Tuesday, May 6, 2014

May 6, 2014

THE ALBUM OF THE DAY
RICHARD MARX...Repeat Offender  (1989)
Repeat Offender was released 25 years ago in May 1989.  It reached number 1 on the U.S. Billboard album charts
(vinyl, CD, Allmusic review)

ROCK BIRTHDAYS FOR MAY 6
Bob Seger is 69; Tony Scalzo of Fastball is 50; Mark Bryan of Hootie and the Blowfish is 47; Chris Shiflett of Foo Fighters is 43;

ON THIS DATE
1977 Led Zeppelin breaks their own attendance record for one single concert as 72,000 see their performance at the Pontiac Silverdome
1994 Pearl Jam begins their fight with Ticketmaster over ticket prices
1997 Crosby, Stills And Nash and Buffalo Springfield are entered into the Rock And Roll Hall of Fame
1997 Rick Danko of the Band is arrested for heroin possession in Tokyo, Japan
2005 Ozzy Osbourne is diagnosed with Parkin Syndrome, a genetic disorder that attacks the central nervous system causing involuntary shaking
2006 A memorial stone in honor of the Bon Scott of AC/DC is unveiled in his birthplace of Kirriemuir, Scotland
2009 Ean Evans of Lynyrd Skynyrd dies in Columbia, Mississippi of cancer. Evans was 48

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