January 26

ROCK BIRTHDAYS FOR JANUARY 26
Corky Laing from Mountain is 62; Eddie Van Halen from Van Halen is 55; Tom Keifer from Cinderella is 49; Chris Hesse from Hoobastank is 36;

ON THIS DATE
1974 Ringo Starr is at number one on the Billboard Pop Singles chart with You're Sixteen
1977 Fleetwood Mac's former guitarist, Peter Green, is committed after he had shot at a delivery boy
1977 The Clash sign a recording contract with CBS Records
1995 The Rolling Stone magazine names Soundgarden Best Metal Band in their '95 Music Awards
2001 Several fans were injured and one dies in a mosh pit at a Limp Bizkit concert in Sydney, Australia
2005 It is announced that Ryan Vikedal is no longer with Nickelback

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