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
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