Wednesday, May 15, 2013

May 15, 2013

THE ALBUM OF THE DAY
CHEAP TRICK...Heaven Tonight  (1978)
(CD, vinyl, Allmusic review)

ROCK BIRTHDAYS FOR MAY 15
Brian Eno, formerly with Roxy Music, is 65; Nick Perri, formerly with Shinedown and Silvertide, is 29;

ON THIS DATE
1951 Dennis Frederiksen,  formerly with Toto, is born in Grand Rapids, Michigan.  Fredericksen died earlier this year

1984 Nils Lofgren joins the E Street Band
1995 Scott Weiland of the Stone Temple Pilots is busted for buying drugs
2003 The Rolling Stones cancel a concert slated for Belgrade, Serbia due to security concerns
2007 Minutes To Midnight by Linkin Park is released
2008 Kid Rock makes a donation to a Boy Scout troop from Oviedo, Florida who had their equipment stolen the previous week
2009 21st Century Breakdown by Green Day is released
2009 Randy Bachman becomes an Officer of the Order of Canada during a ceremony in Ottawa
2011  Roy Mayorga of Stone Sour suffers a stroke after a show in Des Moines, Iowa.  Stone Sour cancels the rest of their tour
2013 It is announced that Eric Avery quits Nine Inch Nails

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