April 12, 2011

Check out What We're Listening To This Week

THE ALBUM OF THE DAY
THE BEATLES...The Beatles At The Hollywood Bowl (1977)
(LP, Allmusic review)

ROCK BIRTHDAYS FOR APRIL 12
John Kay of Steppenwolf is 67; Pat Travers is 57; Will Sergeant of Echo and the Bunnymen is 53; Art Alexakis of Everclear is 49; Nicholas Hexum of 311 is 41; Guy Berryman of Coldplay is 33; Joe Rickard of Red is 24; Brendon Urie of Panic! at the Disco is 24;

ON THIS DATE
1954 At their first session for Decca Records Bill Haley and the Comets record "Rock Around The Clock", thus pretty much beginning the Rock 'N' Roll era
1979 Mickey Thomas becomes the lead singer for Jefferson Starship, replacing Marty Balin
1993 Lisa Bonet files for divorce from Lenny Kravitz
2000 The fight between Metallica and Napster gets underway as the band files a suit against the file sharing company
2006 Are You Experienced by Jimi Hendrix is chosen to be preserved in the Library of Congress' National Recording Registry
2008 Lou Reed marries his longtime girlfriend Laurie Anderson
2010 Bret Michaels of Poison undergoes an emergency appendectomy at a hospital in San Antonio, Texas
2011 Wasting Light by the Foo Fighters is released

ROCKLINE with Bob Coburn
Wednesday, April 13 GARY WRIGHT 11:30 PM Eastern/8:30 Pacific Listen here
Monday, April 18 DUFF McKAGAN'S LOADED 11:30 PM Eastern/8:30 Pacific Listen here
Does your local rock station carry Rockline? Find out here

Check out the Rock Show with Michael David. Download the zip file here