Tuesday, June 17, 2014

June 17, 2014

THE ALBUM OF THE DAY
SPIN DOCTORS...Turn It Upside Down
Released: 20 years ago, June 14, 1994
Highest Chart Position: #28 U.S. Billboard Album Charts
Track Highlights: Cleopatra's Cat, You Let Your Heart Go To Fast
(vinyl, CD, Allmusic review)

ON THIS DATE
1956 Paul Young of Mike + The Mechanics is born in Benchill, Wythenshawe, Manchester, England. Young died in 2000 (Not to be mistaken for the Paul Young who sang 'Everytime You Go Away')
2005 Karl Mueller of Soul Asylum dies due to throat cancer in Minneapolis, Minnesota at the age of 41
2008 Nostradamus by Judas Priest is released
2010 Slash  is chosen to receive a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame
2011  Slipknot plays their first show since the death of Paul Gray. The band's original bassist, Donnie Steele, is back in the band

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