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Rock and Metal history, September 10

1946: Don Powell (drummer for Slade) is born in Bilston, Wolverhampton, Staffordshire, England. He would become interested in drums as a Boy Scout.

1949: Barriemore Barlow (drummer/percussionist for Jethro Tull) is born in Birmingham, England.

1950: Joe Perry (lead guitarist for Aerosmith) is born Anthony Joseph Perry in Lawrence, Massachusetts.

1951: Pete Tolson (guitarist for The Pretty Things) is born in Bishops Stortford, Herts, England. David Bowie covered the group's "Don't Bring Me Down" for his 1973 album, Pin Ups.

1958: Siobhan Fahey (of Bananarama) is born in Dublin, Ireland.

1964: Rod Stewart recorded his first single "Good Morning Little Schoolgirl."

1972: At the Hollywood Bowl in Los Angeles, The Doors, who have continued as a trio since the death of Jim Morrison in July 1971, play their last concert. Their final song is "Light My Fire," the last song Morrison performed before his death.

1975: Kiss released their first live album and fourth overall , "Alive". It contains live versions of selected tracks from their first three studio albums, Kiss, Hotter Than Hell and Dressed to Kill. It was recorded at concerts in Detroit, Michigan; Cleveland, Ohio; Wildwood, New Jersey; and Davenport, Iowa on May 16, June 21, July 20 and July 23, 1975.

1980: "She's So Cold" by the Rolling Stones was released.

1984: Matthew Followill (lead guitarist for Kings Of Leon) is born Cameron Matthew Followill in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma.

1990: The Hard Rock Cafe in Las Vegas, NV, opened.

1990: Bob Dylan released "Under the Red Sky" his 27th studio album

2009: Nine Inch Nails completes its Wave Goodbye Tour at Los Angeles' Wiltern Theater, with Trent Reznor declaring that the band is done performing live for "the foreseeable future." The band maintains its hiatus for roughly four years, returning on July 26, 2013, with their Twenty Thirteen Tour.