Rock and Metal History, a day like today May 15
1970: Pink Floyd perform two-and-a-half-hour set at Crystal Palace, complete with fireworks and fifty-foot inflatable octopus. The concert is so loud that fish die in the lake
1976: The Rolling Stones went to No.1 on the US album chart with 'Black And Blue', the group's sixth US No.1 album. The band's first studio album released with Ronnie Wood as the replacement for Mick Taylor featured the hit 'Fool To Cry'.
1980: Sex Pistols film The Great Rock and Roll Swindle released
1981: Former Sex Pistol John Lydon's band Public Image Ltd performed a show at New York's Ritz Club posing behind a video screen while the music was played from tapes. They were showered with missiles and eventually booed off stage.
1984: KickAxe released their debut album "Vices"
1982: Asia went to No.1 on the US album chart with their self-titled album. It spent a total of nine weeks at No.1 and became the best-selling album in the US for the year 1982. The supergroup included former members of several veteran progressive rock bands, namely bassist/vocalist John Wetton (formerly in Mogul Thrash, Family, King Crimson, Roxy Music, Uriah Heep, U.K. and Wishbone Ash), guitarist Steve Howe (formerly in Yes), keyboardist Geoff Downes (of Yes and The Buggles) and drummer Carl Palmer (formerly in The Crazy World of Arthur Brown, Atomic Rooster and Emerson, Lake & Palmer).
1985: Stryper released the album "Soldiers Under Command"
1987: MotleyCrue released the album "Girls, Girls, Girls"
1990: Dio released " Lock up The Wolves"
1990: Lita Ford released the album "Stiletto"
1992: Testament released album "The Ritual"
1996: Accept released " The Best "
2000: Motorhead released " We are motorhead"
2001: Megadeth released the album "The World Needs A Hero"
2007: Megadeth released the album "United Abominations"
2012: ShadowsFallBand released the album "Fire From The Sky"
2013: "Louder Than Hell: The Definitive Oral History Of Metal’ was published
Born on this day
1948: Brian Eno, synthesisers, Roxy Music, (1972 UK No.4 single 'Virginia Plain'). Member of The Winkies, produced U2, Talking Heads,David Bowie, John Cale and released solo albums.
1951: Dennis Fredericksen, vocals, Toto, (1983 US No.1 & UK No.3 single 'Africa').
