Sunday, April 27, 2014

April 27, 2014

THE ALBUM OF THE DAY
TOM PETTY...Full Moon Fever  (1989)
Full Moon Fever was released 25 years ago in April 1989.  It reached number 3 on the U.S. Billboard album charts
(vinyl, CD, Allmusic review)


ROCK BIRTHDAYS FOR APRIL 27
Kate Pierson of The B-52's is 66; Ace Frehley is 63; Rob Squires of Big Head Todd and the Monsters is 49; Travis Meeks of Days of the New is 35; Patrick Stump of Fall Out Boy is 30;

ON THIS DATE
1947 Pete Ham of Badfinger is born in Swansea, Wales
1981 Ringo Starr marries Barbra Bach
1990 Axl Rose marries Erin Everly, daughter of Don Everly from the Everly Brothers. It lasts 29 days
2006 Cheap Trick and the Allman Brothers Band initiate a class-action suit against Sony BMG claiming that the music company hasn't paid them what’s due from digital-download sales
2006 Slash of Velvet Revolver and his second wife Perla file for divorce in Los Angeles
2008 The giant pig that is part of the Roger Waters stage show escapes. It was found a few miles away
2009 Jeff Ament from Pearl Jam suffers a head laceration after he is robbed outside a recording studio in Atlanta
2010 Fearless Love by Melissa Etheridge is released

1 comment:

Brandon said...

It's funny how Petty has NOT grown on me over the years. Kinda like Billy Joel. I will always love his first album... but I drifted away from him.