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WEEK 21st - 31st DECEMBER
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December 31, 1979 : Guitarist Dennis Stratton and drummer Clive Burr join "IRON MAIDEN".
December 31, 1984 : "DEF LEPPARD" drummer Rick Allen loses his left arm in an auto accident in England.
December 27, 1969 : "LED ZEPPELIN II" reaches #1 in the U.S.
December 27, 1983 : "VAN HALEN" releases 'Jump'.
December 24, 1990 : "IRON MAIDEN"'s 'Bring Your Daughter...' single is released and goes straight to #1.December 23, 1967 : the "JIMI HENDRIX EXPERIENCE"'s 'Foxy Lady' is released. December 23, 1993 : "IRON MAIDEN" announce that Blaze Bayley will be their new singer. December 21, 1980 : "IRON MAIDEN" perform a Christmas gig at the 'Rainbow', the show is filmed for a video release.
Posted on 2008-12-20 12:55:45 and written by dimitris
WEEK 21ST - 31ST DECEMBER (ROCK BIRTHDAYS)
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December 21, 1940, Frank Zappa
December 21, 1940, Ray Hildebrand (Paul & Paula)
December 21, 1942, Carla Thomas
December 21, 1946, Carl Wilson (Beach Boys)
December 21, 1951, Nick Gilder
December 21, 1953, Betty Wright
December 21, 1965, Gabrielle Glaser (Luscious Jackson)
December 22, 1944, Barry Jenkins (Animals)
December 22, 1946, Rick Nielsen (Cheap Trick)
December 22, 1949, Robin Gibb (Bee Gees)
December 22, 1949, Maurice Gibb (Bee-Gees)
December 23, 1935, Little Esther Phillips
December 23, 1940, Tim Hardin
December 23, 1940, Eugene Record (Chi-Lites)
December 23, 1940, Jorma Kaukonen (Jefferson Airplane/Hot Tuna)
December 23, 1945, Ronald Busby (Iron Butterfly)
December 23, 1949, Luther (Ariel Bender) Grosvenor (Spooky Tooth/Mott The Hoople)
December 23, 1951, Johnny Contardo (Sha Na Na)
December 23, 1958, Dave Murray (Iron Maiden)
December 23, 1964, Eddie Vedder (Pearl Jam)
December 24, 1920, Dave Bartholomew
December 24, 1924, Lee Dorsey
December 24, 1945, Lemmy (Ian Fraser Kilmister) (Motorhead)
December 24, 1946, Jan Akkerman (Focus)
December 25, 1907, Cab Calloway
December 25, 1929, Billy Horton (Silhouettes)
December 25, 1929, Chris Kenner
December 25, 1937, O'Kelly Isley (Isley Brothers)
December 25, 1939, Bob James
December 25, 1944, Henry Vestine (Canned Heat)
December 25, 1945, Noel Redding (Jimi Hendrix Experience)
December 25, 1946, Jimmy Buffett
December 25, 1948, Barbara Mandrell
December 25, 1954, Annie Lennox
December 25, 1954, Robin Campbell (UB40)
December 25, 1957, Shane MacGowan (Pogues)
December 25, 1971, Noel Hogan (Cranberries)
December 26, 1935, Abdul Fakir (Four Tops)
December 26, 1940, Phil Spector
December 26, 1951, Paul Anthony Quinn (Saxon)
December 26, 1963, Lars Ulrich (Metallica)
December 26, 1969, Peter Klett (Candlebox)
December 27, 1941, Leslie Maguire (Gerry & The Pacemakers)
December 27, 1941, Mike Pinder (Moody Blues)
December 27, 1944, Mick Jones (Spooky Tooth/Foreigner)
December 27, 1944, Tracy Nelson
December 27, 1952, David Knopfler (Dire Straits)
December 27, 1952, Karla Bonoff
December 28, 1938, Charles Neville (Joey Dee & The Starlighters/Neville Brothers)
December 28, 1950, Alex Chilton (The Box Tops/Big Star)
December 28, 1946, Edgar Winter
December 28, 1947, Dick Diamonde (Easybeats)
December 28, 1958, Mike McGuire (Shenandoah)
December 28, 1960, Mart Roe (Diamond Rio)
December 29, 1935, Virgil Johnson (Velvets)
December 29, 1941, Ray Thomas (Moody Blues)
December 29, 1942, Jerry Summers (Dovells)
December 29, 1946, Marianne Faithfull
December 29, 1951, Yvonne Elliman
December 29, 1961, Jim Reid (The Jesus And Mary Chain)
December 29, 1968, Glen Phillips (Toad The Wet Sprocket)
December 30, 1915, Brownie McGhee
December 30, 1928, Bo Diddley (Elias Bates McDaniel)
December 30, 1931, Skeeter Davis
December 30, 1937, John Hartford
December 30, 1939, Del Shannon
December 30, 1942, Michael Nesmith (Monkees)
December 30, 1943, John Denver
December 30, 1945, Davy Jones (Monkees)
December 30, 1946, Patti Smith
December 30, 1947, Jeff Lynne (Electric Light Orchestra/Traveling Wilburys)
December 30, 1956, Suzy Bogguss
December 31, 1930, Odetta
December 31, 1942, Andy Summers (Police)
December 31, 1943, Peter Quaife (Kinks)
December 31, 1947, Burton Cummings (The Guess Who)
December 31, 1948, Donna Summer (Donna Adriene Gaines)
December 31, 1951, Tom Hamilton (Aerosmith)
December 31, 1960, Paul Westerberg
December 31, 1963, Scott Ian (Anthrax)
December 31, 1972, Joe McIntyre (New Kids On The Block)
Posted on 2008-12-20 12:54:01 and written by dimitris
WEEK 11th - 20th DECRMBER
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December 20, 1980 : "MOTORHEAD" drummer Phil Taylor accidentally broke a bone in his neck when partying after a gig in Belfast.
