Rock and Metal History, a day like today May 14

1968: The Rascals recorded "People Got To Be Free".

1977: The Talking Heads performed at the Rock Garden in London. Brian Eno was in the audience and eventually became their producer.

1988: Led Zeppelin reunited for the Atlantic Records 40th anniversary party at Madison Square Garden, New York, appearing with Jason Bonham the son of John Bonham on drums. Other acts performing included Foreigner, Crosby, Stills and Nash, Genesis, Emerson Lake and Palmer, Wilson Pickett and Ben E. King.

1992: KISS released the album Revenge, featuring new drummer Eric Singer.

2006: The Red Hot Chili Peppers reached #1 on the U.K. Album chart withStadium Arcadium.

2013: It was reported that KISS planned to open over 100 restaurants in North America. The band who had just opened the third branch of Rock & Brews in the greater Los Angeles area said that they wished to open 100 more in the next five years. The band planned to open new branches at LAX airport in Los Angeles, Maui in Hawaii and Kansas City in Missouri over the coming year.

Born on this day

1943: Jack Bruce (bassist, singer for Cream, Manfred Mann, John Mayall & the Bluesbreakers) is born in Bishopbriggs, Lanarkshire, Scotland.

1952: Talking Heads frontman David Byrne is born in Dumbarton, Scotland.

1962: Ian Astbury, songwriter and lead vocalist of the Cult, was born in Heswall, Merseyside, England.

1963: C.C. DeVille (real name Bruce Anthony Johannesson), elite guitarist of Poison, was born in Brooklyn, New York. 1966: Mike Inez, bass guitarist of Alice in Chains, was born in San Francisco, California.