Tuesday, August 31, 2010

August 31

ROCK BIRTHDAYS FOR AUGUST 31
Jerry Allison (Buddy Holly and the Crickets) is 71; Van Morrison is 65; Rudolf Schenker of The Scorpions is 62; Glenn Tilbrook of Squeeze is 53; Gina Schock of The Go-Go's is 53; Jeff Russo of Tonic is 41; Greg Richling of the Wallflowers is 40;

ON THIS DATE
1945 Bob Welch, a member of Fleetwood Mac from 1971-1974, is born in Los Angeles, California.  Welch died in 2012

1968 Danny Kirwin joins Fleetwood Mac
1974 John Lernnon testifies in federal court that the Nixon Administration are trying to deport him because of his involvement in anti-war demonstrations
1976 George Harrison is found guilty of subconscious plagiarism" for supposedly copying 'He's So Fine' for his song 'My Sweet Lord'
1988 Julianne Phillips files for divorce from Bruce Springsteen and Bob and Annette Seger file for divorce as well
1990 At the memorial service for Stevie Ray Vaughan in Dallas, Texas Bonnie Raitt, Jackson Browne and Stevie Wonder sing 'Amazing Grace'
2004 Getting Away With Murder by Papa Roach is released
2005 Mike Wengren of Disturbed asks his girlfriend to marry him during a concert in Milwaukee, Wisconsin
2010 Red Velvet Car by Heart is released
2010 Asylum by Disturbed is released

CENTRAL FLORIDA CONCERT DATEBOOK

Wednesday, September 1 TEARS FOR FEARS Ruth Eckerd Hall Clearwater
Wednesday, September 1 CREED/SKILLET Ford Ampitheatre Tampa
Friday, November 19 WARRANT The Garage Bar at Route 46 Sanford

IN THE NEWS

Slash Files For Divorce In Los Angeles
Eddie Vedder, Johnny Depp and Patti Smith Rock Little Rock
Sammy Hagar on Sharing Chickenfoot Drummer with Chili Peppers, Autobiography

ROCKLINE with Bob Coburn
Wednesday, September 1 Best Of Rockline Live 11:30 PM Eastern/8:30 Pacific Listen here
Monday, September 6 DROWNING POOL 11:30 PM Eastern/8:30 Pacific Listen here
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Monday, August 30, 2010

New Releases

NEW RELEASESAugust 31
DISTURBED...Asylum (Limited Edition) (Vinyl)
PAPA ROACH...Time For Annihilation...On The Record And On The Road (Clean)
HEART...Red Velvet Car
GOO GOO DOLLS...Something For The Rest Of Us
10 YEARS...Feeding The Wolves (Deluxe Edition) (Vinyl)
MICKEY DOLENZ...King For A Day
BLACK CROWES...Croweology (Vinyl release of new album)
Various Artist...Hair Metal Live

Compilations, Box Sets, Reissues
MOTORHEAD...Icon
KISS...Icon (Single Disc)
BRYAN ADAMS...Icon
RUSH...Icon
STYX...Icon
LYNYRD SKYNYRD...Icon (Single Disc)
NIRVANA...Icon
Various Artist...Hollywood Rocks (Box Set)
HOOBASTANK...Icon
RITCHIE VALENS...La Bamba

DVD, BLU-RAY
Various Artist...Legends Of The Canyon: Classic Artist
JANE'S ADDICTION...Live Voodoo or blu-ray

September 7
New
STONE SOUR...Audio Secrecy
MEGADETH...Rust In Peace: Live
THE DEFTONES...The Lowdown
JERRY LEE LEWIS...Mean Old Man
TODD RUNDGREN...For Lack Of Honest Work
BACHMAN AND TURNER...Bachman And Turner
AEROSMITH...The Lowdown

DVD/BLU-RAY
LINKIN PARK...Road to Revolution - Live at Milton Keynes (blu-ray)
MEGADETH...Rust In Peace: Live (blu-ray)
Tommy, The Movie (blu-ray)

September 14
New
THE GRACIOUS FEW...The Gracious Few

ROCK BIRTHDAYS FOR AUGUST 30
Matt Taul formerly of Tantric and Days of the New is 32; Micky Moody formerly with Whitesnake is 60;

ON THIS DATE
1965 Highway 61 Revisited by Bob Dylan is released
1973 The surviving members of the Doors call it quits. They had released 2 albums after Jim Morrison passed away
1981 Tattoo You by the Rolling Stones is released
1989 Izzy Stradlin of Guns 'N' Roses is arrested at the airport in Phoenix, Arizona and charged with making a public disturbance, peeing on the floor, verbally abusing a flight attendant and smoking in a non-smoking section. He later pled guilty was put on proibation and payed a fine
2006 The New York Supreme Court rules The Beatles may sue EMI and Capitol Records for over $20 million in lost earnings. The suit which stems from a ‘79 court case, claims the record labels secretly sold Beatles albums that they had incorrectly classified as destroyed or damaged

IN THE NEWS
Rolling Stone's top 10 Beatles songs of all time

ROCKLINE with Bob Coburn
Monday, August 30 DISTURBED 11:30 PM Eastern/8:30 Pacific Listen here
Wednesday, September 1 Best Of Rockline Live 11:30 PM Eastern/8:30 Pacific Listen here
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Sunday, August 29, 2010

August 29


ROCK BIRTHDAYS FOR AUGUST 29
Chris Copping formerly with Procol Harum is 65; Kyle Cook of Matchbox 20 is 35;

ON THIS DATE
1966 The Beatles concluded their fourth American tour with their last public concert, at Candlestick Park in San Francisco
1977 Three people are arrested for trying to steal Elvis Presley's body from Forest Hills Cemetery in Memphis
1990 Elton John checks into a Chicago rehab center to be treated for bulimia, alcohol and drugs
2006 The Black Crowes replace keyboardist Eddie Hawrysch with Rob Clores
2006 Modern Times by Bob Dylan is released
2007 Axl Rose of Guns 'N' Roses is sued by a security guard who claims that the singer kicked him in the head during a gig in Universal City, California

