Monday, April 18, 2011

April 18, 2011


THE ALBUM OF THE DAY
HOLLYWOOD UNDEAD...American Tragedy (2011)
(CD, clean version, Allmusic review)

ROCK BIRTHDAYS FOR APRIL 18
Mike Vickers of Manfred Mann is 71; Les Pattinson of Echo And The Bunnymen is 53; Mick Sweda, formerly with King Cobra and the BulletBoys is 51; Mike Mangini of Dream Theater is 48; Greg Eklund of Everclear is 41; Mark Tremonti of Creed and Alter Bridge is 37;

ON THIS DATE
1946 Skip Spence of Jefferson Airplane was born in Windsor, Ontario. He died in 1999 just 2 days shy of his 53rd birthday
2005 Clare Torry wins a lawsuit against Pink Floyd for royalties and songwriting credit for "The Great Gig In The Sky" on the Dark Side Of The Moon album
2006 Every Man For Himself by Hoobastank is released
2006 Gillan's Inn by Ian Gillan is released

ROCKLINE with Bob Coburn
Monday, April 18 DUFF McKAGAN'S LOADED 11:30 PM Eastern/8:30 Pacific Listen here
Wednesday, April 20 JAY JAY FRENCH of TWISTED SISTER 11:30 PM Eastern/8:30 Pacific Listen here
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Check out the Rock Show with Michael David. You can download the zip file here

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