ROCK BIRTHDAYS FOR JULY 10
Jerry Miller of Moby Grape is 68; Arlo Guthrie is 64; John Spiker of Filter is 30;

ON THIS DATE
1942 Ronnie James Dio is born in Portsmouth, New Hampshire. Dio died in 2010
1964 A Hard Day's Night LP by the Beatles is released
1969 Brian Jones of the Rolling Stones is buried in Cheltenham, England
1979 Chuck Berry is sentenced to 4 months in jail for not paying his taxes, owing $200,000
1986 Jerry Garcia of the Grateful Dead lapses into a diabetic coma. He leaves the hospital 4 weeks later

July 9, 2011

THE ALBUM OF THE DAY
LIMP BIZKIT...Gold Cobra (2011)
(CD)(Allmusic review)

ROCK BIRTHDAYS FOR JULY 9
Jim Kerr of Simple Minds is 52; Courtney Love is 47; Frank Bello of Anthrax is 46; Xavier Muriel of Buckcherry is 43; Jack White is 36; Dan Estrin of Hoobastank is 35;

ON THIS DATE
1946 Bon Scott of AC/DC is born
1971 Jim Morrison of the Doors is buried at P’ere Lachaise Cemetery in Paris
1995 Jerry Garcia plays his final show with the Grateful Dead. Garcia passed away a month later
2010 Carlos Santana proposes to his band’s drummer, Cindy Blackman, onstage in Tinley Park, Illinois and she says yes

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July 8, 2011

THE ALBUM OF THE DAY
ALTER BRIDGE...One Day Remains (2004)
(CD)(Allmusic review)

ROCK BIRTHDAYS FOR JULY 8
Johnny Jai Johnson of the Allman Brothers Band is 67; Jamie Cook of the Arctic Monkeys is 26;

ON THIS DATE
1967 Jimi Hendrix opens for the Monkees
2000 Janick Gers of Iron Maiden falls off the stage and needs stitches

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July 7, 2011

Check out the Top 10 Rock Genre CDs/LPs/Downloads for this week

THE ALBUM OF THE DAY
Various Artist...Rave On Buddy Holly (2011)
(CD)(vinyl)(Allmusic review)

ROCK BIRTHDAYS FOR JULY 7
Former Beatles drummer Ringo Starr is 71; Jim Rodford formerly with Argent and the Kinks is 66; Mark White of the Spin Doctors is 49; Adam Kury of Candlebox is 42;

ON THIS DATE
1980 Led Zeppelin play their final concert with the original lineup in Berlin
2006 Syd Barrett of Pink Floyd passed away in Cambridge, England at the age of 60 due to diabetes

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July 6, 2011

THE ALBUM OF THE DAY
THE ALLMAN BROTHERS BAND...The Allman Brothers Band (1969)
(CD)(Allmusic review)

ROCK BIRTHDAYS FOR JULY 6
Nicholas John "Nic" Cester of Jet is 32;

ON THIS DATE
1925 Bill Haley is born in Highland Park, Michigan. Haley died in 1981 at the age of 55
1964 The Beatles movie A Hard Day's Night premieres in London
1967 Brian Jones of the Rolling Stones is hospitalized after collapsing
1987 In The Dark by the Grateful Dead is released

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July 5, 2011

THE ALBUM OF THE DAY
ALLEN COLLINS BAND...Here, There And Back (1983)
(CD, vinyl, Allmusic review)

ROCK BIRTHDAYS FOR JULY 5
Robbie Robertson is 68; Huey Lewis is 61; Michael Monarch of Steppenwolf is 61; Marc Cohn is 52; Jason Bonham is 45; Jason Wade of Lifehouse is 31; Nick O'Malley of the Arctic Monkeys is 26;

ON THIS DATE
1954 Elvis Presley auditions for Sun Records
1969 The Rolling Stones perform in London at Hyde Park to introduce their new guitarist Mick Taylor, but the concert turns more into a memorial as their original guitarist Brian Jones had died two days earlier
1978 The Rolling Stones album Some Girls has production halted by EMI because some of the celebrities that are on the cover don't want to be associated with the Stones

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July 4, 2011

Check out the New Releases

THE ALBUM OF THE DAY
ALL THAT REMAINS...Overcome (2008)
(CD, vinyl, Allmusic review)

Another voice shredding in-your-face hardcore heavy metal record. The album reached number 16 on the US Billboard album charts, behind the success of the rock radio track 'Two Weeks'. 'A Song For The Hopeless' is a decent track, as is the final track 'I Believe In Nothing'. Otherwise the album all sounds the same with the double bass drum pounding away and the vocals screaming at you. I don't recommend it, unless you are into this sort of music 

