I'm a girl born in the wrong decade. I belong in the 1960s or the 1970s in my opinion. I bleed tie dye, my theme music is anything 1960s rock or 1970s rock or metal. I'm a hippie through and through. But also a hippie who loves old metal music. I believe that violence never solves anything, so why resort to it to solve problems? With all the wars the world has seen, there should be a clue somewhere in there!

Life is what happens when you are making other plans~ John Lennon
An eye for an eye will make the whole world blind~Gandhi
The time is always right to do what is right~ Martin Luther King Jr.

Thursday, September 1, 2011

Today in Rock Music History

2005
- R.L. Burnside, a blues guitarist and singer who found fame working with the John Spencer Blues Explosion dies at age 78 in Memphis

2004
- Tim McGraw sells 765,000 copies of Live Like You Were Dying to top US album chart. In at #1 is R. Kelly's double album Happy People/You Saved Me. G-Unit rapper Young Buck makes his debut at #3 with Straight Outta Cashville
-Alejandro Sanz dominates the Latin Grammys, winning Male Pop Vocal Album and Album of the Year for No Es Lo Mismo. The title track is named Song of the Year and Record of the Year
-OutKast's Andre 3000 visits Republican National Convention in New York to convince young people to vote.

2003
-Sir Elton John tops U.K. singles chart with Are You Ready for Love.
-Australian rockers Jet deny they signed to Elektra for $3 million

2000
-A federal judge awards Herb Reed of The Platters an injunction against another group Reed described as "these phony people going around calling themselves The Platters."

1998
-David Bowie unveils his Bowienet online community

1989
-U2 bassist Adam Clayton pleads guilty to a charge of marijuana possession. But Irish judge lets him off the hook in return for donation to a Dublin women's center

1981
-Bob Dylan releases his Heart of Mine single in Europe only.

1980
-Fleetwood Mac wrap up 9 month tour at Hollywood Bowl with Lindsey Buckingham telling audience "This is our last show for a long time."

1979
- In Sydney, INXS make their live debut at Oceanview Hotel. It's 4 years before they have their 1st U.S. Top 40 hit with The One Thing.
-U2 release their first record, the U2-3 EP