CENTRAL FLORIDA CONCERT DATEBOOK
Monday, August 30 MEAT LOAF Hard Rock Live Orlando
Saturday, Rocktober 9 DR. JOHN Plaza Theater Orlando

IN THE NEWS
Slash: The Real Guitar Hero

ROCKLINE with Bob Coburn
Monday, August 30 DISTURBED 11:30 PM Eastern/8:30 Pacific Listen here
Wednesday, September 1 Best Of Rockline Live 11:30 PM Eastern/8:30 Pacific Listen here
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Saturday, August 28, 2010

August 28

ROCK BIRTHDAYS FOR AUGUST 28
Max Collins of Eve 6 is 32;

ON THIS DATE
1965 The Rolling Stones sign a 5 year contract with Decca Records
1965 Bob Dylan is booed for 'going electric' at a concert in Forest Hills, New York
2007 Live At Radio City Music Hall by Heaven And Hell is released
2007 Afterwards by Collective Soul is released
2007 Humanity: Hour 1 by the Scorpions is released

IN THE NEWS
STP's Scott Weiland Falls Off Stage During Concert
U2, Glen Hansard Star in 'Music of Ireland'
Documentary
George Harrison's Son, Ben Harper Form a Band

ROCKLINEwith Bob Coburn
Monday, August 30 DISTURBED 11:30 PM Eastern/8:30 Pacific Listen here
Wednesday, September 1 Best Of Rockline Live 11:30 PM Eastern/8:30 Pacific Listen here
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Friday, August 27, 2010

August 27

ROCK BIRTHDAYS FOR AUGUST 27
Tim Bogert of Vanilla Fudge is 66; Alex Lifeson of Rush is 57; Glen Matlock of The Sex Pistols is 54; Mike Johnson formerly with Queens Of The Stone Age is 45; Jon Siebels of Eve 6 is 31;

ON THIS DATE

1965 The Beatles meet Elvis Presley in Los Angeles at Elvis' home
1967 The Beatles' manager, Brian Epstein, is found dead in his home. His death was ruled an "accidental overdose of sleeping pills"
1990 Stevie Ray Vaughan dies in a helicopter crash in East Troy, Wisconsin. He was 35
1991 Ten by Pearl Jam is released
1996 No Code by Pearl Jam is released
2002 A Rush Of Blood To The Head by Coldplay is released
2008 27 year old Kevin Cogill is arrested at his home in Culver City, California by the FBI for "suspicion of violating federal copyright laws" after he posted songs from the not yet released album Chinese Democracy by Guns 'N' Roses
2009 Joan Jett sues her former Runaways bandmate Jackie Fox. Fox owns part of the band's trademark and is trying to block the movie 'The Runaways' from being released. Jett wants the film to premier on time

CENTRAL FLORIDA CONCERT DATEBOOK
Friday, Rocktober 15 L.A. GUNS Pastimes Pub Sarasota

IN THE NEWS

Yoko Ono Plans Iceland Ceremony for Lennon's Birthday
Paramore's Hayley Williams Puts Rock Twist on 'Bed Intruder Song'
Bruce Springsteen Preps 'Darkness On the Edge' Box Set

ROCKLINEwith Bob Coburn
Monday, August 30 DISTURBED 11:30 PM Eastern/8:30 Pacific Listen here
Wednesday, September 1 Best Of Rockline Live 11:30 PM Eastern/8:30 Pacific Listen here
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Thursday, August 26, 2010

August 26

TOP 10 ROCK CD'S/LP'S/DOWNLOADS FOR THIS WEEK (8-26-2010)
(Enter)1. IRON MAIDEN...The Final Frontier
(Enter)2. JOHN MELLENCAMP...No Better Than This
(2)3. AVENGED SEVENFOLD...Nightmare
(5)4. TOM PETTY AND THE HEARTBREAKERS...Mojo
(1)5. BLACK LABEL SOCIETY...Order Of The Black
(7)6. NICKELBACK...Dark Horse
(6)7. OZZY OSBOURNE...Scream
(Enter)8. PARAMORE...Brand New Eyes
(9)9. GODSMACK...The Oracle
(Enter)10. FILTER...The Trouble With Angels

ROCK BIRTHDAYS FOR AUGUST 26
Dan Vickrey of the Counting Crowes is 43; Tyler Connolly of Theory of a Deadman is 34;

ON THIS DATE
1980 Tom Peterson quits Cheap Trick. He returns to the band 8 years later
2008 All Hope Is Gone by Slipknot is released

CENTRAL FLORIDA CONCERT DATEBOOK
Friday, August 27 DEFTONES House Of Blues Lake Buena Vista
Thursday, Rocktober 7 NONPOINT The Plaza Theater Orlando

IN THE NEWS
Activists Detained Ahead Of U2's Moscow Concert
Iron Maiden Debuts Atop Euro Chart
Papa Roach Makes 'Time for Annihilation'

ROCKLINEwith Bob Coburn
Monday, August 30 DISTURBED 11:30 PM Eastern/8:30 Pacific Listen here
Wednesday, September 1 Best Of Rockline Live 11:30 PM Eastern/8:30 Pacific Listen here
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Wednesday, August 25, 2010

August 25

ROCK BIRTHDAYS FOR AUGUST 25
Gene Simmons of Kiss is 61; Henry Paul of the Outlaws is 61; Rob Halford of Judas Priest is 59; Geoff Downes of Asia is 58; Elvis Costello is 56; Vivian Campbell of Def Leppard is 48;

ON THIS DATE
1976 Boston by Boston is released
1983 The Rolling Stones sign with Columbia Records
1994 Billy Joel and Christie Brinkley get divorced
2005 Sharon Osbourne admits that she cut the sound while Iron Maiden was onstage after Bruce Dickinson had said some critical remarks about her husband Ozzy Osbourne at an Ozzfest concert a few days earlier
2006 During a concert in Hampden Park, Glasgow Keith Richards of the Rolling Stones lights up a cigarette and is therefore charged with violating the city's anti-smoking ordinance
2009 Zak Wylde of Black Label Society is hospitalized in Eugene, Oregon with blood clots in both lungs and one leg

