bravo, Teenager Who Sang on Beatles Recording, Dies
Her tale of singing on a take of “Across the Universe” at Abbey Road Studios is one of those “amazing, but true” stories in Beatles lore
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Janis Joplin: January 19, 1943 – October 4, 1970
At the best musical and likely personal time in her life – the pain and blues in her voice was real – an accidental heroin overdose killed Janis Joplin.
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Oct 3, 1969: The Beatles ‘Abbey Road’ U.S. Release
It is the final album recorded by The Beatles as they were in the process of breaking up. Yet it sounds like a band album and is rated by some as their best
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When Aerosmith Bailed Out Pot Smokers
As the band played a concert in Fort Wayne Indiana, several dozen concertgoers were busted for smoking tobacco, drinking beer and possession of marijuana
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October 2, 1986: Everly Brothers Get Hollywood Star
With #1 hits like “Wake Up Little Susie,” “All I Have to Do is Dream” and “Cathy’s Clown,” Don and Phil Everly influenced the harmony singing of The Beatles
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Sept 30, 1993: George Harrison, Croz on ‘The Simpsons’
Way back in Season 5 in TV’s longest running scripted series, Croz presented Homer Simpson with a Grammy. Harrison hips Homer to free brownies
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