Timesweep 28th January

Part 1 The law and law breakers 1. Judas Priest - Breaking the law 2. Eric Clapton - I shot the sheriff 3. Bobby Fuller 4 - I fought the law 4. Thin Lizzy - Jailbreak 5. Saxon - Strong arm of the law 6. Eric Clapton - No alibis Part 2 Back to 1970 1. Creedence Clearwater Revival - Up around the bend 2. Badfinger - Come and get it 3. Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young - Southern man 4. Black Sabbath - N.I.B. 5. Paul McCartney - Every night 6. The Beatles - The long and winding road Part 3 Films with rock sound tracks 1. Them - Baby please don't go 2. Paul McCartney & Wings - Live and let die 3. Strange Fruit - All over the world 4. ACDC - You shook me all night long Part 4 This week's birthdays 1. Tom Petty - Running down a dream 2. Dr Hook - Cover of the rolling stone 3. Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young - Ohio 4. Guns 'N' Roses - November rain Part 5 1. Journey - Wheel in the sky 2. Dave Davies - Death of a clown 3. New York Dolls - Looking for a kiss 4. Big Country - Chance Part 6 This week in rock history 1. Jimi Hendrix Experience - Purple haze 2. David Bowie - Starman 3. Def Leppard - Rock of ages Part 7 1. Rolling Stones - Start me up 2. The Doors - Break on through 3. Gary Moore - Over the hills and far away Part 8 Films with rock sound tracks 1. Bob Seger - Against the wind 2. The Beatles - I should have known better 3. The Beatles - I'll be back 4. Huey Lewis & The News - Back in time Part 9 Back to 1971 1. The Doors - Love her madly 2. Stephen Stills - Love the one you're with 3. The Who - Baba O' Reilly Part 10 1. Black Sabbath - Iron man 2. Badfinger - No matter what 3. Led Zeppelin - Rock and roll Part 11 1. Mountain - Nantucket sleighride 2. David Bowie - Changes 3. Free - My brother Jake 4. Rod Stewart - Reason to believe 5. Deep Purple - Strange kind of woman

Brit Rock 28th January

1. Skid Row - Youth gone wild 2. Wasp - The real me 3. Doobie Bros - The doctor 4. Queen - I want it all 5. Billy Joel - I go to extremes 6. Marillion - Easter 7. Tom Petty - I won't back down 8. Faith No More - Epic 9. Great White - Once bitten twice shy 10. Don Henley - New York minute 11. Metallica - For whom the bell tolls 12. The Who - Love reign o'er me 13. Iron Maiden - Eldorado 14. Ozzy Osbourne - Let me hear you scream 15. Manic Street Preachers - It's not war 16. Kid Rock - Born free 17. Kings Of Leon - Pyro 18. Foo Fighters - Rope 19. Biffy Clyro - Black chandelier 20. Bon Jovi - Bad medicine 21. Whitesnake - Trouble 22. Sweet - Ballroom blitz 23. T-Rex - Get it on 24. Radiohead - Creep 25. Grin feat. Nils Lofgren - Moon tears Hour three looks at members of bands who've enjoyed solo success 1. Paul McCartney & Wings - Live and let die 2. George Harrison - When we was fab 3. Ringo Starr - Photograph 4. John Lennon - Oh my love 5. David Lee Roth - Just like paradise 6. Peter Gabriel - Biko 7. Pete Townshend - Uniforms 8. Roger Daltrey - Giving it all away 9. Don Henley - Sunset grill 10. Joe Walsh - Life's been good 11. Van Morrison - Moondance 12. Lyndsey Buckingham - Trouble 13. Eric Clapton - Knocking on heaven's door