CENTRAL FLORIDA CONCERT DATEBOOK
Thursday, August 26 SOUL ASYLUM Hard Rock Hotel Orlando

IN THE NEWS
For Pearl Jam's 20th Birthday, A Bridge School Gig
Ronnie Wood Recruits Stars for New Album
Bret Michaels, Kristi Gibson engagement more likely than ever

ROCKLINEwith Bob Coburn
Wednesday, August 25 BACHMAN AND TURNER 11:30 PM Eastern/8:30 Pacific Listen here
Monday, August 30 DISTURBED 11:30 PM Eastern/8:30 Pacific Listen here
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Tuesday, August 24, 2010

August 24

ROCK BIRTHDAYS FOR AUGUST 24
Ken Hensley formerly with Uriah Heep and Blackfoot is 65; John Bush formerly with Anthrax is 47;

ON THIS DATE
1944 Jim Capaldi of Traffic was born in Evesham, Worcestershire, England. Capaldi died in 2005
1968 Keith Moon of the Who manages to drive a Cadillac (Moon claimed it to be a Lincoln) into the swimming pool at the Holiday Inn in Flint, Michigan. He then blew up the toilet in his room

CENTRAL FLORIDA CONCERT DATEBOOK

Saturday, Rocktober 2 PAPA ROACH Jannus Live St. Petersburg
Friday, November 12 ATREYU House Of Blues Lake Buena Vista
Monday, November 15 ATREYU The Ritz Ybor Ybor City

IN THE NEWS

Bob Dylan to Release 'Witmark' Rarities Set in October
Bono, Russian President Talk Charity Over Tea
Jimi Hendrix's London Years Explored in New Exhibit

ROCKLINEwith Bob Coburn
Wednesday, August 25 BACHMAN AND TURNER 11:30 PM Eastern/8:30 Pacific Listen here
Monday, August 30 DISTURBED 11:30 PM Eastern/8:30 Pacific Listen here
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Monday, August 23, 2010

New Releases

NEW RELEASES
August 24
APOCALYPTICA...7th Symphony (Deluxe)
LINKIN PARK...The Catalyst (CD Single)
TODD RUNDGREN...For Lack Of Honest Work
NILS LOFGREN...I Came To Dance
Various Artist...Countdown To The New Year
Various Artist...Roots Of The Rolling Stones

DVD, BLU-RAY
ELECTRIC LIGHT ORCHESTRA...Live: The Early Years
LES PAUL...Live In New York (DVD or BLU-Ray)
BLACK LABEL SOCIETY...The European Invasion - Doom Troopin' Live (blu-ray)

August 31
DISTURBED...Asylum (Limited Edition) (Vinyl)
PAPA ROACH...Time For Annihilation...On The Record And On The Road (Clean)
HEART...Red Velvet Car
GOO GOO DOLLS...Something For The Rest Of Us
10 YEARS...Feeding The Wolves (Deluxe Edition) (Vinyl)
MICKEY DOLENZ...King For A Day
BLACK CROWES...Croweology (Vinyl release of new album)
Various Artist...Hair Metal Live

Compilations, Box Sets, Reissues
MOTORHEAD...Icon
KISS...Icon (Single Disc)
BRYAN ADAMS...Icon
RUSH...Icon
STYX...Icon
LYNYRD SKYNYRD...Icon (Single Disc)
NIRVANA...Icon
Various Artist...Hollywood Rocks (Box Set)
HOOBASTANK...Icon
RITCHIE VALENS...La Bamba

DVD, BLU-RAY
Various Artist...Legends Of The Canyon: Classic Artist
JANE'S ADDICTION...Live Voodoo or blu-ray

September 14
New
THE GRACIOUS FEW...The Gracious Few

ROCK BIRTHDAYS FOR AUGUST 23
Rick Springfield is 61; Dean DeLeo of Stone Temple Pilots and Army Of Anyone is 49;

ON THIS DATE
1947 Keith Moon of the Who is born in Wembley, London, England. Moon died in 1978
1962 John Lennon marries Cynthis Powell
1968 Ringo Starr leaves the Beatles. He did return a week later
1975 For several minute Paul Kossoff's heart stops. The Free guitarist is revived but his poor health took his life in March 1976
1988 Nothing's Shocking by Jane's Addiction is released
1993 Duran Duran receive a star on the Hollywood Walk Of Fame
2005 In Albuquerque, New Mexico Velvet Revolver replace Iron Maiden on the Ozzfest

CENTRAL FLORIDA CONCERT DATEBOOK
Tuesday, August 24 DEFTONES The Ritz Ybor Ybor City

IN THE NEWS
Iron Maiden Slays Rivals on U.K. Album Chart

ROCKLINEwith Bob Coburn
Monday, August 23 AVENGED SEVENFOLD 11:30 PM Eastern/8:30 Pacific Listen here
Wednesday, August 25 BACHMAN AND TURNER 11:30 PM Eastern/8:30 Pacific Listen here
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Sunday, August 22, 2010

August 22

ROCK BIRTHDAYS FOR AUGUST 22
Vernon Reid of Living Colour is 52; Roland Orzabal of Tears For Fears is 49; Gary Lee Conner of the Screaming Trees is 48; Paul Doucette of Matchbox 20 is 38; Dean Back of Theory of a Deadman is 35;  Robert Levon Been of Black Rebel Motorcycle Club is 32;

ON THIS DATE
1967 Layne Staley of Alice In Chains is born in Kirkland, Washington. Staley died in 2002
1968 Cynthia Lennon files for divorce from John Lennon
1989 Mother's Milk by the Red Hot Chili Pepper's is released
1994 Pearl Jam annonce that Dave Abbruzzese has left the band. Abbruzzese later claimed he was fired
2005 Kevin Miller formerly of Fuel sues the band claiming that he is owed $141,000 from an advance Fuel received for their 2003 Natural Selection album, and is also seeking a cut of the profits from his last tour with the group
2006 Bruce Gary of the Knack dies at age 55 in Tarzana, California after a battle with non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma

