50 years ago today (7/28/73), The Summer Jam at Watkins Glen takes place which once received the Guinness Book of World Records entry for “Largest audience at a pop festival.” While hardly pop” 600,000
50 years ago today (7/27/73), the self-titled debut by the New York Dolls is released via Mercury Records (and produced by Todd Rundgren). The album spawns such glam/proto-punk classics as “Personality Crisis,” “Looking
50 years ago today (7/26/73), ZZ Top released its third studio album Tres Hombres. The fitting title served the Texas twice-bearded once non-bearded trio well in this defining album that
40 years ago today (7/25/83), Metallica kicked off what would be one of the heaviest commercial careers in rock with the release of their debut album Kill ‘Em All. While
40 years ago today (7/21/83), The Circle Jerks released their third album Golden Shower of Hits. It was the band’s last album to feature the band’s original bassist Roger Rogerson
30 years ago today (7/20/93), Cypress Hill released its second studio album Black Sunday. Starting off with the blunt “I Wanna Get High,” there was no hidden message from the
Happy Birthday to the late Keith Godchaux who was born on 7/19/48 and would have been 75 today. At a Grateful Dead show in San Francisco in 1971, Godchaux and his
75 years ago today (7/17/48), Ron Asheton the founding member and guitarist of the legendary punk band The Stooges was born. Asheton (along with Iggy Pop, brother Scott, and Dave
25 years ago today (7/14/98), The Tragically Hip released their sixth studio album Phantom Power, which won the 1999 Juno Award for Best Rock Album. Featuring the lead single “Poets,”
50 years ago today (7/13/73), The Grateful Dead released the live LP History of the Grateful Dead, Volume One (Bear’s Choice). Recorded during a period when the Grateful Dead were playing concerts
