January 7

THE ALBUM OF THE DAY
OZZY OSBOURNE...Scream (2010)
(CD, vinyl, Allmusic review)
This is the 10th studio album from Ozzy and it's probably his worst of those 10. It's a decent record (although "Diggin' Me Down" is absolutely horrible) but just not what I'm used to from Ozzy. All of his albums have always grabbed me on the first or second listen but this one didn't do it. "Life Won't Wait" is, however, an excellent track, something different for Osbourne, and in this case it worked very well. I would recommend it, especially for Ozzy fans, but don't expect to be blown away like the previous 9 albums did. Scream made it to number 4 on the US Billboard Album charts.

ROCK BIRTHDAYS FOR JANUARY 7
Paul Revere is 73; Kathy Valentine from The Go-Go's is 52;

ON THIS DATE
1970 Max Yasgur is sued by his neighbors in upper New York for damages caused by those who attended Woodstock 4 months earlier. Yasgur owned the property where the festival was held
1994 Nirvana performed on stage for the last time in the US at a concert in Seattle
1996 Pink Floyd, David Bowie and Jefferson Airplane are inducted into the Rock 'N' Roll Hall Of Fame
2004 Dr. Gilbert Lederman offers to donate a George Harrison autographed guitar to charity one day after Lederman is sued by Harrison’s estate for coercing the Harrison into signing a guitar on his death-bed. The case is settled when its agreed that the guitar will be disposed of privately
2011 Phil Kennemore of Y&T died of lung cancer in Stanford, California. Kennemore was 57

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