IN THE NEWS
Weezer Plans to Perform 'Pinkerton,' 'Blue Album'
Hamburg honors the Beatles

ROCKLINEwith Bob Coburn
Monday, August 23 AVENGED SEVENFOLD 11:30 PM Eastern/8:30 Pacific Listen here
Wednesday, August 25 BACHMAN AND TURNER 11:30 PM Eastern/8:30 Pacific Listen here
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Saturday, August 21, 2010

August 21

ROCK BIRTHDAYS FOR AUGUST 21
James Burton is 71; Glenn Hughes, currently with Black Country Communion, is 58; Serj Tankian of System Of A Down is 43;

ON THIS DATE
1952 Joe Strummer of the Clash was born in Ankara, Turkey. Strummer died in 2002
1972 In Akron, Ohio a phone-in bomb threat is called in at a Jefferson Airplane concert, police cars are pelted with rocks, police respond with tear gas, Jack Casady of Airplane objects which gets him arrested. Grace Slick and Paul Kantner go to see Casady and Slick gets maced and Kantner is slammed to the floor
1990 Ritual De Lo Habitual by Jane's Addiction is released
2005 Iron Maiden is pelted with eggs in Devore, California, during their final appearance at Ozzfest. Frontman Bruce Dickinson reportedly made negative comments about Ozzy Osbourne during the trek. After Maiden's set, Sharon Osbourne appears onstage and announces that Dickinson had "disrespected Ozzfest." Later, Iron Maiden's manager issues a statement saying the onstage sabotage of the band's final Ozzfest performance was a "premeditated and coordinated attack" orchestrated by members of the Osbourne camp
2007 The Heroin Diaries by Sixx: AM is released

CENTRAL FLORIDA CONCERT DATEBOOK

Friday, Rocktober 8 REO SPEEDWAGON/EDDIE MONEY Ruth Eckerd Hall Clearwater
Sunday, November 14 JASON BONHAM'S LED ZEPPELIN EXPERIENCE King Center For The Perfroming Arts Melbourne

IN THE NEWS
System of a Down's Serj Tankian Stays Busy With 'Harmonies'
E Street Band's Nils Lofgren Talks Springsteen, Solo Work
Neil Young Releasing New Disc, ‘Le Noise,’ Next Month

ROCKLINEwith Bob Coburn
Monday, August 23 AVENGED SEVENFOLD 11:30 PM Eastern/8:30 Pacific Listen here
Wednesday, August 25 BACHMAN AND TURNER 11:30 PM Eastern/8:30 Pacific Listen here
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Friday, August 20, 2010

August 20


ROCK BIRTHDAYS FOR AUGUST 20
Robert Plant of Led Zeppelin is 62; Fred Durst of Limp Bizkit is 40;

ON THIS DATE
1949 Phil Lynott of Thin Lizzy is born in West Bromwich, Birmingham, England, United Kingdom. Lynott died in 1986
1952 Doug Fieger of the Knack is born in Oak Park, Michigan. Fieger died in 2010
1966 Dimebag Darrell is born in Ennis, Texas. He was killed in 2004
1999 Bobby Sheehan of the Blues Traveler is found dead in his New Orleans home at the age of 31
2002 Disclaimer by Seether is released
2008 Steve Adler formerly with Guns 'N' Roses not guilty in a Los Angeles court to charges stemming from his drug-related arrest the previous month

CENTRAL FLORIDA CONCERT DATEBOOK

Friday, December 3 JOE SATRIANI House Of Blues Lake Buena Vista
Saturday, December 4 JOE SATRIANI Ruth Eckerd Hall Clearwater

IN THE NEWS

Phil Spector Denied Wearing A Wig
Cheap Trick Mulling New Material
Aerosmith Bandmate Says Steven Tyler Doing 'Idol'

ROCKLINEwith Bob Coburn
Monday, August 23 AVENGED SEVENFOLD 11:30 PM Eastern/8:30 Pacific Listen here
Wednesday, August 25 BACHMAN AND TURNER 11:30 PM Eastern/8:30 Pacific Listen here
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Thursday, August 19, 2010

Top 10 Rock CD's/LP's/Downloads For This Week (8-19-2010)

TOP 10 ROCK CD'S/LP'S/DOWNLOADS FOR THIS WEEK (8-19-2010)
(Enter)1. BLACK LABEL SOCIETY...Order Of The Black
(1)2. AVENGED SEVENFOLD...Nightmare
(2)3. BUCKCHERRY...All Night Long
(3)4. THE BLACK CROWES...Croweology
(4)5. TOM PETTY AND THE HEARTBREAKERS...Mojo
(7)6. OZZY OSBOURNE...Scream
(6)7. NICKELBACK...Dark Horse
(5)8. KORN...KoRn III: Remember Who You Are
(10)9. GODSMACK...The Oracle
(Re-enter)10. FIVE FINGER DEATH PUNCH...War Is The Answer

ROCK BIRTHDAYS FOR AUGUST 19
Ginger Baker of Cream and Blind Faith is 71; Ian Gillian of Deep Purple is 65; John Deacon of Queen is 59;

ON THIS DATE

1980 Alice Cooper cancels a show in Toronto and 1,400 fans riot
1997 The Dance by Fleetwood Mac is released
2004 Hurricane Charley victims in Florida get help from Clear Channel Communications Inc. They auction off 43 guitars autographed by Tom Petty, Stone Temple Pilots, Linkin Park, Nickelback and ZZ Top. The proceeds are split between displaced families and the American Red Cross
2008 LeRoi Moore of the Dave Matthews Band dies at the age of 46 in Charlottesville, Virginia from injuries he suffered in an ATV accident
2008 The Illusion Of Progress by Staind is released

IN THE NEWS
Bret Michaels Sues Concert Promoter For $5 Million
Kings Of Leon Reject 'Glee' Request
Eric Clapton Announces New Solo Album, 'Clapton'

