Thursday, May 13, 2010

Top 10 Rock CD's/Downloads For This Week (5-13-2010)

TOP 10 ROCK CD'S/DOWNLOADS FOR THIS WEEK (5-13-2010)
(Enter)1. GODSMACK...The Oracle
(Enter)2. DEFTONES...Diamond Eyes
(2)3. AC/DC...Iron Man 2 soundtrack
(3)4. MELISSA ETHERIDGE...Fearless Love
(1)5. BULLET FOR MY VALENTINE...Fever
(6)6. NICKELBACK...Dark Horse
(Enter)7. NONPOINT...Miracle
(Enter)8. SKILLET...Awake
(9)9. JIMI HENDRIX...Valleys Of Neptune
(8)10. SLASH...Slash

ROCK BIRTHDAYS FOR MAY 13
Richard “Magic Dick” Salwitz of the J. Geils Band is 65; Danny Kirwan, formerly with Fleetwood Mac, is 60; John Richardson of The Gin Blossoms is 46; Darius Rucker of Hootie and the Blowfish is 44;

ON THIS DATE
1941 Ritchie Valens was born in Pacoima, California. Valens died in 1959 at the age of 17
1971 Grace Slick of Jefferson Airplane crashes her Mercedes into a concrete wall near Golden Gate State Park
1985 Bruce Springsteen marries actress Julianne Phillips in Lake Oswego, Oregon. They divorce in 1989
2003 The estate of the late John Entwistle of the Who is auctioned off
2004 Paul McCartney's rehearsals at London`s Millennium Dome for an upcoming tour causes nearby residents to complain to authorities. That same day while Kiss is touring Australia Gene Simmons causes controversy by stating that the western world is under threat from extremists and a culture that treats women worse than dogs, he dismisses the Arab world as “God’s armpit.”
2004 Courtney Love pleads innocent to assault charges stemming from an incident in which she allegedly struck a man in the head with a microphone stand at a New York show the previous March
2007 Bo Diddley is hospitalized after a concert in Council Bluffs, Iowa, during which he appears disoriented. He is placed in intensive care at Creighton University Medical Center in Omaha, Nebraska after suffering a stroke
2008 Jon Anderson of Yes is hospitalized after experiencing a serious asthma attack
2008 Scott Weiland of the Stone Temple Pilots is released from Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department jail facility after serving 14 minutes of his sentence for a DUI bust the previous November

IN CONCERT
Friday, May 14 GARY HOEY Total Entertainment Daytona Beach
Friday, May 14 CAGE THE ELEPHANT State Theatre St. Petersburg
Saturday, May 29 AMERICAN BANG Vinoy Waterfront Park Saint Petersburg

IN THE NEWS
Lynyrd Skynyrd Announces New Live CD/DVD
Scott Weiland: 'I Wish Velvet Revolver All The Best
Twisted Sister's Dee Snider Gets Reality TV Show

ROCKLINE with Bob Coburn
Monday, May 17 DEFTONES 11:30 PM Eastern/8:30 Pacific Listen here
Wednesday, May 19 TRIUMPH 11:30 PM Eastern/8:30 Pacific Listen here
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