Rock and Metal History, a day like today April15
1966: Rolling Stones release Aftermath LP in UK (their first LP to feature all original material)
1967: Jimi Hendrix The Walker Brothers, Cat Stevens and Engelbert Humperdink all appeared at the The Odeon, Blackpool, England, tickets cost 5 and 10 shillings, ($0.70 and $1.40).
1976: Rolling Stones release Black and Blue, the first Rolling Stones LP to feature guitarist Ron Wood
1985: During his Born In The USA world tour, Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band played the fourth of five sold out nights at Yoyogi Olympic Pool in Tokyo, Japan.
1987: Queen were presented with an award for Outstanding Contribution to British Music at the 32nd annual Ivor Novello Awards held in London, England.
1989 : Poison reached #10 on the Billboard Hot 100 Singles Chart with their cover song: Your Mama Don’t Dance.
2001: Punk pioneer Joey Ramone (Jeffrey Ross Hyman) singer of the Ramones died after losing a long battle with lymphatic cancer aged 49. On November 30, 2003, a block of East 2nd Street in New York City was officially renamed Joey Ramone Place.
2007: Aerosmith Velvet Revolver, Placebo, Keane and Evanescence all appeared at the Quilmes Rock festival at River stadium in Argentina.
2015: KORN’s Greatest Hits Vol. 1 is ranked at #6, on the iTunes Top 100 Heavy Metal Albums Chart
Veil Of Maya’s forthcoming studio album,Matriarch, is ranked at #2 on the iTunes Top 100 Heavy Metal Albums Chart. This album was released on May 12th, 2015
Born on this day
1968: Born on this day, Edward John O'Brien, guitarist, Radiohead. Their 1993 debut single 'Creep' was initially unsuccessful, but it became a worldwide hit several months after the release of their debut album, 'Pablo Honey'. Their 1997 album OK Computer appeared in many 1997 critics' lists and listener polls for best album of the year.
1980: Born on this day, Patrick Carney, American drummer for The Black Keys, who had the 2014 US No.1 album Turn Blue. He also has a side-project rock band called Drummer
