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25 years ago today (6/4/00), Bruce Springsteen premiered his original song “American Skin (41 Shots)” with the E-Street Band at Atlanta’s Phillips Arena. The song was inspired by the police shooting death of a 23-year-old Guinean immigrant Amadou Diallo who was mistaken for a rape suspect. The song would later…

Happy 60th birthday to Phish bassist Mike Gordon—one of rock’s most distinctive musicians. Renowned not only as a bassist but also as a composer, filmmaker, bandleader (Mike Gordon Band), songwriter, and all-around musical eccentric, Mike’s creativity has shaped the Phish experience for decades. Phish fans know and love his vital…

50 years ago today (5/30/75), Paul McCartney & Wings released Venus and Mars -the highly anticipated follow-up to their commercial breakthrough, Band on the Run (1973). The record is framed by its title tracks—“Venus and Mars” and its reprise, which act as bookends and give the album a suite-like flow,…

Thirty years ago today (May 29, 1995), Pink Floyd released the live album Pulse – their third live album. Pulse documents shows from the 1994 tour, especially the concerts at Earls Court, London during the band’s Division Bell Tour. One of Pulse’s draws is the complete live performance of The…

25 years ago today (5/28/00), The White Stripes performed on television for the first time, playing “Apple Blossom” and “You’re Pretty Good Looking” on the Detroit Public Television series Backstage Pass. This appearance happened just prior to the duo’s second studio album De Stijil. Check out the red and white…

Happy 50th birthday to Andre 3000 (born 5/27/75). Best known as one half of the iconic duo OutKast, alongside Big Boi, he brought an adventurous spirit to Southern rap in the 1990s and early 2000s, helping reshape the genre’s possibilities in terms of sound, image, and subject matter. Yet his…

25 years ago today (5/23/00) A Perfect Circle released their debut album, Mer de Noms. In addition to Maynard James Keenan of Tool, the group features guitarist Billy Howerdel and drummer Josh Freese, who had been working on the Chinese Democracy album for Guns N’ Roses. Though rooted in the…

15 years ago today (5/21/10), Australia’s Tame Impala released their debut LP Innerspeaker. With one foot in ’60s psych-rock and the other in modern indie soundscapes, the Kevin Parker-led outfit was essentially a DIY effort that sounded both organic and progressive. Listen to the debut in full

Happy 80th birthday to Pete Townshend of The Who (born on 5/19/45). Townshend brought his windmill and proto-punk guitar style to the forefront of rock in the mid-60s and composed one of rock’s most enduring catalogs, including 2019’s Who, one of rock’s strongest late-career albums. The Who will be heading…

Twenty-five years ago today (5/16/00), Phish released their ninth studio album, Farmhouse. One of their most direct song-oriented studio statements, no track surpassed 6:45 in length (the final track, “First Tube”). Some of the Farmhouse material had debuted on Trey Anastasio’s 1999 solo tour with Russ Lawton and Tony Markelis…