Thursday, February 20, 2014

February 20, 2014

THE ALBUM OF THE DAY
TED NUGENT...Penetrator  (1984)
Penetrator was released 30 years ago in February 1984.  It reached number 56 on the U.S. Billboard album charts.
(vinyl, CD, Allmusic review)

ROCK BIRTHDAYS FOR FEBRUARY 20
J. Geils is 68; Walter Becker from Steely Dan is 64; Ian Brown formerly with the Stone Roses is 51;

ON THIS DATE
1967 Kurt Donald Cobain from Nirvana was born.
1976 Kiss embedded their platform boots into wet cement outside Grauman’s Chinese Theatre in Hollywood
1980 Ronald Belford Scott of AC/DC is pronounced dead
2003 A fire broke out during a rock concert at The Station nightclub in West Warwick, Rhode Island killing 100 people and injuring about 200 others. Great White was performing that night. Ty Longley from the band was one of the 100 to die
2007 Dave Navarro of Jane's Addiction and the Red Hot Chili Peppers has his divorced finalized from Carmen Electra
2008 Devon Townsend receives a 2 year sentence behind bars. She is found guilty of harrassing Chester Bennington of Linkin Park and his wife

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