May 25, 2011

THE ALBUM OF THE DAY
DISTURBED...The Sickness (2000)
(CD, LP, Allmusic review)

BIRTHDAYS FOR MAY 25
Klaus Meine of The Scorpions is 63; Glen Drover formerly with Megadeth is 42; Todd Whitener of Tantric and Days Of The New is 33;

ON THIS DATE
1965 Dave Davies is knocked unconscious during a Kinks concert in London after he smashes into Mick Avory's cymbals
1978 The Who play what turns out to be the last concert ever with Keith Moon
1996 Bradley Nowell of Sublime dies in San Francisco, California of a drug overdose at the age of 26
2004 Vol. 3: The Subliminal Verses by Slipknot is released
2005 Domenic Troiano formerly with the Guess Who and the James Gang dies of prostate cancer at the age of 59 in Toronto, Canada

ROCKLINE with Bob Coburn
Wednesday, May 25 HEART 11:30 PM Eastern/8:30 Pacific Listen here
Monday, May 30 BLACK STONE CHERRY 11:30 PM Eastern/8:30 Pacific Listen here
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Check out the latest "The Rock Show" with Michael David for the weekend of May
27-30, 2011. You can download the zip file here