ROCKLINEwith Bob Coburn
Monday, August 23AVENGED SEVENFOLD 11:30 PM Eastern/8:30 Pacific Listen here
Wednesday, August 25 BACHMAN AND TURNER 11:30 PM Eastern/8:30 Pacific Listen here
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Wednesday, August 18, 2010

August 18

ROCK BIRTHDAYS FOR AUGUST 18
Dennis Elliot formerly with Foreigner is 60; Zac Maloy of The Nixons is 42;

ON THIS DATE
1962 Ringo Starr plays with the Beatles officially for the first time at the Cavern in Liverpool
1966 The Doors sign with Elektra Records
1969 The Woodstock Music and Art Fair in Bethel, New York wound to a close after three nights with a mid-morning set by Jimi Hendrix
1977 Funeral services are held for Elvis Presley at Graceland
1986 Slippery When Wet by Bon Jovi is released
1998 Follow The Leader by KoRn is released
1998 Devil Without A Cause by Kid Rock is released
2004 Linkin Park donates $5 from every ticket sold at their Projekt Revolution show in Tampa to the Red Cross Hurricane Charley Relief Fund. The effort raises more than $65,000 in aid for hurricane victims
2008 Ozzy Osbourne signs a three album deal with Sony

CENTRAL FLORIDA CONCERT DATEBOOK
Thursday, September 30 DEVON ALLMAN'S HONEYTRIBE B.B. King's Blues Club Orlando
Tuesday, November 9 SEVENDUST/10 YEARS The Ritz Ybor Ybor City
Wednesday, November 10 SEVENDUST/10 YEARS House Of Blues Lake Buena Vista

IN THE NEWS
Nirvana Lawsuit Settled Between Courtney Love, Management
Blondie to Spread 'Panic' with First Album in 7 Years
Video: Watch Waters and Gilmour's Surprise Reunion

ROCKLINEwith Bob Coburn
Wednesday, August 18 BURTON CUMMINGS formerly with the GUESS WHO 11:30 PM Eastern/8:30 Pacific Listen here
Monday, August 23AVENGED SEVENFOLD 11:30 PM Eastern/8:30 Pacific Listen here
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Tuesday, August 17, 2010

August 17

ROCK BIRTHDAYS FOR AUGUST 17
John "Sib" Hashian formerly with Boston is 61; Kevin Rowland of Dexy's Midnight Runners is 57; Eric Johnson is 56; Belinda Carlisle of the Go-Go's is 52; Gilby Clarke is 48; Colin James is 46; Steve Gorman of the Black Crowes is 45;

ON THIS DATE
1960 The newly renamed Beatles (formerly the Silver Beetles), consisting of John Lennon, Paul McCartney, George Harrison, Stuart Sutcliffe and just-hired drummer Pete Best, began their first gig in Hamburg, West Germany at the Indra Club.
1970 Christine McVie joins Fleetwood Mac
1977 President Jimmy Carter eulogizes Elvis Presley (who died the day before) saying he “permanently changed the face of American popular culture"
1986 Rick Allen of Def Leppard plays his first concert since losing an arm in a car accident
1989 Pete Townshend of the Who injures his hand while doing the 'windmill' during a performance of 'Won't Get Fooled Again' in Tacoma, Washington
1998 Carlos Santana receives a star on the Hollywood Walk Of Fame
2004 Survival Of The Sickest by Saliva is released
2005 Axl Rose of Guns 'N' Roses is sued by former bandmates Slash and Duff McKagan for selling the rights to the G'N'R back catalog without their consent and keeping the profits
2010 The Final Frontier by Iron Maiden is released
2010 No Better Than This by John Mellencamp is released

IN THE NEWS
Rob Sheffield on Aerosmith's Blowout with J. Geils Band

ROCKLINE with Bob Coburn
Wednesday, August 18 BURTON CUMMINGS formerly with the GUESS WHO 11:30 PM Eastern/8:30 Pacific Listen here
Monday, August 23AVENGED SEVENFOLD 11:30 PM Eastern/8:30 Pacific Listen here
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Monday, August 16, 2010

New Releases

New Releases
August 17
New
FILTER...The Trouble With Angels (Deluxe)
IRON MAIDEN...The Final Frontier (Mission Edition) (Double Vinyl Picture Disc)
APOCALYPTICA...7th Symphoney (Limited)
JOHN MELLENCAMP...No Better Than This
TOADIES...Feeler

Reissues, Box Sets
ALAN PARSON PROJECT...Tales Of Mystery And Imagination (Vinyl, Remastered, Extra Tracks)
JOHN MAYALL AND THE BLUESBREAKERS...So Many Roads: An Anthology 1964-1974
ALICE COOPER...A Fistful Of Alice (180 gram 2 LP vinyl)

DVD
JACKSON BROWNE...Going Home
SLAYER...Live Intrusion
SLAYER...Still Reigning
SLAYER...War At The Warfield

August 24
APOCALYPTICA...7th Symphony (Deluxe)
LINKIN PARK...The Catalyst (CD Single)
TODD RUNDGREN...For Lack Of Honest Work
NILS LOFGREN...I Came To Dance
Various Artist...Countdown To The New Year
Various Artist...Roots Of The Rolling Stones

DVD, BLU-RAY
ELECTRIC LIGHT ORCHESTRA...Live: The Early Years
LES PAUL...Live In New York (DVD or BLU-Ray)
BLACK LABEL SOCIETY...The European Invasion - Doom Troopin' Live (blu-ray)

September 14
New
THE GRACIOUS FEW...The Gracious Few

ROCK BIRTHDAYS FOR AUGUST 16
Tim Farriss of INXS is 53;

ON THIS DATE
1962 Ringo Starr officially joins the Beatles
1969 While the Who are performing at Woodstock Abbie Hoffman tries to interupt and Pete Townshend throws him off
1975 Peter Gabriel annonces he is leaving Genesis
1977 Elvis Presley died at his Graceland estate in Memphis, Tennessee at age 42
1991 Aerosmith signs with Sony, which takes affect once the contract with Geffen runs out
1994 A New Orleans Municipal Court judge drops public drunkenness and disturbing the peace charges against Eddie Vedder of Peral Jam
1994 Sleeps With Angels by Neil Young is released

