Tuesday, May 27, 2014

May 27, 2014

THE ALBUM OF THE DAY
TOAD THE WET SPROCKET...Dulcinea
Released: 20 years ago, May 1994
Highest Chart Position: #34 Billboard Album Charts
Label: Columbia
Track Highlights: Something's Always Wrong, Fall Down
(vinyl, CD, minidisc, Allmusic review)


ROCK BIRTHDAYS FOR MAY 27
Pete Sears, formerly with Jefferson Starship, is 66; Eddie Harsch, formerly with the Black Crowes, is 57; Neil Finn of Crowded House is 56; Sean Kinney of Alice In Chains is 48;

ON THIS DATE
1963 'The Freewheelin' Bob Dylan' by Bob Dylan is released
1980 David Lee Roth of Van Halen injuries himself after he jumps off of Alex Van Halen's drum riser right into some low hanging lights, suffering several cuts and fracturing his nose
2003 'How The West Was Won' by Led Zeppelin is released
2005 Trent Reznor of Nine Inch Nails wins $2.9 million and full control of all the band's trademarks in a lawsuit he filed in 2004 against his former manager John Malm



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