THE ALBUM OF THE DAY
COHEED AND CAMBRIA...The Afterman: Descension (2013)
Descension is currently number 9 on the U.S. Billboard Album Charts.
(CD, vinyl, Allmusic review)
ROCK BIRTHDAYS FOR FEBRUARY 16
Andy Taylor from Duran Duran is 52; Dave Lombardo from Slayer is 48; Taylor Hawkins from the Foo Fighters is 41;
ON THIS DATE
1975 Lou Reed gets hit with a brick while a political group tries to stop his concert and police use tear gas
1993 At the 12th annual BRIT Awards in London Nirvana is given the award for Best International Newcomer
2005 In London Jimi Hendrix memorabilia go on auction. A 1965 Fender Stratocaster owned by Jimi goes for $190,000
2005
An arrest warrant is issued for Kid Rock after he allegedly punched a
DJ at a strip bar. Rock turns himself in to Nashville police and is
charged with misdemeanor simple assault and released after posting a
$3,000 bond
2006 Elton John wins a libel case he filed against
London's Sunday Times newspaper over an article it ran claiming that he
exhibited rude behavior at an '05 charity ball
2007 Ian Astbury leaves Riders On The Storm, the band formed by Ray Manzarek and Robby Krieger
2013 Tony Sheridan, who recorded with the Beatles in 1961, died in Hamburg, Germany. Sheridan was 72
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