March 27, 2011

THE ALBUM OF THE DAY
RISE AGAINST...Endgame (2011)
(CD, vinyl, Allmusic review)

Endgame debuted at number 2 on the U.S. Billboard album charts this past week. It's a pretty cool album, it actually surprised me. It rocks, and the band has a lot to say about the condition of the world. It's not an album that will blow you away or anything like that, but it was an interesting listen. I guess if you have to put a genre label on them it would be alternative/punk/hard rock. I recommend it. Highlights for me were "Make it Stop (September's Children)," "Architects" and "Help Is On The Way".


ROCK BIRTHDAYS FOR MARCH 27
Tony Banks of Genesis is 61; Andrew Farriss of INXS is 52; Johnny April of Staind is 46; Brendan Hill of Blues Traveler is 41;

ON THIS DATE
1967 A riot broke out at a Rolling Stones concert in Halsinborg, Sweden
1973 Carlos Santana changes his name to Devadip
1979 Eric Clapton married Patti Boyd in Tuscon, Arizona
1986 Sammy Hagar performed his first concert as a member of Van Halen
1987 U2 do their own version of a "Rooftop Concert" in Los Angeles on the roof of Republic Liquor, all of which is filmed and made into a video for "Where The Streets Have No Name"
1992 At a U2 concert in Auburn Hills, Michigan Bono calls a pizza parlor and orders 10,000 pizzas. Only 100 pizzas are actually delivered
2008 It is announced that Clint Lowery has returned as guitarist for Sevendust
2009 Peter Gabriel meets with the president of Mexico, Felipe Calderon. Gabriel is seeking an investigation into the murders and disappearances of hundreds of women along the country's border with the United States

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