Rock Facts

True facts about rock.

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AC/DC's 1974 single “Can I Sit Next To You, Girl”
just sold for apx $4,500 on eBay. Dave Evans sings on it. Bon Scott re-recorded it later

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Today 1973: $180,000 is stolen from Led Zeppelin at New York's Drake Hotel. The case was never solved & is still one of NYC's biggest thefts

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Today 1991: The first Lollapalooza kicks off in Phoenix. Lineup included Jane’s Addiction, Siouxsie & the Banshees, Living Colour, NIN

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Today '72: a bomb goes off before a Rolling Stones show in Montreal. No one was hurt.No one was convicted, but some blamed the Hell’s Angels

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Today 1966: Eric Clapton, Jack Bruce and Ginger Baker form Cream. A band name they first considered was "Sweet and Sour Rock N Roll"

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Today 2004: A disc of unheard U2 music vanishes from a photo shoot. Those songs would become the album “How to Dismantle an Atomic Bomb.”

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Today '77: Elvis Costello & the Attractions play 1st show together. His fmr band "Clover" included future mbrs of Huey Lewis & the News

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Happy 55th Birthday to Richie Sambora! Just a few months before joining Bon Jovi in 1983, Richie auditioned for KISS

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Today 1968: Eric Clapton announces that Cream is breaking up. On their last US gig, they played 2 songs including a 20 min Howlin Wolf cover

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Today 1987: A riot breaks out at a David Bowie show in Rome. Tickets sold out & fans who were left out went on a rampage. 48 were arrested

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Today 1963: The Rolling Stones kick off their 1st U.S. tour. They didn't play their 1st single, a Chuck Berry cover called “Come On”

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Today in 1977: The Sex Pistols release the single “God Save The Queen.” The song was banned from British airplay, but still went #1

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Happy Birthday to Alex Van Halen who turns 61 today!

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Today 1984: Spinal Tap plays its 1st real concert at CBGB in NYC. Their 1st TV appearance was on a '79 sketch showed called “The T.V. Show”

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Happy Birthday to original Black Sabbath drummer Bill Ward. Before forming Sabbath, Bill was in a band with Tony Iommi called “Mythology”

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Today 1972: Springsteen has a 15-min audition w/ Columbia. It turned into a 2-hour performance. Bruce was back the next day to record demos

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Today 1976: Springsteen breaks into Graceland, trying to meet Elvis. He hopped the fence, but was stopped before he could get inside

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This week '82: The Clash cancel a tour when singer Joe Strummer disappears! He'd escaped to France, grown a beard, & ran the Paris marathon

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Today 1993: The Who’s “Tommy” opens on Broadway. It would earn Pete Townshend a Tony for Best Original Score

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Today 1997: Ozzy sues the state of NJ. It was refusing to let Ozzfest play there b/c Marilyn Manson was on the bill. Ozzy won the case.