CENTRAL FLORIDA CONCERT DATEBOOK
Tuesday, November 16 BETTER THAN EZRA Jannus Live St. Petersburg

IN THE NEWS
David Bowie Calls Lady Gaga Collaboration Rumor a 'Hoax'
Elvis Death Anniversary Marked By Graceland Vigil
Kid Rock Debuts 'Born Free' Songs at Hometown Shows

ROCKLINE with Bob Coburn
Monday, August 16 STREET SWEEPER SOCIAL CLUB featuring TOM MORELLO 11:30 PM Eastern/8:30 Pacific Listen here
Wednesday, August 18 BURTON CUMMINGS formerly with the GUESS WHO 11:30 PM Eastern/8:30 Pacific Listen here
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Sunday, August 15, 2010

August 15

ROCK BIRTHDAYS FOR AUGUST 15
Tom Johnston of The Doobie Brothers is 62;

ON THIS DATE

1958 Buddy Holly marries Maria Elena Santiago in Lubbock, Texas
1969 The Woodstock Music and Art Fair opened in upstate New York
1979 In Through The Out Door by Led Zeppelin is released
2006 David Draiman of Disturbed goes under the knife to repair a deviated septum caused by three previous broken noses

CENTRAL FLORIDA CONCERT DATEBOOK
Wednesday, Rocktober 13 STONE TEMPLE PILOTS Germain Arena Estero

ROCKLINE with Bob Coburn
Monday, August 16 STREET SWEEPER SOCIAL CLUB featuring TOM MORELLO 11:30 PM Eastern/8:30 Pacific Listen here
Wednesday, August 18 BURTON CUMMINGS formerly with the GUESS WHO 11:30 PM Eastern/8:30 Pacific Listen here
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Saturday, August 14, 2010

August 14


ROCK BIRTHDAYS FOR AUGUST 14
David Crosby is 69; Slim Dunlap formerly with the Replacements is 59; Kevin Cadogan formerly with Third Eye Blind is 40;

ON THIS DATE
1962 The Beatles fire Pete Best replacing him with Ringo Starr
1970 Stephen Stills of Crosby, Stills And Nash is busted for cocaine possession in La Jolla, California. He makes the $2,500 bail and is released
1989 Bon Jovi’s New Jersey LP becomes the first U.S. album legally released in the Soviet Union
2004 Charlie Watts of the Rolling Stones is being treated for throat cancer. Diagnosed in June, Watts undergoes radiotherapy treatment at London`s Royal Marsden Hospital
2008 Jackson Browne sues presidential candidate John McCain and the Republican National Committee for copyright infringement and violation of right of publicity for using 'Running On Empty' in a TV ad
2013 Allen Lanier of Blue Oyster Cult dies from  chronic obstructive pulmonary disease.  Lanier was 67

CENTRAL FLORIDA CONCERT DATEBOOK
unday, August 15 GOO GOO DOLLS/SWITCHFOOT Ford Ampitheatre Tampa

IN THE NEWS

Green Day Set To Play New York Jets' Opener
Who's still listening to vinyl?

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Monday, August 16 STREET SWEEPER SOCIAL CLUB featuring TOM MORELLO 11:30 PM Eastern/8:30 Pacific Listen here
Wednesday, August 18 BURTON CUMMINGS formerly with the GUESS WHO 11:30 PM Eastern/8:30 Pacific Listen here
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Friday, August 13, 2010

August 13

ON THIS DATE
1995 Michael Stipe of R.E.M. has hernia surgery right after the band wrapped up their European tour
2009 Guitar virtuoso Les Paul died in White Plains, New York at 94
2009 Allen Shellenberger of Lit dies at the age of 39 due to a glioma brain tumor

CENTRAL FLORIDA CONCERT DATEBOOK
Saturday, August 14 LYNYRD SKYNYRD (at Sean Hannity's Freedom Concert) UCF Arena Orlando
Saturday, August 14 DAVY JONES of the MONKEES Palladium Theater St. Petersburg
Wednesday, September 22 NEIL YOUNG Ruth Eckerd Hall Clearwater
Tuesday, November 9 CINDERELLA Jannus Live St. Petersburg

IN THE NEWS
'I'd Love' a Led Zeppelin Reunion: Jason Bonham
Details Revealed About New Springsteen Documentary
Music World Remembers Les Paul

ROCKLINE with Bob Coburn
Monday, August 16 STREET SWEEPER SOCIAL CLUB featuring TOM MORELLO 11:30 PM Eastern/8:30 Pacific Listen here
Wednesday, August 18 BURTON CUMMINGS formerly with the GUESS WHO 11:30 PM Eastern/8:30 Pacific Listen here
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Thursday, August 12, 2010

Top 10 Rock CD's/LP's/Downloads For This Week (8-12-2010)

TOP 10 ROCK CD'S/LP'S/DOWNLOADS FOR THIS WEEK (8-12-2010)
(1)1. AVENGED SEVENFOLD...Nightmare
(Enter)2. BUCKCHERRY...All Night Long
(Enter)3. BLACK CROWES...Croweology
(2)4. TOM PETTY AND THE HEARTBREAKERS...Mojo
(3)5. KORN...KoRn III: Remember Who You Are
(6)6. NICKELBACK...Dark Horse
(4)7. OZZY OSBOURNE...Scream
(Enter)8. LOS LOBOS...Tin Can Trust
(5)9. STING...Symphonicities
(8)10. GODSMACK...The Oracle

ROCK BIRTHDAYS FOR AUGUST 12
Mark Knopfler of Dire Straits is 61;

ON THIS DATE
1960 Pete Best becomes the drummer for The Beatles
1994 Woodstock '94 gets underway
2006 Face The Promise by Bob Seger is released
2010 Richie Hayward of Little Feat died in Victoria, British Columbia at the age of 64

