Happy Birthday goes to......Phil Collins!!!
Funny Quotes!!!
“I’m a rotten guitar player if I’m standing still.”Angus Young, AC/DC
“I fought so hard to keep the Stones together. Maybe too hard, just because I was too chicken to go outside.”Keith Richards 1989
1973 - Kiss After recently changing their name from Wicked Lester, Gene Simmons, Paul Stanley, Ace Frehley and Peter Criss made their first appearance as Kiss at the Popcorn Club in Queen’s, New York.
1978 - Journey’s “Infinity” is released. The band’s first album with vocalist Steve Perry goes triple platinum on the strength of the tracks “Lights” and “Wheel In The Sky.”
1981 - Queen “Another One Bites The Dust” wins the Favorite Pop/Rock Single honor at the American Music Awards in Hollywood.
1988 “Need You Tonight” is INXS’ first #1 single in the U.S.
1993 - Soundgarden earns a platinum record for “Badmotorfinger.”
2012 - “Listening to Metallica could help stimulate the brain.”
So says Professor Galina Mindlin of New York’s Columbia University. “It’s (about) how music affects you, how it can improve your memory, how it can relieve anxiety, enhance your mood, how we can use playlists for specific tasks,” explains Mindlin. “The idea is to activate as many brain areas as you can.”
2010 - Neil Young was named the Musicares person of the year for his “influential artistic accomplishments and philanthropic work”. A string of artists including Elton John, Norah Jones, James Taylor, Elvis Costello, John Forgarty, Dave Matthews and Sheryl Crowe performed his songs as he was honored by the US Recording Academy at the Los Angeles Convention Centre.
2013 - Mick Jagger was named the most stylish rock star of all time by lifestyle website Complex. Jagger led their top 50 list ahead of Prince, David Bowie, Kurt Cobain, Sid Vicious and Keith Richards. Complex stated, “Even today, he wears silk scarves and suits with more rakish appeal than most men – and he’s pushing 70.”
2015 - Pearl Jam’s Mike McCready, accompanied by former Guns N’ Roses bassist Duff McKagen, performs with the Seattle Symphony. Later in the show, Stone Gossard, Jeff Ament, Chris Cornell, and Matt Cameron appear for a near complete–no Eddie Vedder–reunion of Temple Of The Dog. The Sonic Evolution series features local Pop, Rock, and Hip-Hop musicians playing with the symphony to provide a different perspective on the music.
2016 - David Bowie reached No.1 in the American album charts for the first time with Blackstar, released two days before his death on 10 January. His highest-charting US album previously had been The Next Day, which peaked at No.2 in 2013.
2022 - First, Pearl Jam’s Eddie Vedder states in an interview that he “despised” most Hair Metal bands of the ‘80s specifically Mötley Crüe. Crüe bassist Nikki Sixx responds by calling Pearl Jam “one of the most boring bands in history” and knocks Vedder’s singing. Then during a solo concert, Vedder references Crüe drummer Tommy Lee’s extravagant carnival ride kit ahead of Chad Smith’s solo. “That drum kit,” says Vedder. “That silver, beautiful machine that he (Smith) is the engine of — does not need to elevate or rotate to do its job. Let me just point that out.”
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