TODAY IN ROCK AND ROLL HISTORY - 10/30/1971 (youtu.be)
John Lennon had the number one album in both Great Britain and The United States with “Imagine”. It would be John’s only solo LP to sell a million copies and his most popular album until “Double Fantasy”, which went to number one shortly after his assassination on December 8, 1980.
"Classic rock" isn't timeless. Most of it is dated, cheesy, lame, unintelligent, and don't forget sexist. Also, it used to be the 60s. Now it's the 80s. Because it's all about old people nostalgia.
Wow, the sheer density of illogic, ad hominem, and goalpost-moving in the comments section....
Pat Benatar - Hit Me With Your Best Shot (1980) (www.youtube.com)
The Fall - R.O.D. (1986, Peel Session version) (www.youtube.com)
Weirdly, I heard this earlier this evening on BBC R3, which as Brits will know, is the BBC’s high-brow / classical radio station and just about the last place you would expect to hear Mark E. Smith’s dulcet tones. Probably proof, should we need it, that we are living in the end-times. Whatever, it’s been going around in my...
TODAY IN ROCK AND ROLL HISTORY - 10/29/1983 (youtu.be)
Pink Floyd’s “Dark Side of the Moon” marks its 491st week on the Billboard album chart, surpassing the previous record holder, “Johnny’s Greatest Hits” by Johnny Mathis. When it finally fell off of list in October 1988, “Dark Side” had set a record of 741 weeks on the chart
The Ramones - Bonzo Goes To Bitburg (1986) (youtu.be)
Oct 28, 1982: Dream Syndicate debuts - The Days of Wine and Roses (www.youtube.com)
L.A. Indie-rock band formed in 1982 releases debut album. The above-linked title track: guitarist, vocalist Steve Wynn kicks butt (Move over Primus !). They broke up in 1989 after 4 albums … reformed in 2012 and made 4 more....
TODAY IN ROCK AND ROLL HISTORY - 10/28/1977 (ultimateclassicrock.com)
Steve Perry makes his first concert appearance with Journey at the Old Waldorf in San Francisco. He would lead them to 17 Billboard Top 40 entries over the next ten years.
Sonic Youth - Teenage Riot (1988) (youtu.be)
T.Rex - 20th Century boy (1973) (www.youtube.com)
Joe Cocker and Leon Russell - The Letter (1970) (youtu.be)
Blue Cheer - Summertime Blues (1968) (youtu.be)
Living Colour - Cult Of Personality (Official Video; 1987) (www.youtube.com)
Deep Purple - Smoke on the Water (1973; song is the 2012 Remaster) (www.youtube.com)
Oct 27, 1977 - Sex Pistols 'Never Mind the Bollocks' (lemmy.world)
1977 In the UK, the Sex Pistols release their only studio album....
TODAY IN ROCK AND ROLL HISTORY - 10/27/1962 (youtu.be)
The Rolling Stones, consisting of Keith Richard, Mick Jagger, Brian Jones, pianist Ian Stewart and drummer Tony Chapman, record their first demo tape at Curly Clayton Studios in Highbury, London. Although Charlie Watts is being courted, he chooses to remain at his Regent Street advertising job
Echo and The Bunnymen - The Killing Moon (1984) (www.youtube.com)
Blue Oyster Cult - Black Blade (1980) (www.youtube.com)
Jackyl - The Lumberjack (1992) (www.youtube.com)
Ramones - Havana Affair (1976) (www.youtube.com)
PT boat on the way to Havana...
Blue Oyster Cult - Cities on Flame with Rock and Roll (1972) (www.youtube.com)
Spencer Davis Group - I'm a Man (1967) (www.youtube.com)
Savoy Brown - Someday People (1968) (www.youtube.com)
TODAY IN ROCK AND ROLL HISTORY - 10/26/1965 (www.youtube.com)
The Beatles are awarded the prestigious MBE (Members of the Most Honorable Order of the British Empire ) medal at Buckingham Palace. Many former recipients gave theirs back in protest, to which John Lennon responded “Lots of people who complained about us receiving the MBE received theirs for heroism in the war, for killing...