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Today In Rock 5/29

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It's a birthday for Oasis guitarist Noel Gallagher. 1967
1940's Procol Harum founder Gary Brooker has a birthday. The singer-songwriter-pianist is from London. 1945

1950's Bassist Mike Porcaro starts his life in Hartford, CT. He becomes an official member of Toto in ’82 (shortly after the release of “Toto IV”), replacing David Hungate. 1955
1960's Melissa Etheridge is born in Leavenworth, KS. 1961

Ricky (later Rick) Nelson has his first Top 10 hit in two years with “Travelin’ Man.” “Hello Mary Lou” is on the flip-side. The single reaches #1. 1961

The Beach Boys “Help Me Rhonda” knocks The Beatles “Ticket To Ride” from the top spot on the pop chart. 1965

Blues Traveler guitarist Chan (Chandler) Kinchla has a birthday. He's from Hamilton, Ontario. 1969
1970's Yes, they really are the World’s Greatest Rock ‘n’ Roll Band! The Rolling Stones have the #1 album, “Sticky Fingers” and the #1 single, “Brown Sugar.” People claim the song’s lyrics are sexist, racist and/or about drugs. With all that controversy, how could it miss? 1971

Thirty-six people are given medical attention after unknowingly drinking LSD laced cider at a San Francisco Grateful Dead show. 1971

Roger McGuinn gives his first solo performance and confirms the Byrds are over. 1973

And now the end is near. Elvis Presley walks off the stage in the middle of the concert in Baltimore upset with his performance. 1977

KISS unfurls “Dynasty.” The album goes platinum. 1979
1980's In a real marketing blunder KISS presents “Unmasked.” Yes, KISS without make-up. Even so, the album goes gold – but they were a platinum act to that point (see above). 1980

The “Combat Rock” album from The Clash is released. 1982

1990's Radiohead’s “Pablo Honey” lands on the U.S. album chart. The first stop is at #184. The album eventually gets to #32 and sells a couple million copies worldwide. 1993

Phil Kramer's remains are discovered. After a brief stint in a late edition of the Iron Butterfly, Kramer pursues a technology career. He disappears in '95 and is rumored to have fallen victim to foul play. Not so. Kramer apparently drove off a Malibu road on his way to LAX and crashed into canyon. 1999
2000's The video for Linkin Park's final single from their "Meteora" LP, "Breaking The Habit," premieres on MTV2. 2004

Saliva frontman Josey Scott marries Kendra Lynnett Edney at Elvis Presley's Memphis estate, Graceland. Memphis native Scott is a Presley fanatic who counts one of the King's former limos among his possessions. 2004Saliva frontman Josey Scott marries Kendra Lynnett Edney at Elvis Presley's Memphis estate, Graceland. Memphis native Scott is a Presley fanatic who counts one of the King`s former limos among his possessions. 2004

Pink Floyd singer-guitarists David Gilmour plays the first of two solo shows at London's Royal Albert Hall. The shows are filmed for a DVD directed by David Mallet (who also directed a Gilmour concert DVD four years earlier). David Bowie joins Gilmour on the Floyd classics -- "Arnold Layne" and "Comfortably Numb." David Crosby and Graham Nash (who performed on Gilmour's solo album "On An Island") are also on hand. 2006

Satellite Party, with ex-Jane's Addiction/Porno For Pyros frontman Perry Farrell, release their debut album, "The Ultra Payloaded," containing debut single, "Wish Upon A Dog Star.” Farrell says Satellite Party has a broader range of lyrical topics than his previous bands. "I think we've got more of a universal sound," he says. "I'm not just speaking about heroin and ménage à trois, which at the time was an interesting subject to me, but I think I'm thinking about things on a grander scale now." 2007

In an online post, Eddie Van Halen writes that he's "truly grateful" for the encouraging messages sent him during his stay at a rehabilitation facility. "It was an intensely personal thing that I'm not really comfortable talking about right now," says the guitarist. "But I want everyone to know that their support has and always will mean the world to me." 2007

Disturbed perform to a global online audience when they play the Pepsi Free Concert Series in Las Vegas. 2008

KISS has a late-night meeting with U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice at a hotel in Stockholm, Sweden. The group is in town to play a concert and Rice is there for an international conference on Iraq (and the war). "I was thrilled," says Rice. "It was really fun to meet KISS and Gene Simmons." 2008

A Jimi Hendrix photo exhibit titled Hendrix Revealed: A Life Through the Lens opens with an invite-only party at the Celebrity Vault gallery in Beverly Hills. The display features Hendrix images taken by 17 photographers from ‘67-‘70. 2008

Ozzy Osbourne files a lawsuit against his Black Sabbath bandmate Tony Iommi over rights to the group's name. Iommi is accused of illegally registering with the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office to be the sole owner of the Sabbath moniker. "The Black Sabbath trademark should be equally owned by Geezer [Butler], Bill [Ward], Tony and I as [that is] the true Black Sabbath lineup," writes Osbourne in a statement. 2009

Legendary producer Phil Spector (The Beatles, John Lennon and George Harrison) is sentenced to a prison term of 19 years to life for the murder of actress Lana Clarkson, who was shot to death at Spector’s mansion in ‘03. 2009
2010's

Bob Dylan is among the Medal of Freedom recipients. During a White House ceremony, President Obama says he’s "extremely grateful" to be able to personally thank the honorees "for the great work they have done" in America and worldwide. Other recipients include novelist Toni Morrison; former Secretary of State Madeleine Albright; and astronaut and former Senator John Glenn. The Medal of Freedom is America's highest civilian honor. 2012

The Velvet Underground settle a legal dispute with the Andy Warhol Foundation over the rights to use the famous banana cover Warhol designed for the band's ‘67 album, “The Velvet Underground and Nico.” The “confidential settlement” ends a dispute that began four years earlier. 2013

Interrupting his vacation, Bruce Springsteen is a ‘special guest’ during the Rolling Stones’ headlining performance at Portugal's Rock in Rio Festival in Lisbon. They perform "Tumbling Dice.” 2014