Sunday, February 14, 2010

February 14

ROCK BIRTHDAYS FOR FEBRUARY 14
Roger Fisher from Heart is 60; Ricky Wolking from The Nixons is 44; Rob Thomas from Matchbox Twenty is 38;

ON THIS DATE
1970 The Who perform at Leeds University in Leeds, West Yorkshire in the UK. This turns out to be the Live At Leeds album, which totally will ROCK your butt off!!!
1972 John Lennon and Yoko Ono begin a week long stint as co-host of The Mike Dougles Show. An interesting week, indeed
1972 Steppenwolf officially call it quits
1984 Aerosmith performs in Boston. In attendance were original members Joe Perry and Brad Whitford. They rejoin the group after meeting the band backstage after the show
2008 And ex member of Boston, Barry Goudreau, had been performing the Boston classic "More Than A Feeling" at rallies for Republican presidential hopeful Mike Huckabee. Tom Scholtz sends Huckabee a letter asking him to stop using "something of mine and using it to promote ideas to which I am opposed"

IN CONCERT
Saturday, April 24 98 ROCKFEST with ALICE IN CHAINS, LIMP BIZKIT, PUDDLE OF MUDD, SEVENDUST, HELLYEAH and others St. Pete Times Forum Tampa
Saturday, May 1 EARTHDAY BIRTHDAY with KORN, PAPA ROACH, CHEVELLE, FIVE FINGER DEATH PUNCH Tinker Field Orlando

IN THE NEWS
Judas Priest British Steel Revisited
Alice In Chains Make Comic Decision
R.I.P. Doug Fieger

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