On this date in 1966, Bruce Springsteen steps into a recording studio for the first time, recording with his garage band The Castiles in Brick Town, NJ.
On this date in 1975, An angry Mick Jagger thrusts his hand through the plate-glass window of a restaurant in Montauk, NY, requiring 20 stitches.
In 1980, After Gene Simmons' girlfriend, Diana Ross, tells KISS drummer Peter Criss he's too talented for the band, the drummer quits, to be replaced by Eric Carr.
In 1987, Tom Petty's home in Encino, CA, is ravaged by fire, causing over a million dollars' worth of damage.
In 1989, Rolling Stone ex-bassist Bill Wyman opens the first of his Stones-themed restaurants, Sticky Fingers, in London.
On this date in 1965, The Rolling Stones' limo is attacked by female fans on the way back to their hotel after a show in Long Beach, CA, standing on the roof in such numbers that it caves in. While the band holds the roof up with their hands, the chauffeur speeds away, leaving fans to fall on the road.
In 1969, During the Who's set at the Fillmore East in New York, a plainclothes policeman rushes the stage to tell the audience that a fire has broken out, but guitarist Pete Townshend, figuring him for a rabid fan, kicks him off. Literally. The guitarist is arrested onstage, and later charged $30.
In 1970, At a gig at the Warehouse in New Orleans, Pink Floyd are the victims of thieves who steal $40,000 worth of their equipment.
In 1980, Brian May of Queen collapses onstage during a concert in and is rushed to the hospital, where he is diagnosed (for the second time) with hepatitis.
In 1998, Keith Richards of the Rolling Stones reaches for a book of artistic nudes in his library at home in Connecticut and falls from a ladder, breaking a few ribs and forcing the band to postpone its upcoming tour.
On this date in 1971, Pink Floyd play London's Crystal Palace Bowl, situated in front of a large lake in which, thanks to the band's volume, most of the fish will die.
In 1987, Mötley Crüe releases their fourth studio album: Girls, Girls, Girls.
In 1997, Muzak turns four KISS hits, inexplicably, into its patented "beautiful music" instrumentals.
On this date in 2004, In an Australian radio interview, Gene Simmons of KISS states of Islam: "This is a vile culture, and if you think for a second that it's willing to just live in the sands of God's armpit you've got another thing coming... they want to come and live right where you live and they think that you're evil." After a flood of angry calls from Muslims, Simmons claims he was speaking only of extremists.
In 2007, Queen's Brian May is put on a round-the-clock watch after a schizophrenic leaves a letter at the guitarist's home blaming him for his mental illness, claiming himself as the real Brian May, and marking the guitarist for death.
On this date in 1968, Jimi Hendrix is busted for hash and heroin on arrival at Toronto's International Airport; Jimi later claims the drugs were planted on him.
Also on this date in 1968, Onetime Rolling Stones leader Brian Jones, now slipping into heavy drug use, makes what is to be his final appearance with the band, performing with them at the Empire Pool in Wembley, England for the NME Poll Winners Concert.
In 1971, In St. Tropez, France, Mick Jagger marries his first wife, a model from Nicaragua named Bianca Perez Morena de Macias. The rest of the band attends, as does Paul and Ringo from the Beatles, Eric Clapton, and Stephen Stills. The stormy marriage would end six years later.
On this date in 1964, Britain's latest hot group, the Rolling Stones, are nonetheless refused service for lunch at Bristol, England's Grand Hotel because they're not properly attired in jackets and ties. the next day, the Daily Express calls them "the ugliest group in Britain" and remarks, "The Rolling Stones gather no lunch."
In 1974, Elvis Presley plays a show at the Los Angeles Forum, attended by members of Led Zeppelin who were also in town for a gig. Upon learning of his famous fans, Elvis turns to his backup band after a somewhat sloppy opening number and jokingly admonishes them: "Wait a minute. Let's see if we can start together, fellas, because we've got Led Zeppelin out there. Let's try to look like we know what we're doing." Afterwards, the band meets Elvis backstage and is more than a little starstruck; Zeppelin manager Peter Grant and Elvis spontaneously swap their expensive watches, and then Robert Plant, just before the meeting breaks up, finally summons up the courage to sing Elvis' 1956 hit "Love Me." Elvis joins in for a few bars.
In 1975, Cher's new boyfriend, rocker Gregg Allman of the Allman Brothers, appears as a guest on her CBS-TV show Cher.
