November 22, 2011

Check out What We're Listening To This Week
THE ALBUM OF THE DAY
BIG COUNTRY...The Crossing (1983)
(CD, vinyl, Allmusic review)

ROCK BIRTHDAYS FOR NOVEMBER 22
Steve Van Zandt aka Little Steven is 61; Tina Weymouth of the Talking Heads is 61; Lawrence Gowan of Styx is 55;

ON THIS DATE
1955 Elvis Presley signs with RCA Records
1976 Jerry Lee Lewis is arrested for drunk driving in Memphis, Tennessee. Later he goes to Graceland demanding to see Elvis and then he's arrested again
1997 Michael Hutchence of INXS hangs himself in Sydney, Australia. Hutchence was 37
2004 Brandon Boyd of Incubus pleads guilty and is given a $250 fine in a New York courtroom on a criminal-possession-of-a-weapon charge
2005 At the American Music Awards Greend Day wins Favorite Artist: Alternative Music and Favorite Album: Pop/Rock for American Idiot
2005 Hypnotize by System Of A Down is released
2009 At the American Music Awards Green Day wins Favorite Alternative Rock Artist
2010 Danger Days: The True Lives Of The Fabulous Killjoys by My Chemical Romance is released

ROCKLINE with Bob Coburn
Wednesday, November 23 AXL ROSE 11:30 PM Eastern/8:30 Pacific Listen here
Monday, November 28 JAMES DURBIN 11:30 PM Eastern/8:30 Pacific Listen here
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The Rock Show with Michael David for the weekend of November 18-20, 2011. You can download the zip file here