Today in rock history 26th January

1948 – Born on this day, Corky Laing, drums, Mountain. 1949 – Derek Holt, bassist with the Climax Blues Band, is born in Stafford, England. 1950 – Paul Pena, a blues musician who wrote Steve Miller’s hit “Jet Airliner" is born. 1955 – Edward Lodewijk “Eddie” Van Halen is born this joyful day. 1965 - During a Rolling Stones tour of Australia and New Zealand, guitarist Keith Richards had his shirt torn off after 50 fans invaded the stage during the gig. 1966 – The Animals’ Eric Burdon sings lead vocals for Manfred Mann at a London concert. 1967 – In the Village Voice today, you can read Jack Newfield’s article “Brecht of the Jukebox, Poet of the Electric Guitar” about Bob Dylan. 1969 – In the midst of recording Let It Be at the Apple Studios, the Beatles lay down a series of rock ‘n’ roll covers, including “Shake Rattle And Roll,” 1969 – Led Zeppelin play a four-hour set at the Boston Tea Party. 1970 – John Lennon writes and records “Instant Karma” with producer Phil Spector. 1973 – Sweet were at No.1 on the UK singles chart with ‘Blockbuster’. The groups only UK No.1 of 15 Top 40 hits. 1974 – The Doobie Brothers open their first European tour at The Rainbow in London. 1975 – The BBC shows a documentary on David Bowie called “Cracked Actor.” 1977 – Peter Green, one of Fleetwood Mac’s founding guitarists, is committed to an English mental institution. Cause? He fired a pistol at a messenger who was trying to deliver a check for his portion of song royalties. 1977 – Patti Smith falls off stage whilst opening for Bob Seger in Tampa, Fla. 1986 – Allen Collins from Lynyrd Skynyrd crashed his car, paralysing him from the waist down and killing his girlfriend Debra Jean Watts. 1991 – Queen had their second UK No.1 with ‘Innuendo’. 1997 – ZZ Top, James Brown and the Blues Brothers perform at the Super Bowl XXXI halftime show. 2000 – Rage Against the Machine try to force their way into the New York Stock Exchange. The stunt was part of a video the radical band was shooting in Wall Street with filmmaker Michael Moore for their song “Sleep Now in the Fire.” 2000 – Courtney Love gets into a fight with a photographer at the Sundance Film Festival. 2003 – Billy Joel was airlifted to hospital after his car smashed into a tree. 2004 - Sex Pistols singer John Lydon appeared on the U.K. reality show I’m a Celebrity…Get Me out Of Here set in the Australian outback. Lydon left after four days earning $42,500 to appear on the programme. 2006 – Babyshambles singer/addict and occasional Kate Moss squeeze Pete Doherty is arrested twice in one day for suspicion of possessing drugs. 2007 – The Rolling Stones topped the US music rich list for the second year running after making $150.6m (£76.2m) in 2006.

Today in rock history 24th January

1947 – Warren Zevon is born in Chicago. 1949 – Saturday Night Live comedian John Belushi is born in Chicago. 1958 – Elvis Presley was at No.1 on the UK singles chart with ‘Jailhouse Rock’. 1958 – The Quarry Men performed at the Cavern Club, in Liverpool, (this was the bands only performance at the club). It was three years later when they appeared again at the Cavern but under their new name as The Beatles. 1962 – Brian Epstein signs a management contract with the Beatles. 1969 – Jethro Tull play America for the first time. They open up for Led Zeppelin in New York City. 1969 – New Jersey state prosecutors issue a warning to US record dealers that they would be charged with distributing pornography if they were caught selling the John Lennon / Yoko Ono LP ‘Two Virgins’. 1974 – Born on this day, Christopher River Hesse, drummer, Hoobastank. 1976 – Bob Dylan started a five-week run at No.1 on the US album chart with ‘Desire’ his third US No.1. 1977 – Appearing at the Roxy, London, The Buzzcocks supported by Chelsea. 1980 – In Los Angeles, a billboard is put up advertising Pink Floyd’s The Wall. Every day a brick is added to the billboard until the entire space is covered. 1981 – Steve Tyler of Aerosmith was hospitalised after being involved in a crash on his motorbike. 1992 – Nirvana played their first ever show in Australia at the Phoenician Club in Sydney. Also on the bill, Tumbleweed and The Meanies. 1993 – Keith Richards plays Las Vegas for the first time with his solo group the X-Pensive Winos. 1995 – Balance (Van Halen) is released. 1999 – The Offspring went to No.1 on the UK singles chart with ‘Pretty Fly, For A White Guy’. 2000 – Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young play the first date of their reunion tour at Michigan’s Palace of Auburn Hills. It’s the first time they’ve toured together in 25 years. 2001 – AC/DC postpone their date in Adelaide, Australia after drummer Phil Rudd is diagnosed with a minor kidney infection. 2003 – With three trophies, Avril Lavigne tops the fan-voted MTV Asia Awards at the Singapore Indoor Stadium.

