50 years ago today (8/20/66) the late former lead guitarist of Pantera and later Damageplan, Dimebag Darrell was born. Along with brother Vinnie Paul, Dimebag’s shredding and grinding guitar style
30 years ago today (8/18/86), Bon Jovi released what many consider the biggest hair metal album of all time Slippery When Wet. Loaded with three huge singles “You Give Love a
20 years ago today (8/16/16), Phish redefined festival possibilities with The Clifford Ball – years before Coachella, Bonnaroo, Lockn, OutsideLands, Sasquatch and almost any other festival held today that wrote
37 years ago today (8/15/79), Led Zeppelin releases their eighth and final studio album In Through The Out Door. It would be the last album released by the band while John Bonham was
25 years ago today (8/13/91), Mr. Bungle released their eponymous debut studio album. Fronted by Mike Patton (as “Vlad Drac”) of Faith No More the album was dissed by critics but held in
25 years ago today (8/12/91), Metallica released Metallica (commonly known as The Black Album), which became the band’s best selling album. After eight years of being a true to form “thrash” band
Happy 40th birthday to Ben Gibbard of Death Cab for Cutie and The Postal Service who was born on 8/11/76. The Washington state native has recorded eight studio albums with Death
23 years ago today (8/10/93), Jamiroquai released their debut LP Emergency on Planet on Earth in the United States. Incorporating funk and acid jazz and the get down canned heat vocals of Jay Kay, the British
54 years ago today (8/9/62) Robert Zimmerman had his name legally changed to Bob Dylan and the word singer-songwriter has never been the same. “I’d seen some poems by Dylan
52 years ago today (8/4/64), The Kinks released what many consider the very first punk song- “You Really Got Me.” Built around a guitar riff played by Dave Davies, the song’s lyrics
