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

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