Today in rock history 23rd January

1950 - Danny Federici-organist for the E Street Band is born 1953 – Robin Zander, the frontman with Cheap Trick, is born in Rockford, Ill. 1957 – The film Don’t Knock the Rock premieres in Australia. 1963 – Janis Joplin hitchhikes to San Francisco with her friend Chet Helms. 1964 – Having wrapped up their first American tour, the Rolling Stones fly back to Britain. 1969 – Alan Parsons makes his debut as the Beatles’ engineer as they record “Get Back” during the Let It Be sessions. 1973 – Neil Young is handed a piece of paper onstage in New York and reads out the message that a peace accord has been reached in Vietnam. The audience goes crazy for ten minutes. Neil then plays “Southern Man.” 1978 – Founder and guitarist Terry Kath of the group Chicago dies after from a self inflicted gunshot wound. 1986 – The first annual induction ceremony for the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame is held in New York. Among those inducted are Chuck Berry, James Brown, Ray Charles, Fats Domino, the Everly Brothers, Buddy Holly, Jerry Lee Lewis and Elvis Presley. 1988 – Nirvana records a ten-song demo tape with the godfather of grunge, legendary Seattle producer Jack Endino. The Melvins’ Dale Crover sits in on drums. 1990 – Ex-Lynyrd Skynyrd guitarist Allen Collins dies in Jacksonville, Fla., of complications from pneumonia. The 37-year-old had been paralyzed from the waist down since 1986 after crashing his car and killing his girlfriend. 1995 – Courtney Love appears in Australian court on charges of abusing a flight attendant. 1996 – The city council of Johnson City, Tenn., revokes their permission for White Zombie to play there after hearing testimony that the band preached devil worship. 2000 – At the Golden Globe Awards, Courtney Love tries to make Phil Collins say “please” before giving him the gong for best original song, motion picture for his work on Disney’s Tarzan. 2000 – Nancy Wilson of Heart gives birth to twins. The proud father is former rock scribe and Almost Famous director Cameron Crowe. 2004 – A California judge orders Scott Weiland back into a live-in drug detoxification center after the former Stone Temple Pilots singer decides to quit rehab early. 2004 – Former Judas Priest drummer Dave Holland, 55, is found guilty by an English court of attempting to rape a learning-disabled teenager he was giving drum lessons to. 2008- When Fall Out Boy’s Pete Wentz decides to throw an event — even one designed to raise money and awareness for Democratic candidate Barack Obama — he does it his way. As far as political fundraisers go, this one was a decidedly nontraditional affair. There was a go-go dancer gyrating behind a pane of glass, free games of “Frogger” and peanut-butter-and-jelly sushi rolls served on Pringles. The music was loud, the cans of Pabst Blue Ribbon plentiful and the only guy to show up in a suit was rather befuddled-looking Illinois State Treasurer Alexi Giannoulias.

