BLUE OYSTER CULT...Secret Treaties (1974)
Secret Treaties was released 40 years ago in April 1974. it reached number 53 on the US Billboard album charts
(vinyl, CD, Allmusic review)
ROCK BIRTHDAYS FOR APRIL 7
Mick Abrahams formerly with Jethro Tull is 71;
ON THIS DATE
1952 Bruce Gary of the Knack was born. Gary died in 2006 in Tarzana, California of Non-Hodgkin lymphoma
1962 Mick Jagger and Keith Richards see Brian Jones perform at The Ealing Club in London. They ask Jones to join their group which eventually will be called the Rolling Stones
1975 Ritchie Blackmore leaves Deep Purple to start Rainbow
1995 At a Burbank airport Eddie Van Halen is detained after a Beretta semi-automatic pistol in his carry-on luggage that is loaded is discovered
1998 Cozy Powell, drummer for Whitesnake, Rainbow and Black Sabbath, dies in a car accident
2004 A misdemeanor battery charge against Vince Neil of Motley Crue is dismissed in a Beverly Hills court following 100 hours of community service
2013 Neil Smith, bassist for AC/DC in 1974, dies after battling cancer at the age of 60
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