Thursday, January 26, 2012

January 26, 2012

THE ALBUM OF THE DAY
ATTACK ATTACK!...This Means War (2012)
(CD, Allmusic review)

ROCK BIRTHDAYS FOR JANUARY 26
Corky Laing from Mountain is 64; Eddie Van Halen from Van Halen is 57; Charlie Gillingham of the Counting Crows is 52; Tom Keifer from Cinderella is 51; Chris Hesse from Hoobastank is 38;

ON THIS DATE
1974 Ringo Starr is at number one on the Billboard Pop Singles chart with You're Sixteen
1977 Fleetwood Mac's former guitarist, Peter Green, is committed after he had shot at a delivery boy
1977 The Clash sign a recording contract with CBS Records
1995 The Rolling Stone magazine names Soundgarden Best Metal Band in their '95 Music Awards
2001 Several fans were injured and one dies in a mosh pit at a Limp Bizkit concert in Sydney, Australia
2005 It is announced that Ryan Vikedal is no longer with Nickelback
2011 Motley Crue frontman Vince Neil pleads guilty to a Las Vegas drunk driving charge from the previous summer and is sentenced to fifteen days in jail

Check out "The Rock Show" with Michael David, where the rock music does all the talkin'. This week we'll check out some new music from Bruce, Paul, Lenny and the Black keys, the Vintage Vinyl Vault is "Fragile" from Yes, we'll check out a new entry into the Top 3 Rock Tracks In America and I'll take you on My Musical Journey. You can download the zip file here

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