THE ALBUM OF THE DAY
RUSH...Grace Under Pressure (1984)
Grace Under Pressure was released 30 years ago today in 1984. It reached number 10 on the US Billboard album charts
(vinyl, CD, Allmusic review)
ROCK BIRTHDAYS FOR APRIL 12
John
Kay of Steppenwolf is 70; Pat Travers is 60; Art Alexakis of Everclear is 52;
ON THIS DATE
1954
At their first session for Decca Records Bill Haley and the Comets
record "Rock Around The Clock", thus pretty much beginning the Rock 'N'
Roll era
1979 Mickey Thomas becomes the lead singer for Jefferson Starship, replacing Marty Balin
1993 Lisa Bonet files for divorce from Lenny Kravitz
2000 The fight between Metallica and Napster gets underway as the band files a suit against the file sharing company
2006 Are You Experienced by Jimi Hendrix is chosen to be preserved in the Library of Congress' National Recording Registry
2008 Lou Reed marries his longtime girlfriend Laurie Anderson
2010 Bret Michaels of Poison undergoes an emergency appendectomy at a hospital in San Antonio, Texas
2011 Wasting Light by the Foo Fighters is released
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