CENTRAL FLORIDA CONCERT DATEBOOK
Thursday, Rocktober 7 THE EAGLES Amway Arena Orlando

ROCKLINE with Bob Coburn
Monday, August 16 STREET SWEEPER SOCIAL CLUB featuring TOM MORELLO 11:30 PM Eastern/8:30 Pacific Listen here
Wednesday, August 18 BURTON CUMMINGS formerly with the GUESS WHO 11:30 PM Eastern/8:30 Pacific Listen here
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Wednesday, August 11, 2010

August 11

ROCK BIRTHDAYS FOR AUGUST 11
Jim Kale of the Guess Who is 67; Joe Jackson is 56; Charlie Sexton is 42;

ON THIS DATE

1966 John Lennon offers an apology for his "more popular than Christ" statement in Chicago
1972 Elvis Presley and Priscilla Presley file for divorce
1985 Simon LeBon of Duran Duran's sailboat capsizes dusring a race and is rescued by the Royal Navy
2008 The four surviving founders of the Allman Brothers Band initiate a lawsuit against Universal Music Group (UMG) over alleged unpaid royalties from sales of CDs, digital downloads and ringtones

IN THE NEWS
Alanis Morrissette Is Pregnant
U2 'Spider-Man' Musical Hits Broadway in December
Rock Hall To Mark Anniversary With Elvis Exhibit

ROCKLINE with Bob Coburn
Wednesday, August 11 DEE SNIDER 11:30 PM Eastern/8:30 Pacific Listen here
Monday, August 16 STREET SWEEPER SOCIAL CLUB featuring TOM MORELLO 11:30 PM Eastern/8:30 Pacific Listen here
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Tuesday, August 10, 2010

Auguast 10

ROCK BIRTHDAYS FOR AUGUST 10
Ian Anderson of Jethro Tull is 63; Jon Farriss of INXS is 49; Todd Nichols of Toad The Wet Sprocket is 43;

ON THIS DATE
1970 The lewd and obscene behavior trial for Jim Morrison of the Doors begins. Morrison is found guilty but files an appeal which is still pending at the time of the singer's death less than a year later
1972 Paul and Linda McCartney are arrested in Sweden following a concert
1985 Michael Jackson outbids Paul McCartney and Yoko Ono for the ATV Music catalog, which includes 250 John Lennon/Paul McCartney Beatle songs. Jackson pays $47.5 million dollars
2007 John Wetton of Asia undergoes triple-bypass surgery
2010 Order Of The Black by Black Label Society is released

IN THE NEWS
Remembering Jerry Garcia 15 Years Later
Mellencamp Hits the Road with Dylan, Plans Fall Tour
Deluxe Jimi Hendrix Reissues Set For Fall

ROCKLINE with Bob Coburn
Wednesday, August 11 DEE SNIDER 11:30 PM Eastern/8:30 Pacific Listen here
Monday, August 16 STREET SWEEPER SOCIAL CLUB featuring TOM MORELLO 11:30 PM Eastern/8:30 Pacific Listen here
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Monday, August 9, 2010

New Releases

NEW RELEASES
August 10
New

LAURENCE JUBER...LJ Plays The Beatles Volume 2
THIN LIZZY...Live 77 (180 gram vinyl)
BLACK LABEL SOCIETY...Order Of The Black and vinyl
RED HOT CHILI PEPPERS...Blast: Live

Compilations, Reissues
BUDDY GUY...Blues Biography
MODEST MOUSE...Moon And Antarctica (10th Anniversary Edition)
FOGHAT...Family Joules (with bonus tracks)
UFO...Beginnings

DVD, BLU-RAY
HALFORD...Live In Anaheim
NILS LOFGREN...Cry Tough
PINK FLOYD...Between Syd And The Dark Side
PINK FLOYD...Shine On
LED ZEPPELIN...For Evermore
RED HOT CHILI PEPPERS...Blast: Live

August 17
New
FILTER...The Trouble With Angels (Deluxe)
IRON MAIDEN...The Final Frontier (Mission Edition) (Double Vinyl Picture Disc)
APOCALYPTICA...7th Symphoney (Limited)
JOHN MELLENCAMP...No Better Than This
TOADIES...Feeler

Reissues, Box Sets
ALAN PARSON PROJECT...Tales Of Mystery And Imagination (Vinyl, Remastered, Extra Tracks)
JOHN MAYALL AND THE BLUESBREAKERS...So Many Roads: An Anthology 1964-1974
ALICE COOPER...A Fistful Of Alice (180 gram 2 LP vinyl)

DVD
JACKSON BROWNE...Going Home
SLAYER...Live Intrusion
SLAYER...Still Reigning
SLAYER...War At The Warfield

ROCK BIRTHDAYS FOR AUGUST 9
Rinus Gerritsen of Golden Earring is 64; Arion Salazar formerly with Third Eye Blind is 38;

ON THIS DATE
1955 Benjamin Orr of the Cars was born in Lakewood, Ohio. Orr passed away in 2000
1986 Queen perform their last concert with Freddic Mercury at the Knebworth Park Festival in England
1994 A fan rushes the stage at an Oasis concert and punches Noel Gallagher.
1995 Jerry Garcia, lead singer of the Grateful Dead, died in Forest Knolls, California of a heart attack at age 53

CENTRAL FLORIDA CONCERT DATEBOOK
Tuesday, August 10 ROCKSTAR ENERGY MAYHEM FESTIVAL featuring ATREYU, FIVE FINGER DEATH PUNCH, KORN, ROB ZOMBIE and others 1-800-ASK-GARY Ampitheatre Tampa
Saturday, December 11 TRANS-SIBERIAN ORCHESTRA St. Pete Times Forum Tampa
Sunday, December 12 TRANS-SIBERIAN ORCHESTRA Amway Arena Orlando

IN THE NEWS
Rod Stewart Expecting Seventh Child at 65
Dave Matthews, Taylor Swift to Play NFL Kickoff Concert
Allman Brothers Band Schedule Trio of Boston Shows

