February 20, 2011

The ALBUM OF THE DAY
AC/DC...T.N.T. (1975)
(CD, Allmusic review)

Their second album released in Australia in 1975. For some reason I always thought this was their debut but it is not. High Voltage was their first record, but T.N.T. is a rather impressive follow up. It has all the elements we expect from AC/DC: power chords, thundering bass and drums, and good catchy songs sung by their crazy lead singer, in this case Bon Scott. It was 31 years ago today that Scott's body was found so I wanted to pay tribute to him with making this the AOTD. "Can I Sit Next To You Girl" has always been my favorite on this one. They do a great cover version of the old Chuck Berry classic "School Days" and the slow bluesy and ballsy "The Jack" are only just a few highlights. The album in this formation was only released in Australia so there was no chart action for it in the U.S. All the songs were released in some other way internationally, but I recommend you check this record out the way it was originally done. Highly recommended


ROCK BIRTHDAYS FOR FEBRUARY 20
J. Geils is 65; Walter Becker from Steely Dan is 61; Jon Brant, formerly with Cheap Trick, is 57; Ian Brown of the Stone Roses is 48;

ON THIS DATE
1967 Kurt Donald Cobain from Nirvana was born.
1976 Kiss embedded their platform boots into wet cement outside Grauman’s Chinese Theatre in Hollywood
1980 Ronald Belford Scott of AC/DC is pronounced dead
In 2003 A fire broke out during a rock concert at The Station nightclub in West Warwick, Rhode Island killing 100 people and injuring about 200 others. Great White was performing that night. Ty Longley from the band was one of the 100 to die
2007 Dave Navarro, formerly with Jane's Addicition and the Red Hot Chili Peppers, has has divorced finalized from Carmen Electra
2008 Devon Townsend receives a 2 year sentence behind bars. She is found guilty of harrassing Chester Bennington of Linkin Park and his wife

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