ROCK BIRTHDAYS FOR JULY 4
Jeremy Spencer, formerly with Fleetwood Mac, is 63; Domingo Ortiz of Widespread Panic is 59; John Waite is 56; Kirk Pengilly of INXS is 53; Matt Malley of the Counting Crows is 48; Michael Sweet of Stryper and Boston is 48; Andrew Creegan, formerly with the Barenaked Ladies, is 40; William Goldsmith of the Foo Fighters is 39;

ON THIS DATE
1943 Alan "Blind Owl" Wilson of Canned Heat was born in Boston, Massachusetts. Wilson died in 1970
1971 The last performances at Filmore West, with Santana and Creedence Clearwater Revival performing
1982 Ozzy Osbourne marries his manager Sharon Arden

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June 3, 2011

Check out the Vintage Vinyl Vault

THE ALBUM OF THE DAY
IN FLAMES...Sounds Of A Playground Fading (2011)
(CD, vinyl, Allmusic review)

Another one of those hardcore deathmetal records that I could not finish. This is just not my cup of tea, perhaps I shouldn't review these albums. Once again, if this kind of music is for you, check it out. If not, steer clear. For my own personal recommendation: no way!


ROCK BIRTHDAYS FOR JULY 3
Paul Barrere of Little Feat is 62; Stephen Pearcey of Ratt is 54; Kevin Hearn of the Barenaked Ladies is 42;


ON THIS DATE
1969 Brian Jones of the Rolling Stones is found dead in his swimming pool in Cotchford Fram, England at the age of 27
1971 Jim Morrison of The Doors died in Paris at age 27
2007 Libertad by Velvet Revolver is released

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July 2, 2011

THE ALBUM OF THE DAY
AUGUST BURNS RED...Leveler (2011)
(CD, LP, Allmusic review)
Oh My Goodness!!! August Burns Red is a metalcore Christian band that get in your face. While listening to this record I quickly realised a few things. First, you can't understand anything the guy sings so I couldn't tell you if he was praising God or not (the lyrics are included and he does). Second, all the songs sounded the same, with the exception of "Carpe Diem" and "1/16/2011". If you're into that hardcore metal in-your-face screaming moshpit stuff go for this one. If you're not steer clear. I do like the Christian side to the record, however



ROCK BIRTHDAYS FOR JULY 2
Roy Bittan of Bruce Springsteen & the E Street Band is 62; Johnny Colla of Huey Lewis And The News is 59; Gene Taylor (Canned Heat, The Fabulous Thunderbirds) is 59; Mark Hart of Crowded House is 58; Dave Parsons, formerly with Bush, is 46;

ON THIS DATE
1962 Jimi Hendrix is discharged from the Army
1980 Bob Weir and Mickey Hart of the Grateful Dead are arrested at the San Diego Sports Arena and charged with "suspicion of inciting a riot"
1991 60 people are injured at a Guns 'N' Roses concert near St. Louis after Axl Rose sees a fan video taping the show and he jumps into the audience starting a riot
1995 17 people are arrested as fans start rioting at a Grateful Dead concert in Noblesville, Indiana
2004 Scott Weiland of Velvet Revolver enters a no-contest plea in L.A. to a misdemeanor charge of driving under the influence. The count stems from an incident the previous October, where the singer crashed his vehicle into a parked van
2005 The Live 8 concerts take place, where a reunited Pink Floyd perform
2008 Natasha Shneider of Queens Of The Stone Age dies of cancer in Los Angeles, California. Shneider was 52

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July 1, 2011

THE ALBUM OF THE DAY
ALDO NOVA...Aldo Nova (1982)
(CD, Allmusic review)

The 1982 debut album from Aldo Nova is somewhat 'poppy', you could say. Fantasy is definitely the best track on the CD, the rest of the album has some filler (meaning ok tracks, but nothing as close as Fantasy. Ball And Chain and Foolin' Yourself arte good tracks. I recommend it, especially if you haven't heard it in a long time. if you've never heard it before just check out the youtube video and that will be all you need


ROCK BIRTHDAYS FOR JULY 1
Deborah Harry of Blondie is 66; Fred Schneider of the B-52's is 60; Roddy Bottum of Faith No More is 48;

ON THIS DATE
1969 Sam Philips sells Sun Records
1981 Rushton Moreve of Steppenwolf dies from injuries he received in a motorcycle accident in Santa Barbara, California. Moreve was 32
1983 Bon Jovi signs with Mercury Records
2000 Cub Koda of Brownsville Station dies from complications due to kidney failure. He was 51
2008 Mel Galley formerly with Whitesnake dies from cancer of the esophagus in Heath Hayes, England. Galley was 60


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