ROCKLINE with Bob Coburn
Monday, August 9 BLACK LABEL SOCIETY 11:30 PM Eastern/8:30 Pacific Listen here
Wednesday, August 11 DEE SNIDER Part 2 11:30 PM Eastern/8:30 Pacific Listen here
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Sunday, August 8, 2010

August 8

ROCK BIRTHDAYS FOR AUGUST 8
The Edge of U2 is 49; Rikki Rockett of Poison is 49; Scott Stapp of Creed is 37;

ON THIS DATE

1986 David Crosby gets out of prison after serving a sentence for drug and weapons possession
1992 At a Metallica/Guns 'N' Roses show in Montreal James Hetfield injures his hand in an explosion and then Axl Rose loses his voice, cutting both shows short and the fans riot
2006 Phobia by Breaking Benjamin is released

CENTRAL FLORIDA CONCERT DATEBOOK

Sunday, September 19 MARC ANTHONY Amway Arena Orlando

IN THE NEWS
Green Day's Explosive Set Tops Lollapalooza Day Two
Radiohead's Philip Selway Gets 'Familial' on Solo Album
Beatles, iTunes Deal Still At Impasse

ROCKLINE with Bob Coburn
Monday, August 9 BLACK LABEL SOCIETY 11:30 PM Eastern/8:30 Pacific Listen here
Wednesday, August 11 Best Of Rockline Live Part 2 11:30 PM Eastern/8:30 Pacific Listen here
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Saturday, August 7, 2010

August 7

ROCK BIRTHDAYS FOR AUGUST 7
Bruce Dickinson of Iron Maiden is 52; Barry Kerch of Shinedown is 34;

ON THIS DATE
1974 Peter Wolf of the J. Geils Band marries Faye Dunaway
1987 A judge throws out a case brought by a teenager's parents who sued Ozzy Osbourne claiming the song "Suicide Solution" drove their son to commit suicide

CENTRAL FLORIDA CONCERT DATEBOOK

Sunday, August 8 CINDERELLA House Of Blues Lake Buena Vista

IN THE NEWS
Yoko Ono Discusses New John Lennon Documentary
Soundgarden Revisit Rarities at Reunion Show
'Hey, Ayatollah!' Pink Floyd Anthem Re-written for Young Iranians

ROCKLINE with Bob Coburn
Monday, August 9 BLACK LABEL SOCIETY 11:30 PM Eastern/8:30 Pacific Listen here
Wednesday, August 11 Best Of Rockline Live Part 2 11:30 PM Eastern/8:30 Pacific Listen here
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Friday, August 6, 2010

August 6

ROCK BIRTHDAYS FOR AUGUST 6
Ryan Martinie of Mudvayne is 35;


ON THIS DATE
1965 The British version of the "Help!" album by the Beatles is released
1989 Adam Clayton of U2 is arrested at his Dublin home for marijuana possession
2004 Former Megadeth bassist David Ellefson files a suit claiming he was wrongly excluded from the group's earnings. Dave Mustaine counter-sues claiming that Ellefson signed an agreement giving up those earnings. That same day Federal agents raid a Charlotte, North Carolina KISS Expo, confiscating nearly three thousand bootleg DVDs
2007 Keith Richards of the Rolling Stones claims he did, in fact, inhale his late father's ashes, despite earlier statements saying he was misquoted when he made the infamous revelation in an April interview

CENTRAL FLORIDA CONCERT DATEBOOK

Saturday, August 7 AEROSMITH/BLUE OYSTER CULT Ford Ampitheatre Tampa
Friday, Rocktober 8 EDDIE MONEY Ruth Eckerd Hall Clearwater

IN THE NEWS
Bono Bursts Back Onstage with U2 in Italy
Van Halen Album, Tour Expected In 2011?
Steven Tyler on 'Idol' Could Be 'Positive' for Aerosmith, Says Drummer

ROCKLINE with Bob Coburn
Monday, August 9 BLACK LABEL SOCIETY 11:30 PM Eastern/8:30 Pacific Listen here
Wednesday, August 11 Best Of Rockline Live Part 2 11:30 PM Eastern/8:30 Pacific Listen here
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Thursday, August 5, 2010

Top 10 Rock CD's/LP's/Downloads For This Week (8-5-2010)

TOP 10 ROCK CD'S/LP'S/DOWNLOADS FOR THIS WEEK (8-5-2010)
(Enter)1. AVENGED SEVENFOLD...Nightmare
(2)2. TOM PETTY AND THE HEARTBREAKERS...Mojo
(1)3. KORN...KoRn III: Remember Who You Are
(4)4. OZZY OSBOURNE...Scream
(3)5. STING...Symphonicities
(7)6. NICKELBACK...Dark Horse
(5)7. MARC COHN...Listening Booth: 1970
(8)8. GODSMACK...The Oracle
(6)9. HELLYEAH...Stampede
(Enter)10. FIVE FINGER DEATH PUNCH...War Is The Answer

ROCK BIRTHDAYS FOR AUGUST 5
Rick Derringer is 63; Pat Smear formerly with the Foo Fighters is 51; Eicca Toppinen of Apocalyptica is 35;

ON THIS DATE

1957 American Bandstand with host Dick Clark makes its debut on ABC
1966 Revolver by the Beatles is released
2006 Hundreds of people protest outside the Rock 'N' Roll Hall Of Fame in Cleveland because Kiss has not been inducted
2009 Steven Tyler of Aerosmith gets a broken shoulder, gashes in his back and his head needs stitches after he falls off stage at the Sturgis Motorcycle Rally in South Dakota

CENTRAL FLORIDA CONCERT DATEBOOK

Wednesday, September 29 GODSMACK Hard Rock Cafe Orlando
Thursday, September 30 GODSMACK Universal Studios Citywalk Orlando
Saturday, Rocktober 23 STYX Ruth Eckerd Hall Clearwater

IN THE NEWS
Weezer Signs to Epitaph, Announces New Album 'Hurley'
Bruce Springsteen 'Darkness' Documentary To Premiere Next Month
Slayer Ready for More Carnage with Megadeth

ROCKLINE with Bob Coburn
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