Rock and Metal History, a day like today February 25
1943: George Harrison, the youngest and "The Quiet One" in the Beatles, a superstar solo performer and also member of the Traveling Wilburys, was born in Liverpool, Merseyside, England; died November 29, 2001 of lung cancer in Beverly Hills, California.
1947: David Stensen, bassist of the Grass Roots, was born in San Bruno, California.
1953: John Doe of the punk band X is born John Duchac in Decatur, Illinois.
1963: The Beatles release "Please Please Me" in America.
1964: The Beatles recorded their next single "Can't Buy Me Love", as well as the flip side--"You Can't Do That" and began working on 'And I Love Her" and "I Should Have Known Better" at Abbey Road Studios in London.
1978: Jefferson Starship declared Earth Day! with the release of their new album Earth.
1981: Christopher Cross won Grammy Awards for Album of the Year and Record of the Year for "Sailing" and Best New Artist at Radio City Music Hall in New York City.
- “2112” album by Rush was certified Platinum by the RIAA
1984: A new rock & roll band from New Jersey first appeared on the charts as their debut single "Runaway" was first heard on radio. They would become quite well known to us as Bon Jovi.
- Van Halen landed the new #1 song with "Jump", knocking Culture Club's "Karma Chameleon" out of the top spot.
1989: Nirvana debut their Bleach track "Negative Creep" live at the Husky Union Building at the University of Washington in Seattle.
1992: Jimi Hendrix was posthumously honored with a Lifetime Achievement Award at the Grammys.
1993: Toy Caldwell, guitarist and co- founder of the Marshall Tucker Band and brother of bassist and co-founder Tommy Caldwell, died of respiratory failure in Moore, South Carolina at age 45.
1998: Bob Dylan won three Grammy awards at Radio City Music Hall in New York City, including Album of the Year for Time Out of Mind.
2011: Rick Coonce, drummer of the Grass Roots, died of heart failure at the age of 65.
2013: Dan Toler, guitarist with the Allman Brothers Band, died at age 64 after battling amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (Lou Gehrig's disease).
- SLAYER performed at Big Top Luna Park in Sydney, Australia. The great Gary Holt played guitar in place of the late/legendary Jeff Hanneman and Jon Dette was the drummer.
2015: AC/DC has their new studio album, Rock Or Bust, at #1 on the Billboard Hard Rock Albums Chart.
Comments