Saturday, October 8, 2011

Rocktober 8, 2011

The ALBUM OF THE DAY
CHICKENFOOT...Chickenfoot III (2011)
(CD, LP, Allmusic review)

ROCK BIRTHDAYS FOR ROCKTOBER 8
Ray Royer formerly with Procol Harum is 66; C.J. Ramone of The Ramones is 46; Terry Balsamo of Evanesence is 39;

ON THIS DATE
1966 Ginger Baker collapses while doing a drum solo. Turns out he has the flu and is exhausted
1987 Chuck Berry receives a star on the Hollywood Walk Of Fame
1988 For the first time in over 14 years Pink Floyd's album Dark Side Of The Moon is NOT on the Billboard Top 200 Album Charts (741 weeks)
1996 Jimmy Chamberlin formerly with the Smashing Pumpkins pleads guilty to disorderly conduct charges rather than face the more serious heroin possession charge and is ordered to complete a drug treatment program. The court appearance is the result of drug charges filed when the drummer and touring keyboardist Jonathan Melvin shot up together in a New York hotel. Melvin died as a result
2011 Mikey Welsh, formerly with Weezer, dies in Chicago, Illinois of a heart attack due to a possible drug overdoes.  Welsh was 40

ROCKLINE with Bob Coburn
Monday, Rocktober 10 FIVE FINGER DEATH PUNCH 11:30 PM Eastern/8:30 Pacific Listen here
Wednesday, Rocktober 12 NICK MASON of PINK FLOYD 11:30 PM Eastern/8:30 Pacific Listen here
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The Rock Show with Michael David returns!!! Check out this weeks show by downloading the zip file here.

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