Born on this date in 1960, Paul David Hewson aka U2's Bono.
On this date in 1963, The Rolling Stones make their first recordings for Decca Records, including the Chuck Berry cover "Come On," but all are rejected by the label as "dreadful."
In 1974, Led Zeppelin launches its new record label, Swan Song, with a swank dinner at the Bel Air Hotel in Los Angeles that quickly devolves into a food fight.
In 2007, Pink Floyd's original members gather for the first time since 1980 to perform a concert at Barbican Centre, in London, a tribute to their recently deceased ex-frontman Syd Barrett.
On this date in 1998, Steve Perry & Journey went their separate ways when Perry left Journey for the second time.
In 1991, Rolling Stones bassist Bill Wyman, 54, ends his two-year marriage to model Mandy Smith, 21, whom he had begun dating at 13. Despite only spending two months total with Wyman during their marriage, she receives a settlement of $6.5 million.
In 2002, London authorities wrap up their four-month investigation of Who guitarist Pete Townshend, charged with downloading child pornography in 1999. Townshend, who claimed he was researching a book he was writing about his own childhood sexual abuse, was not jailed but was placed on a national sex offender registry.
On this date in 1965, While preparing to go to sleep in his hotel room while on tour in Clearwater, FL, the Rolling Stones' Keith Richards fools around with his new Gibson "fuzz box" amp and discovers a new guitar riff, one he likes so much he starts his tape recorder and plays it over and over until he falls asleep. When he awakens the next day, he finds a tape full of one guitar riff and about twenty minutes of snoring; bringing the riff to Mick Jagger at the hotel pool, the two begin composing their breakthrough hit, "(I Can't Get No) Satisfaction."
Born on this date in 1948, Black Sabbath's Bill Ward. And in 1951, Motley Crue's Mick Mars.
On this date in 1990, At his wedding reception, drummer Jason Bonham plays a set with his dad's old bandmates in Led Zeppelin, sparking yet more reunion rumors that do not come to pass.
Born on this date in 1951, Mick Mars of Mötley Crüe.
On this date in 1990, David Bowie's ex-wife, Angie (she of the Rolling Stones song), claims in an interview that she once walked in on her ex and Stones front-man Mick Jagger having sex.
On this date in 1975, The Rolling Stones announce their upcoming tour by being driven down Fifth Avenue in Manhattan, performing "Brown Sugar" on the back of a flatbed truck.
In 1979, Elton John performs in Israel, the first Western pop act to do so.
On this date in 1976, After performing a show in Memphis, Bruce Springsteen catches a cab to Elvis Presley's mansion, Graceland, and when he is turned away at the gates, he scales a wall in an attempt to meet the icon. Elvis isn't home, however, and Bruce is escorted off the property without incident.
Also on this date in 1976, The Who's Keith Moon pays $100 to nine different New York cabdrivers to block off a full city block, allowing the drummer to throw all his furniture through the hotel room window and onto the street.
In 1977, Led Zeppelin break the single-act attendance record for a concert when 76,229 fans pay to see them at the Silverdome in Pontiac, MI, breaking the previous record set by the Who, also set at the Silverdome.
Born on this date in 1951, in the Bronx - Paul Daniel "Ace" Frehley of KISS.
On this date in 1975, 511 audience members are in custody in Los Angeles for smoking marijuana during Pink Floyd's recent five nights at the Los Angeles Arena.
In 1975, David Bowie is detained at the Poland-Russian border after Nazi memorabilia (mostly books) are found in his luggage. The singer, who claims they're research for an upcoming film about Joseph Goebbels, is released.
In 1990, David Bowie plays his Seventies hits for the last time as he begins his latest American tour, "Sound + Vision."
In 2006, 63-year-old Keith Richards falls from a palm tree while vacationing in Fiji, landing on his head and causing a hemorrhage that required doctors to drain his skull. He makes a full recovery.
On this date in 1994, After fourteen years, The Eagles reform at Warner's Burbank Studios for the first of what will be two reunion concerts chronicled on the live/studio album Hell Freezes Over.
On this date in 1992, David Bowie marries his second wife, model Iman, in Switzerland.
In 2007, US President George W. Bush is denied a luxury suite at the Imperial Hotel in Vienna when Mick Jagger, in town with the Stones on a tour, books it first.
