Pink Floyd: The Dark Side of the Moon (pitchfork.com)
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David Gilmour - Comfortably Numb (Live, Pompeii 2016) (youtu.be)
Roger Waters - Pigs (Three Different Ones) (Live, Mexico 2016) (youtu.be)
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....
TODAY IN ROCK AND ROLL HISTORY - 08/04/1964 (youtu.be)
The Kinks release the single, “You Really Got Me” in the U.K. The first Heavy Metal record?
The Who - Baba O'Riley [Rock] (1971) (www.youtube.com)
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 - 08/03/1973 (youtu.be)
Stevie Wonder releases his 16th studio album, “Innervisions.” The set is known for the tracks “Higher Ground,” “Living For The City” and “Don’t You Worry 'Bout A Thing.”
Nirvana - Where Did You Sleep Last Night (Live On MTV Unplugged) (www.youtube.com)
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Pearl Jam - Alive (MTV Unplugged) (www.youtube.com)
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Alice In Chains - Rooster (From MTV Unplugged) (www.youtube.com)
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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....
TODAY IN ROCK AND ROLL HISTORY - 08/01/1971 (youtu.be)
George Harrison kicks off the concerts for Bangladesh....
Happy 81st Birthday, Jerry! (lemm.ee)
Jerome John “Jerry” Garcia born August 1, 1942, in San Francisco, CA
Genesis - Land of Confusion (1986) (www.youtube.com)
TODAY IN ROCK AND ROLL HISTORY - 07/31/1981 (youtu.be)
Journey unfurls “Escape,” stylized as E5C4P3 on the album cover. The band’s seventh album, known for the songs “Who’s Crying Now,” “Don’t Stop Believing,” “Open Arms” and “Still They Ride” tops the Billboard 200 (two months after its release) on its way to selling over ten-million copies.
Grateful Dead - Box of Rain (youtu.be)
Tom Waits - Sins of My Father (www.youtube.com)
Aerosmith - Eat the Rich (youtu.be)
TODAY IN ROCK AND ROLL HISTORY - 07/30/1954 (lemmy.world)
Elvis Presley gives his first ‘promoted’ concert in Memphis. He opens two shows for Slim Whitman. The afternoon appearance goes okay but for the evening set Presley is advised to perform his more upbeat material - which he does, complete with the leg-hip gyrations. The crowd goes wild!...
TODAY IN ROCK AND ROLL HISTORY - 07/29/1953 (Part 2) (youtu.be)
New World Man. Geddy Lee (born Gary Lee Weinrib in Toronto, Ontario) has a birthday. He’s the vocalist, bassist, and keyboardist for Rush.
TODAY IN ROCK AND ROLL HISTORY - 07/29/1967 (Part 1) (youtu.be)
The Doors earn their first #1 on the Billboard pop chart when the original seven-minute album version of “Light My Fire” gets edited to a more AM radio-friendly three-minutes.
TODAY IN ROCK AND ROLL HISTORY - 07/28/1972 (youtu.be)
“Hey, Dudes, where are ya?!”...
TODAY IN ROCK AND ROLL HISTORY - 07/27/1984 (youtu.be)
“Ride The Lightning,” Metallica’s second studio album, released. It takes three years for the effort go gold (500,000 units) but it eventually sells over six-million copies.