December 16, 1974 : "MOTT THE HOOPLE" split up. December 15, 1987 : Zakk Wylde joins OZZY OSBOURNE. December 14, 1985 : "IRON MAIDEN" release the single for "Run To The Hills Live". December 14, 2000 : the search for "LOVERBOY" bassist Scott Smith, who was swept off his sailboat November 30th in the San Francisco Bay, officially ends. December 13, 2001 : at 4 PM EST, "DEATH"'s Chuck Schuldiner passes away after battling pontine glioma (a rare type of brain tumor) for a number of months. December 13, 1984 : Bruce Kulick joins "KISS". December 11, 1976 : "KISS" guitarist Ace Frehley is nearly electrocuted during a concert in Florida when he touches a short circuited light. He is carried from the stage but returns 10 minutes later to finish the show.
Posted on 2008-12-12 15:09:19 and written by dimitris
WEEK 11th - 20th DECEMBER (ROCK BIRTHDAYS)
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December 11, 1926, Big Mama Thornton (Willie Mae Thornton)
December 11, 1940, David Gates (Bread)
December 11, 1944, Brenda Lee
December 11, 1954, Jermaine Jackson (Jackson 5)
December 11, 1958, Nikki Sixx (Motley Crue)
December 12, 1915, Frank Sinatra
December 12, 1932, Charlie Rich
December 12, 1938, Connie Francis (Conetta Rosa Maria Franconera)
December 12, 1940, Dionne Warwick
December 12, 1941, Terry Kirkman (The Association)
December 12, 1943, Dickey Betts (Allman Brothers Band)
December 12, 1943, Dave Munden (Tremeloes)
December 12, 1943, Grover Washington Jr.
December 12, 1944, Rob Tyner (MC5)
December 12, 1945, Alan Ward (Honeycombs)
December 12, 1947, Vin Scelsa (radio DJ)
December 12, 1957, Sheila E. (Sheila Escovedo)
December 12, 1966, Sinead O'Connor
December 13, 1948, Jeff 'Skunk' Baxter (Doobie Brothers/Steely Dan)
December 13, 1948, Ted Nugent
December 13, 1949, Tom Verlaine (Television)
December 14, 1937, Warren Ryanes (Monotones)
December 14, 1946, Joyce Vincent-Wilson (Tony Orlando & Dawn)
December 14, 1947, Patty Duke (Anna Marie Jones)
December 14, 1949, Cliff Williams (Home/AC/DC)
December 14, 1949, Randy Owen (Alabama)
December 14, 1958, Mike Scott (Waterboys)
December 14, 1958, Peter Stacy (Pogues)
December 15, 1921, Alan Freed (disc jockey)
December 15, 1933, Jesse Belvin
December 15, 1939, Cindy Birdsong (Supremes)
December 15, 1942, Dave Clark (Dave Clark Five)
December 15, 1946, Carmine Appice (Vanilla Fudge/Cactus)
December 15, 1955, Paul Simonon (Clash)
December 16, 1945, Tony Hicks (Hollies)
December 16, 1946, Benny Andersson (Abba)
December 16, 1949, Billy Gibbons (Z.Z. Top)
December 16, 1972, Michael McCary (Boyz II Men)
December 17, 1936, Tommy Steele
December 17, 1937, Art Neville (Neville Brothers)
December 17, 1939, Eddie Kendricks (Temptations)
December 17, 1942, Paul Butterfield
December 17, 1948, Jim Bonfanti (Raspberries)
December 17, 1949, Paul Rodgers (Free/Bad Company/The Firm)
December 17, 1958, Michael Mills (R.E.M.)
December 17, 1961, Sarah Dallin (Bananarama)
December 18, 1938, Chas Chandler (Animals)
December 18, 1941, Sam Andrew (Big Brother & The Holding Company)
December 18, 1942, Les Cauchi (Del Satins/Brooklyn Bridge)
December 18, 1943, Keith Richards (Rolling Stones)
December 18, 1963, Greg D'Angelo (White Lion)
December 19, 1918, Professor Longhair
December 19, 1940, Phil Ochs
December 19, 1941, Maurice White (Earth, Wind and Fire)
December 19, 1944, Alvin Lee (Ten Years After)
December 19, 1944, Zalman Yanovsky (Lovin' Spoonful)
December 20, 1944, Bobby Colomby (Blood, Sweat & Tears)
December 20, 1947, Peter Criss (Peter Crisscoula) (Kiss)
December 20, 1948, Stephen Wright (Easybeats)
December 20, 1957, Billy Bragg
December 20, 1957, Anita Baker
December 20, 1966, Chris Robinson (Black Crowes)
Posted on 2008-12-10 13:11:34 and written by dimitris
WEEK 1st - 10th DECEMBER
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December 8, 1980 : JOHN LENNON is killed.
