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Today In Rock 12/18

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December Eighteenth Featured Artist


Rolling Stones

Guitarist and medical miracle, the Rolling Stones’ Keith Richards (on the far right with the acoustic guitar, looking about as good as he ever did), is born in Dartford, Kent. 1943

1930's The Animals’ bassist and one-time Jimi Hendrix manager, Chas Chandler, is born. 1938


1950's The Cars left-handed lead guitarist, Elliot Easton, enters the world (via Brooklyn). 1953
1960's The Beatles’ two-sided single, “We Can Work It Out”/"Day Tripper” hits the U.S. charts. It already sits atop the U.K charts. 1965

The New York Times estimates that the “youth audience” accounts for $750 million of the $1 billion a year music industry. 1969

John Lennon and Yoko Ono take out a full-page ad in The New York Times saying “War Is Over.” 1969
1970's Creedence Clearwater Revival’s relatively weak “Pendulum” LP goes gold. 1970

It took nearly a decade but Bob Dylan’s second album, released in ’63, “Freewheelin’ Bob Dylan,” goes gold. 1970

Limp Bizkit’s DJ Lethal (Leor Dimant) starts life in Riga, Latvia. 1972

Rod Stewart announces he’s leaving The Faces. Stewart pursues his solo career full-time and guitarist Ron Wood heads for The Stones. 1975

The Steve Miller Band's “Fly Like An Eagle” album is in stores. 1976

In an effort to maximize earnings, the Police play two London shows on a single night but at different venues – the Hammersmith Odeon appearance is followed by a set at the Hammersmith Palais (the theaters are near each other). 1979
1980's Rolling Stones guitarist Keith Richards marries model Patti Hansen in Cabo San Lucas, Mexico. Mick Jagger is the best man. 1983

1990's The Smashing Pumpkins – Garbage tour ends at the Great Western Forum in Inglewood, CA. It’s the last Garbage concert of the year (following more than 140 shows in less than 12 months). 1996

The Red Hot Chili Peppers publicist says that Dave Navarro is using hard drugs. The admission helps explain the guitarist’s recent strange behavior. 1997
2000's Audioslave/Rage Against The Machine guitarist Tom Morello, System Of A Down singer Serj Tankian and Red Hot Chili Peppers bassist Flea are among the artists who perform at an Axis of Justice-organized benefit concert for striking California grocery-store workers in Hollywood, CA. 2003

3 Doors Down host a dinner and auction to raise money for their Better Life Foundation. The group also performs, along with Shinedown and Lynyrd Skynyrd, at the Biloxi, MS event. 2004

Radiohead's Thom Yorke performs on the debut episode of the Internet TV show From The Basement. He plays the song "Videotape." "It doesn't sound like the version that we are working on now, which is even better," says Yorke "(The Basement recordings) are sketches, obviously just me on the piano." 2006

Eddie Money joins Hinder at an L.A. gig to perform his '86 hit "Take Me Home Tonight." Hinder recorded a cover with Money contributing vocals. "We all love it," says Hinder guitarist Joe "Blower" Garvey. "I think we kinda put our own little touch on it." 2006

Elton John attends the London premiere of the film It’s A Boy Girl Thing. John is the executive-producer. Sting and Sharon Osbourne, who is in the film, also are present. "I just helped get the music together and gave David (Furnish - John’s partner and the film’s producer) moral support," says John. 2006

Bob Dylan's "Modern Times" tops the 2006 Billboard Critics' Choice poll. Bruce Springsteen's "We Shall Overcome: The Seeger Sessions" is #2 on the tally. The Billboard poll is tabulated using Top 10 lists compiled by 48 Billboard staff members and freelancers. "Modern Times" is also #1 on Rolling Stone's Top 50 Albums of 2006. 2006 (obviously)

Led Zeppelin, the Doors, the Grateful Dead and Carlos Santana (or at least their representatives) file a suit in U.S. District Court demanding Wolfgang’s Vault stop streaming footage of the group’s live shows taped during the ‘60s at the Fillmore auditoriums (in SF and NY). Wolfgang’s began streaming the videos the previous month. They also produced posters and T-shirts with the artist’s images. 2006

Weezer’s frontman issues his solo album, “Alone -- The Home Recordings Of Rivers Cuomo.” It’s his "favorite demos from ‘92 to ’07.” 2007

Tool releases their Vicarious DVD containing the seven-minute title track video. The disc features bonus material and special packaging. 2007

"KISSology Vol. 3: 1992-2000" is out. The four-disc set features nearly 10 hours of live performance footage, including a vintage '73 New York show, a complete '92 Detroit concert and the '95 MTV Unplugged set. 2007

Shinedown announce that they have parted ways with lead guitarist Nick Perri and have named the band's rhythm guitarist, Zach Myers, as his replacement. "Zach is one of the most phenomenal guitarists I know," says frontman Brent Smith in an online post. "This is a personal matter and has nothing to do with the band," adds Perri, addressing his departure. 2008

Billboard magazine names the Rolling Stones the top touring act of the decade: 2000-2009. The group grossed $869 million from 264 shows before 8.2 million people. U2 made $822 million with 288 shows – all of which sold out. Bruce Springsteen, Elton John and the Dave Matthews Band also land in the Top 10. 2009

2010's “Dogs Eating Dogs” is the title of Blink-182’s EP. "Dogs Eating Dogs” (is) nothing like “Neighborhoods,” but it's also not just a return to the band's early releases," explains singer/guitarist Tom DeLonge to Billboard. 2012

Rush release an iBook to coincide with the re-release of their seminal “2112” album. The work features a 40-page comic book by story artist Tom Hodges (Star Wars - The Clone Wars, The Simpsons), unpublished pictures, black and white ink art and pencil sketches. 2012

Ted Nugent's reality show, Gun Country, is canceled by the Discovery Channel following the mass shooting at an elementary school in Newtown, CT. The network also cancels another series, American Guns. 2012

US Weekly puts out their list of the Top 5 Albums and Top 5 singles of the year. Arcade Fire’s “Reflektor” is #3 while “Vampire Weekend’s “Modern Vampires Of The City” sits at #2 behind Daft Punk’s “Random Access Memories.” On the singles side, Lorde’s “Royals” at #2 is the only Rock entry. “Blurred Lines,” Robin Thicke, tops that chart. 2013

Disgraced Lostprophets frontman Ian Watkins is sentenced to 35 years in jail for 13 child sex offences. 2013