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Liz Phair is born an exile in guyville... actually, it's New Haven, CT. She is raised in Winnetka, IL. 1967
1960's Eddie (“Summertime Blues”) Cochran is killed at age 21 in a car accident outside of London. The taxi carrying Cochran, his fiancée Sharon Sheeley and Gene Vincent crashes into a lamppost on Rowden Hill. No other car is involved. Sheeley and Vincent are seriously injured but survive. Cochran and Vincent had recently decided to extend their successful tour of the U.K. 1960

Vocalist, Maynard James Keenan (born James Herbert Keenan), enters the world. A native of Ravenna, OH, Keenan joins Tool in '90 and is a member of a member of A Perfect Circle from '99 to '05. 1964

The Rolling Stones self-titled debut album is released in the U.K. 1964

The Beach Boys release “Help Me Rhonda.” 1965

After working as Bob Dylan’s backing band, The Band steps into spotlight with their first stand-alone tour. They start at the Fillmore West in San Francisco. 1969
1970's Paul McCartney releases his first solo album “McCartney.” 1970

Johnny Cash performs at the White House. President Nixon requests “Okie From Muskogee,” a Merle Haggard song, but Cash plays “A Boy Named Sue” instead. 1970

Pink Floyd gets a gold record for “Dark Side of the Moon.” This is only the beginning of the awards this album will earn. It is, after all, the longest charting record of all time. 1973

Ritchie Blackmore plays his last concert with Deep Purple (during their initial run) at the Palais des Sports in Paris. The guitarist has already formed Rainbow. 1975

Thin Lizzy’s “Jailbreak” album with “The Boys Are Back In Town” is released. 1976

Queen’s “A Night At The Opera” peaks at #4 on the U.S. album charts. 1976

Written by Michael McDonald and Kenny Loggins, the Doobie Brothers' “What A Fool Believes” tops the U.S. singles chart. 1979
1980's


Iron Maiden’s third album, “Number of the Beast,” enters the U.K. chart at #1. 1982

Van Halen’s cover of Roy Orbison’s "(Oh) Pretty Woman" just misses the U.S. Top 10 (#12). 1982

Producer (Cream) and bassist (Mountain) Felix Pappalardi is shot and killed by his wife, Gail Collins Pappalardi, in their East Side Manhattan apartment. Though she claimed the shooting was an accident, Collins was found guilty of criminally negligent homicide and served two years in prison. 1983

Ozzy Osbourne’s “No Rest For The Wicked” is certified platinum (over one million in sales) by the record industry. 1989
1990's

Nirvana perform “Smells Like Teen Spirit” publicly for the first time at Seattle’s OK Hotel. The song is still months from becoming a hit. 1991
2000's ABC News reports that AC/DC’s "Shoot To Thrill" is among the Rock tracks that U.S. Marines play in Fallujah, Iraq, to rattle Iraqi insurgents. 2004

A charity performance of Lestat, a vampire-themed musical composed by Elton John and Bernie Taupin is held in New York. Lyricist Taupin appears at the special pre-Broadway opening event to benefit John's AIDS Foundation. 2006

"Year Zero" from Nine Inch Nails, is unleashed. Trent Reznor cites the Bush administration as the chief inspiration behind the album's bleak vision of the future. "As an American, I'm appalled by the behavior of our government and the direction that it has taken . . . and its arrogance," says Reznor. "I decided to write an essay about where the world might be if we continue down the path that we're on with a neo-con-esque government doing whatever it pleases." "Year Zero" features first single "Survivalism," "My Violent Heart," "Meet Your Master" and "The Great Destroyer." 2007

Breaking Benjamin issues a special collector's edition of their third album, "Phobia." It has the band's first-ever concert DVD, which was recorded the previous February in Bethlehem, PA. 2007

Van Halen resume their ’08 tour in Reno. This comes after guitarist Eddie Van Halen has a battery of unspecified tests (likely checking for the recurrence of cancer). Eddie’s son Wolfgang, who is also the band’s bassist, is upbeat. "Don't listen to the rumors – (my father is) doing great – seriously,” says Wolfgang. 2008

Cancer claims Danny Federici. The longtime keyboardist for Bruce Springsteen’s E Street Band dies in New York. “He was the most wonderfully fluid keyboard player and a pure natural musician,” says Springsteen “I loved him very much." Federici was 58. 2008 (The Danny Federici Melanoma Fund is started after his death).

Saliva hit the stage with Silvertide's vocalist Walt Lafty as a temporary replacement for the ailing Josey Scott on the SnoCore Tour. Scott is recovering from an ulcer operation. The show takes place in Sayreville, NJ. Despite Lafty’s efforts, Saliva bails on the SnoCore trek after a couple shows. 2009

Crank 2: High Voltage opens. Linkin Park's Chester Bennington and Tool's Maynard James Keenan both appear in the film. Bennington is a veteran of the first Crank movie. The soundtrack contains songs written and performed by Faith No More’s Mike Patton. 2009

Ted Nugent reunites with the other members of his late-60s group, the Amboy Dukes, for the Detroit Music Awards. The psychedelic band, which is best-known for its ‘68 hit "Journey to the Center of the Mind," receives a distinguished achievement honor at the event. The band also performs – for the first time in over 30 years. 2009

It must be a good day to be in court. Don Henley (The Eagles) sues California politician Charles DeVore over the unauthorized use of his songs "The Boys Of Summer" and "All She Wants To Do Is Dance." DeVore used the songs in videos promoting his U.S. Senate campaign. Heartbreakers guitarist Mike Campbell, who co-wrote "Boys," is also plaintiff. DeVore responds by filing "a counterclaim, asserting our First Amendment right to political free speech." And in England, Pink Floyd initiates a lawsuit against their label, EMI, alleging that the company has shortchanged the band's royalty payments. EMI signed Floyd in ’67 and the group had been a consistent moneymaker. 2009
2010's “Between The Lines,” the lead single from Stone Temple Pilots self-titled comeback album, is #1 on Billboard’s Rock Songs chart. 2010

It’s better than Christmas and Kwanzaa combined! Record Store Day has the Smashing Pumpkins giving a special performance at Space 15 Twenty in L.A. Fans receive the EP “Teagarden By Kaleidyscope Vol 1: Songs For A Sailor.” Blur offers “Fool’s Day,” their first song since ’03. "We want independent record stores to continue -- they're an important part of our musical culture," says frontman Damon Albarn. 2010

Train issues their sixth album, “California 37.” The set includes the singles “Drive By” and “Bruises.”

Slipknot and Stone Sour frontman Corey Taylor launches a comic book series, House Of Gold & Bones (also the name of the Stone Sour concept double album). "This has been a dream of mine for years now, and this project was tailor made for a comic, no pun intended,” says Taylor. The sci-fi/fantasy is a morality play "set in this crazy world where nothing's really what it seems, but at the center of it is really a concept about life and evolution and changes." 2013

Aerosmith’s Steven Tyler and Joe Perry receive the ASCAP Founders Award during the 30th annual Pop Music Awards (presented by the performance rights organization) at the Loews Hollywood Hotel. "To be recognized by ASCAP with the Founders Award is a huge achievement," Tyler says in a statement. 2013

The Doors' drummer John Densmore publishes his memoir The Doors: Unhinged. This is Densmore’s second shot at chronicling The Doors. His first was ‘91’s Riders On The Storm. 2013

The bio flick Super Duper Alice Cooper has its world premiere at New York's Tribeca Film Festival. 2014