New Rock Releases

NEW RELEASES
March 2
New
PETER GABRIEL...Scratch My Back (Deluxe Edition)
LIFEHOUSE...Smoke And Mirrors (Deluxe Edition)
Reissues
DIRE STRAITS...Communiqué (180 gram vinyl)

March 9
New
JIMI HENDRIX...Valleys Of Neptune or 2 LP vinyl
SERJ TANKIAN...Elect The Dead Symphony (with DVD) and 2 LP vinyl
STEPHEN STILLS AND MANASSAS...Manassas (2 LP 180 gram vinyl)

Remasters, Greatest Hits
JIMI HENDRIX...Are You Experienced (CD/DVD)
JIMI HENRIX...Axis...Bold As Love (CD/DVD)
JIMI HENDRIX...Electric Ladyland (CD/DVD)
JIMI HENDRIX...First Rays Of The New Sun (CD/DVD)
JIMI HENDRIX...Smash Hits (Remastered)
JIMI HENDRIX...Live At Woodstock (blu-ray) or DVD
MICHAEL SCHENKER GROUP...Live And Loud (Shape Edition)
JOAN JETT AND THE BLACK HEARTS...Greatest Hits (Remastered) and vinyl
CHUCK BERRY...You Can't Catch Me
SMILE EMPTY SOUL...More Anxiety (With DVD)
BO DIDDLEY...Who Do You Love

March 16
Reissues, Remasters
DEEP PURPLE...Machine Head (24 karat gold)

ROCK BIRTHDAYS FOR MARCH 1
Mike D'Abo from Manfred Mann is 66; Roger Daltrey is 66; Bill Leen from the Gin Blossoms is 48; Ryan Peake from Nickelback is 37; Sean Woolstenhulme from Lifehouse is 29;

ON THIS DATE
1958 Buddy Holly begins a tour of the U.K., the only one he would do
1966 Gene Clark quits the Byrds
1967 The Animals refuse to perform a concert in Ottawa because they want to be paid in advance. They are not so therefore the show is cancelled and a riot ensues, causing thousands of dollars in damage to the arena
1969 Jim Morrison of The Doors supposedly exposes himself at a concert in Miami. Maybe he did, maybe he didn't, but he was later arrested for profanity and lewd behavior
1982 Death Wish II soundtrack by Jimmy Pager is released
1994 The last show ever for Nirvana is in Munich, Germany. Also that smae day at the Grammys: Soul Asylum - "Runaway Train" Best Rock Song, Ozzy Osbourne - "I Don't Want To Change The World" Best Metal Performance
1995 At the Grammys: Bruce Springsteen - "Streets Of Philadelphia" Song Of The Year, Soundgarden - "Black Hole Sun" Best Hard Rock Performance, Spoonman Best Metal Performance, Melissa Etheridge - "Come To My Window" Best Rock Performance-Female. That same evening R.E.M.'s drummer, Bill Berry, suffers a brain aneurysm and has to leave the stage.
2005 The Jimi Hendrix estate wins another court battle as they stop Purple Haze Records from selling a bootleg concert from 1969.
2008 Linkin Park has to cancel shows in Albuquerque and El Paso after Chester Bennington has a respiratory infection

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