Monday, May 5, 2014

May 5, 2014

THE ALBUM OF THE DAY
STEVIE NICKS...Street Angel  (1994)
Street Angel was released 20 years ago in May 1994.  It reached number 45 on the U.S. Billboard album charts
(CD, Allmusic review)

ROCK BIRTHDAYS FOR MAY 5
Bill Ward, formerly with Black Sabbath, is 66; James LaBrie of Dream Theater is 51; Shawn Drover of Megadeth is 48;

ON THIS DATE

1984 Chrissie Hynde from the Pretenders marries Jim Kerr of Simple Minds
1986 Cleveland, Ohio is chosen as the site for the Rock And Roll Hall of Fame
1990 Jason Bonham gets married, and at the reception he plays a 5 song set with Robert Plant, Jimmy Page and John Paul Jones
1995 Steven Alder, formerly with Guns 'N' Roses, is arraigned on possession of heroin charges
2000 Rod Stewart undergoes surgery to have a growth on his thyroid removed, which turns out to be benign
2002 Legendary songwriter Otis Blackwell dies in Nashville, Tennessee. Blackwell was 70
2003 Ted Nugent makes racist statements in an interview with a Denver radio station. Nugent is then dropped from the upcoming Summer Celebration Festival in Michigan
2006 Songs From Black Mountain by Live is released
2012 Brian "Head" Welch performs with KoRn for the first time in 7 years

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