December 8, 1984 : "HANOI ROCKS" Nicholas "Razzle" Dingley is killed in a car accident with "MOTLEY CRUE"'s Vince Neil at the wheel. Neil was found to be under the influence of alcohol.
December 8, 2004 : Darrell "Dimebag" Abbott, guitarist for "DAMAGEPLAN", ex-"PANTERA", is shot and killed while performing onstage in Columbus, Ohio.
December 9, 2004 : William H. "Bill" Larson, "MOTLEY CRUE"'s original co-manager, record promoter, and HardRadio.com co-founder, succumbs to cancer in Van Nuys, CA.
December 4, 1980 : "LED ZEPPELIN" issue the following statement about the death of John Bonham: "The loss of our dear friend, and the deep sense of harmony felt by ourselves and our manager, have led us to decide that we could not continue as we were".
December 3, 1971 : Switzerland's "Montreaux Casino" burns to the ground during a gig by Frank Zappa. "DEEP PURPLE", in town at the time recording an album, commemorate the incident in the song "Smoke On The Water".
December 3, 1976 : "DEEP PURPLE"'s Tommy Bolin dies.
Posted on 2008-12-05 17:29:08 and written by dimitris
WEEK 1st - 10th DECEMBER (ROCK BIRTHDAYS)
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December 1, 1934, Billy Paul
December 1, 1936, Lou Rawls
December 1, 1938, Sandy Nelson
December 1, 1944, John Densmore (Doors)
December 1, 1944, Eric Bloom (Blue Oyster Cult)
December 1, 1945, Bette Midler
December 1, 1946, Gilbert O'Sullivan
December 2, 1941, Tom McGuinness (Manfred Mann)
December 2, 1952, Michael McDonald (Doobie Brothers)
December 2, 1960, Rick Savage (Def Leppard)
December 2, 1968, Jimi Haha (Jimmie's Chicken Shack)
December 2, 1968, Nate Mendel (Foo Fighters)
December 2, 1970, Treach (Naughty By Nature)
December 3, 1940, Jim Freeman (Five Satins)
December 3, 1948, Ozzy Osbourne (John Michael Osbourne) (Black Sabbath)
December 4, 1940, Freddie Cannon
December 4, 1940, John Cale (Velvet Underground)
December 4, 1942, Chris Hillman (Byrds/Flying Burrito Brothers/Desert Rose Band)
December 4, 1944, Dennis Wilson (Beach Boys)
December 4, 1948, Southside Johnny Lyon
December 4, 1951, Gary Rossington (Lynyrd Skynyrd/Rossington-Collins Band)
December 4, 1959, Bob Griffin (BoDeans)
December 4, 1962, Vinnie Dombroski (Sponge)
December 5, 1932, Little Richard (Richard Wayne Penniman)
December 5, 1938, J.J. Cale
December 5, 1946, Andy Kim
December 5, 1947, Jim Messina
December 6, 1920, Dave Brubeck
December 6, 1943, Mike Smith (Dave Clark Five)
December 6, 1944, Jonathan King
December 6, 1956, Peter Buck (R.E.M.)
December 6, 1970, Ulf Ekberg (Ace Of Base)
December 7, 1942, Harry Chapin
December 7, 1949, Tom Waits
December 7, 1958, Timothy Butler (Psychedelic Furs)
December 8, 1921, Johnny Otis (John Veliotes)
December 8, 1939, Jerry Butler
December 8, 1942, Bobby Elliott (Hollies)
December 8, 1943, Jim Morrison (Doors)
December 8, 1943, Kenny Vance (Jay & The Americans)
December 8, 1947, Gregg Allman (Allman Brothers)
December 8, 1956, Warren Cuccurullo (Duran Duran)
December 8, 1957, Phil Collen (Def Leppard)
December 8, 1962, Marty Friedman (Megadeath)
December 9, 1934, Junior Wells
December 9, 1943, Rick Danko (The Band)
December 9, 1943, Kenny Vance (Jay & The Americans)
December 9, 1944, Neil Innes (Bonzo Dog Band)
December 9, 1944, Shirley Brickley (Orlons)
December 9, 1950, Joan Armatrading
December 9, 1957, Donny Osmond
December 9, 1958, Nick Seymour (Crowded House)
December 9, 1972, Tre Cool (Frank Edwin Wright III) (Green Day)
December 10, 1910, John Hammond Sr.
December 10, 1943, Chad Stuart (Chad & Jeremy)
December 10, 1947, Walter Orange (Commodores)
December 10, 1948, Jessica Cleave (Friends Of Distinction)
December 10, 1951, Johnny Rodriguez
December 10, 1972, Scot Alexander (Dishwalla)
Posted on 2008-12-02 19:02:52 and written by dimitris
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