March 3, 2011

The ALBUM OF THE DAY
BAD COMPANY...Bad Company (1974)
(CD, Allmusic review)

Deservedly, this album reached number 1 on the U.S. Billboard album chart. Classic rock radio is still playing tracks from this record: "Can't Get Enough", "Ready For Love" and "Bad Company." I've always liked that triple billing...it's Bad Company singing "Bad Company" from Bad Company. This is yet another significant milestone in hard rock history, and one heck of a debut from Bad Company. It was refreshing hearing it today, I recommend you pull out the old vinyl and spin it


ROCK BIRTHDAYS FOR MARCH 3
Robyn Hitchcock is 58; John Lilley of the Hooters is 57; Blower (aka Joe Garvey) of Hinder is 27;

ON THIS DATE
1966 The Rolling Stones begin recording session in Hollywood for what would become Aftermath
1967 With Rod Stewart and Ron Wood the Jeff Beck Group make their debut in London
1978 In Chicago Van Halen begin their first U.S. tour
1983 Before the U.S. Senate a member of the motorcycle gang Hell's Angels testifies that the organization has a beef with Mick Jagger due to the Altamont incident in 1969. There evidently were two murder attempts on Jagger's life
1986 Masters Of Puppets by Metallica is released
1994 Kurt Cobain of Nirvana lapses into a coma because of a combination of valium and champagne and is rushed into a hospital in Rome
1995 Bill Berry of R.E.M. has surgery for a brain aneurysm
2005 Motley Crue appears on Live With Regis and Kelly
2006 Axl Rose files a counter-suit against Slash. Both want the copyright for Guns 'N' Roses
2008 Norman "Hurricane" Smith dies at the age of 86. Smith worked on several Beatles and Pink Floyd albums
2008 Kid Rock pleads not guilty to a misdemeanor battery charge after being arrested five months earlier at a Waffle House in Atlanta
2009 No Line On The Horizon by U2 is released
2009 American Soldier by Queensryche is released

ROCKLINE with Bob Coburn
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