Today in rock history 22nd January

1953 – Steve Perry of Journey is born. 1964 – The Yardbirds featuring Eric Clapton appeared at The Cavern Club, Liverpool. 1965 - Steven Adler-drummer for Guns N’ Roses is born today 1965 – The Rolling Stones began a 16-date tour of Australia and New Zealand at the Manufactures’ Auditorium in Sydney with Roy Orbison, The Newbeats and Ray Columbus and the Invaders. 1968 – During the bands first Australian tour The Who played the first of two nights at Sydney Stadium with The Small Faces and Paul Jones. 1969, The Beatles moved from Twickenham Film Studios to Apple studios in London to start recording the “Get Back” LP. Billy Preston was brought into the sessions (John, Paul, and George knew Preston from 1962, when he was a member of Little Richard’s backing group). 1970 – Steel Mill, (featuring Bruce Springsteen) opened for The Elvin Bishop Band at The Matrix in San Francisco, California. Steel Mill were paid only $5 for the gig, 1972 – David Bowie ‘came out’ as bisexual during an interview in the British music weekly Melody Maker. 1977 – Wings went to No.1 on the US album chart with ‘Wings Over America’, Paul McCartney’s sixth US No.1 after The Beatles. 1988 – Faith No More made their live UK debut at Dingwalls, London at the start of a 13-date tour. 1989 - Gene Simmons’ longtime partner Shannon Tweed gave birth to their first child, a son named Nicholas. 1990 - During the seventeenth annual American Music Awards in Los Angeles, Slash & Duff McKagan of Guns N’ Roses were visibly drunk & said various obscenities during their acceptance speech. Due to this incident, every subsequent American Music Awards show was on broadcast delay. 1993 – Metallica kicked off their 77-date Nowhere Else To Roam world tour at Wings Stadium, Kalamazoo, Michigan. 2002 – Nine Inch Nails makes its first ever instore signing appearance at the Virgin Megastore in New York’s Times Square. 2004 – Ryan Adams is forced to cancel the remainder of his European tour and upcoming North American trek when he falls from the stage during a show in Liverpool 2008 – Heath Ledger dies from suspected drug use.

Today in rock history 21st January

1938 – Gruff-voiced DJ Wolfman Jack is born in Brooklyn as Bob Smith. 1941 - Richie Havens is born 1963 – Bob Dylan performs his new song “Masters of War” at Gerde’s Folk City in Greenwich Village. 1965 – The U.S. Immigration Department forces the Animals to cancel a performance at New York’s Apollo Theater. Instead, the English group appears on The Ed Sullivan Show. 1965 - The Rolling Stones arrive in Australia, where they will shortly begin a tour with support act Roy Orbison. A crowd of 2000 people greets them. 1965 – The Byrds record “Mr. Tambourine Man.” Well, not really. The only actual Byrd who performs on the record is lead guitarist/singer Jim McGuinn (later known as Roger McGuinn). Session men replace the rest of the band. 1966 – George Harrison marries Patti Boyd. The couple later divorces and she marries Eric Clapton. 1974 – Gov. Jimmy Carter of Georgia throws a post-concert party for Bob Dylan at the gubernatorial mansion. 1979 – Led Zeppelin singer Robert Plant becomes a proud father for the third time. Wife Maureen gives birth to a son, Logan. 1980 – Born on this day, Benjamin Moody, guitar, Evanescence. 1982 – B.B. King donates his collection of 20,000 records to the University of Mississippi. 1984 – Yes started a two-week run at No.1 on the US singles chart with ‘Owner Of A Lonely Heart ‘ 1992 – Billy Idol pleaded guilty to assault and battery charges after an incident outside a West Hollywood restaurant. He was fined $2,700 (£1,588). 2003 – David Palmer, former keyboard player for Jethro Tull changed his name to Dee Palmer after a successful sex change operation. 2003 – The Black Crowes guitarist Rich Robinson plays his first gig with new band Hookah Brown. Hookah Brown split later in the spring. 2004 – Evanesence singer Amy Lee apologises to Cold for erroneously declaring the hard rockers had broken up after guitarist Terry Balsamo jumped ship to join her band. 2004 – Gov’t Mule guitarist Warren Haynes joins The Dead, a touring group featuring the surviving members of the Grateful Dead. 2006 – A plane carrying Bon Jovi skids off the runway at Hamilton International Airport in Canada. Fortunately for hair metal, no one is injured.