Wednesday, October 12, 2011

Rocktober 12, 2011

THE ALBUM OF THE DAY
PINK FLOYD...The Dark Side Of The Moon (1973)
(Immersion Box Set CD, Remastered vinyl, Allmusic review)

ROCK BIRTHDAYS FOR ROCKTOBER 12
Pat DiNizio of The Smithereens is 56;

ON THIS DATE
1971 Gene Vincent dies from a ruptured stomach ulcer in California. Vincent was 36
1975 Rod Stewart performs his last concert with the Small Faces
1978 Sid Vicious of the Sex Pistols is arrested in New York for the murder of his girlfriend. While out on bail hew dies of a drug overdose
1994 A section of seating collapsed holding 1,200 people at a Pink Floyd concert in London only just a few minutes into the show
1996 The Rolling Stones Rock And Roll Circus is released
2004 Paul Stanley of Kiss undergoes hip-replacement surgery
2005 Tommy Lee of Mötley Crüe was burned on his arms and face in a pyrotechnics mishap while in concert in Caspar, Wyoming
2009 Dickie Peterson of Blue Cheer dies of liver cancer in Germany. Peterson was 63
2010 For We Are Many by All That Remains is released
2010 No Apologies by Trapt is released

ROCKLINE with Bob Coburn
Wednesday, Rocktober 12 NICK MASON of PINK FLOYD 11:30 PM Eastern/8:30 Pacific Listen here
Monday, Rocktober 17 EVANESCENCE 11:30 PM Eastern/8:30 Pacific Listen here
Does your local rock station carry Rockline? Find out here

The Rock Show with Michael David returns!!! Check out this weeks show by downloading the zip file here.

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