Tuesday, March 4, 2014

March 4, 2014

THE ALBUM OF THE DAY
CHEAP TRICK...Woke Up With A Monster  (1994)
Woke Up With a Monster was released 20 years ago today in 1994.  It reached number 123 on the U.S. Billboard album charts
(CD, Allmusic review)

ROCK BIRTHDAYS FOR MARCH 4
Chris Squire from Yes is 66; Chris Rea is 63; Jason Newsted, formerly with Metallica, is 51;

ON THIS DATE
1966 John Lennon made his remark to a reporter about how “Christianity will go. It will vanish and shrink. We’re more popular than Jesus right now”
1970 Janis Joplin is fined $200 for swearing onstage at a concert in Tampa
1971 The Rolling Stones announce that they will be moving to France due to too much tax in Great Britain
1973 Pink Floyd begin their U.S. tour supporting their latest album Dark Side Of The Moon
1986 Richard Manuel from The Band hangs himself in a hotel room in Winter Park, Florida. He was 42
2006 Aerosmith has to cancel several concerts as Steven Tyler has strained his vocal chords
2008 Warpaint by the Black Crowes is released
2011 Courtney Love of Hole settles a lawsuit and agrees to pay $430,000 to clothing designer Dawn Simorangkir for a series of attacks via Twitter
2011 Detroit members of the NAACP protest the organization's plans to give their Great Expectations Award to Kid Rock because he uses the Confederate flag in his shows

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