Saturday, April 19, 2014

April 19, 2014

THE ALBUM OF THE DAY
STYX...Caught In The Act  (1984)
Caught In The Act was released 30 years ago in April 1984.  It reached number 31 on the U.S. Billboard album charts
(vinyl, CD, DVD, Allmusic review)

ROCK BIRTHDAYS FOR APRIL 19
Alan Price formerly with The Animals is 72; Rod Morgenstein formerly with Winger is 61; Bekka Bramlett, who was briefly a member of Fleetwood Mac from 1993-1995, is 46;

ON THIS DATE
1980 Brian Johnson replaces the late Bon Scott as lead singer for AC/DC
2002 The body of Layne Staley of Alice In Chains is found in his apartment in Seattle. It is believed he died two weeks earlier of a drug overdose at the age of 34
2006 A Miami-Dade Circuit Judge throws out a lawsuit by a woman who appeared in a sex tape with Scott Stapp and Kid Rock, saying that she cannot sue while remaining annonymous
2010 Iron Man 2 soundtrack by AC/DC is released
2012 Levon Helm of the Band dies in Woodstock, New York. Helm was 71
2012 Ted Nugent meets with the Secret Service because of the statement he made; "If Obama is re-elected I will either be dead or in jail." They decide that Nugent poses no threat to the President
2013  Todd Harrell of 3 Doors Down hits a pickup truck in Nashville, Tennessee, sending the truck down an embankment and killing the driver.  Harrell was intoxicated and was charged with vehicular manslaughter

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