Happy 65th birthday to Iron Maiden front man, Bruce Dickinson (lemm.ee)
Pink Floyd: The Dark Side of the Moon (pitchfork.com)
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TODAY IN ROCK AND ROLL HISTORY - 08/06/1970 (lemm.ee)
The Summer Festival For Peace in New York has Janis Joplin, Edgar Winter and Steppenwolf. The show is on the 25th anniversary of the first use of an atomic bomb-dropped on Hiroshima....
Happy 60th Birthday to the Sandman, James Hetfield (lemm.ee)
In the early '80s, heavy metal was in danger of becoming a spandex-sporting/hairspray-soaked/makeup-smeared parody, but bands like Metallica brought metal back to its original, straight-ahead approach. With most other metal singers posing for the camera and singing about sex, drugs, and rock & roll, Metallica singer/guitarist...
TODAY IN ROCK AND ROLL HISTORY - 08/02/1961 (lemm.ee)
The Beatles begin one of the longest residencies in Rock n’ Roll history, as headliners at Liverpool’s Cavern Club. They give over 275 performances before the big-time beckons....
Happy 81st Birthday, Jerry! (lemm.ee)
Jerome John “Jerry” Garcia born August 1, 1942, in San Francisco, CA
How 100 of Rock's biggest acts got their names (ultimateclassicrock.com)
YSK, The Smithsonian Institute has a huge collection of Rock and Roll photos that you can see here... (www.si.edu)