On this date in 1969, Today is Tommy Day. The Who perform their new rock opera Tommy for the first time on stage in its entirety at a concert in Dolton, England; five years later to the day, the group begins filming the movie version (with Tina Turner's turn as the Acid Queen being filmed first), and, on the same date in 1993, the Broadway play based on the album opens.
In 1978, On tonight's Saturday Night Live, John Belushi and Dan Aykroyd team up to debut two new characters called "The Blues Brothers," who perform a cover of Sam and Dave's "Soul Man."
On this date in 1979, The Rolling Stones play two concerts in Oshawa, Ontario for the Canadian National Institute for the Blind, a result of court-ordered community service for guitarist Keith Richards, busted two years earlier in Toronto for heroin possession.
Born on this date in 1947, James Newell "Jim" Osterberg, Jr... aka Iggy Pop.
On this date in 1970, Elton John makes his stage debut as a solo act when he opens for T. Rex, Spooky Tooth, and Jackie Lomax at the Roundhouse in London.
On this date in 1992, Queen reunites for a tribute charity concert dedicated to their fallen former leader, vocalist Freddie Mercury, who'd passed away from AIDS some six months earlier. Robert Plant, David Bowie, Elton John, Guns N' Roses, George Michael, Annie Lennox, Paul Young, Ian Hunter and Roger Daltrey, among others, show up to sing Freddie's and their own hits.
On this date in 1972, Electric Light Orchestra make their live debut at Croydon, England's Fox and Greyhound pub.
In 1974, Queen make their US live debut at Regis College in Denver, CO.
In 1996, At the Grammy Awards ceremonies in New York, KISS, back again in full makeup, announce their reunion and upcoming tour, the first time all four original members have taken the stage together since 1981.
In 1997, Elton John is awarded an honorary membership to his old alma mater, Britain's Royal Academy of Music.
On this date in 1975, After a long audition process during the recording of their album Black and Blue, and after a slew of rumors about who would fill the position, the Rolling Stones announce former Faces member Ron Wood as their new guitarist, replacing the departed Mick Taylor.
In 1980, New Jersey considers a resolution to make Bruce Springsteen's "Born To Run" the new official state anthem, but eventually designate it as merely the Garden State's "rock anthem."
On this date in 1967, The Rolling Stones play their first-ever gig behind the "Iron Curtain" of Soviet countries with a performance in Warsaw. When the club is overrun by kids without tickets, the local police react by dispersing the crowd with tear gas.
On this date in 1968, Frank Zappa and the Mothers of Invention perform at a New York dinner for the National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences dinner in New York. Zappa calls the event "a load of pompous hokum" and yells from the stage: "All year long you people have manufactured this crap, now for one night you're gonna have to listen to it!"
In 1992, The Eagles' Don Henley leads 6,000 fans through Walden Woods in Massachusetts as part of a benefit walk to save the literally significant woods popularized by Henry Thoreau's work.
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On this date in 1966, Bruce Springsteen steps into a recording studio for the first time, recording with his garage band The Castiles in Brick Town, NJ.
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On this date in 1968, Jimi Hendrix is busted for hash and heroin on arrival at Toronto's International Airport; Jimi later claims the drugs were planted on him.
On this date in 1964, Britain's latest hot group, the Rolling Stones, are nonetheless refused service for lunch at Bristol, England's Grand Hotel because they're not properly attired in jackets and ties. the next day, the Daily Express calls them "the ugliest group in Britain" and remarks, "The Rolling Stones gather no lunch."
On this date in 1998, Steve Perry & Journey went their separate ways when Perry left Journey for the second time.
On this date in 1998, U2 appears on the Simpsons in an episode titled "Trash of the Titans."
On this date in 1992, David Bowie marries his second wife, model Iman, in Switzerland.
Born on this date in 1947, James Newell "Jim" Osterberg, Jr... aka Iggy Pop.
On this date in 1965, the development of the new 8-track tape player is announced by RCA and LearJet.
On this date in 1972, Electric Light Orchestra make their live debut at Croydon, England's Fox and Greyhound pub.
On this date in 1975, After a long audition process during the recording of their album Black and Blue, and after a slew of rumors about who would fill the position, the Rolling Stones announce former Faces member Ron Wood as their new guitarist, replacing the departed Mick Taylor.
On this date in 1967, The Rolling Stones play their first-ever gig behind the "Iron Curtain" of Soviet countries with a performance in Warsaw. When the club is overrun by kids without tickets, the local police react by dispersing the crowd with tear gas.
