Today in rock history 5th May

1948 – Bill Ward (Black Sabbath) is born this day 1963 – On a recommendation by George Harrison, Dick Rowe Head of A&R at Decca records, (and the man who turned down The Beatles), went to see The Rolling Stones play at Crawdaddy Club, London. The band were signed to the label within a week. 1965 – Alan Price announces he is leaving the Animals at the peak of their popularity. He is replaced by Dave Rowberry. 1968 – Buffalo Springfield disbands. 1969 – Creedence Clearwater Revival releases their hit “Bad Moon Rising,” 1970 – No. 1 Chart Toppers Pop Hit: “American Woman,” Guess Who. 1973 – David Bowie scored his first UK No.1 album when ‘Aladdin Sane’ started a five-week run at the top, featuring the single ‘Drive In Saturday’. 1973 – At Tampa Stadium in Florida, 56,800 Led Zeppelin fans see Led Zeppelin. The band grosses $309,000. At the time the show set a record for the largest paying crowd at an American rock concert. 1984 – Simple Minds singer Jim Kerr married Chrissie Hynde in a horse drawn carriage in Central Park, New York. 1986 – Ahmet Ertegun announces that Cleveland will be the site of the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. 1990 – A tribute concert to John Lennon organized by his widow Yoko Ono draws less than one-third of the expected 45,000 fans in Liverpool, England. 1990 – During a North American tour Nirvana appeared at the Einstein-A-Go-Go in Jacksonville Beach, Florida. 1995 – Former Guns N’ Roses drummer Steven Adler was arrested on a felony count of possession of heroin, as well as two misdemeanour drug charges. 1996 – Rage Against The Machine went to No.1 on the US album chart with ‘Evil Empire’. 1997 – Bruce Springsteen is awarded Sweden’s Polar Music Prize. It’s considered the musical equivalent of the Nobel Prize. 2002 – Two disc jockeys from Denver’s KRFX-FM, Rick Lewis and Michael Floorwax, stopped a live radio interview with Detroit rocker Ted Nugent after he used derogatory racial terms for Asians and Blacks. The station received dozens of complaints. 2005 – Bruce Springsteen tops the U.S. album charts with Devils & Dust, a largely acoustic offering not featuring his E Street Band.

Rock Talk – Martin Turner – Wishbone Ash

Part 1 1. Wishbone Ash – Changing tracks 2. Wishbone Ash – The king will come 3. Wishbone Ash – Time was 4. Wishbone Ash – Blowin’ free Part 2 1. Wishbone Ash – Leaf and stream 2. Wishbone Ash – Blind eye 3. Wishbone Ash – Helpless 4. Wishbone Ash - Phoenix

Timesweep 6th May

Part 1 A look at dancing 1. The Sweet – Ballromm blitz 2. Led Zeppelin – Dancing days 3. Genesis – I can’t dance 4. Bruce Springsteen – Dancing in the dark 5. Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers – Mary Jane’s last dance Part 2 1. Van Halen – Dance the night away 2. David Bowie – John I’m only dancing 3. Thin Lizzy – Dancing in the moonlight 4. Billy Idol – Dancing by myself 5. Poison – Your mama don’t dance 6. Aerosmith – Shut up and dance 7. 7. Meatloaf – Two out of three ain’t bad Part 3 A look at the fascinating subject that is radio 1. Rush – The spirit of radio 2. The Ramones – Do you remember rock and roll radio 3. Queen – Radio gaga Part 4 1. REM – Radio song 2. Autograph – Turn up the radio 3. Golden Earring – Radar love 4. Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers – The last DJ Part 5 High fashion 1. The Hollies – Long tall woman in a black dress 2. ZZ Top – Sharp dressed man 3. Elvis Presley – Blue suede shoes 4. Joe Cocker – You can leave your hat on Part 6 This week’s birthdays 1. Motorhead – Killed by death 2. Fleetwood Mac – Save me 3. Van Halen – Hot for teacher 4. Buffalo Springfield – For what it’s worth 5. Cheap Trick – If you want my love Part 7 This week in in rock history 1. Rolling Stones – Paint it black 2. Bon Jovi – I’ll be there for you 3. The Guess Who – American woman Part 8 Back to 1969 1. Rolling Stones- Gimme shelter 2. David Bowie – Space oddity 3. Badfinger – Come and get it Part 9 Back to 1984 1. Slade – Run runaway 2. Foreigner – That was yesterday 3. Chicago – Along comes a woman 4. Queen – Hammer to fall Part 10 1. Deep Purple – Perfect strangers 2. Bon Jovi – Runaway 3. Russ Ballard – Voices 4. Huey Lewis & The News – If this is it Part 11 1. ZZ Top – Legs 2. Sammy Hagar – I can’t drive 55 3. Alan Parsons Project – Don’t answer me

Brit Rock 6th May

1. Steve Miller Band – Rock ‘n’ me 2. Kiss – God gave rock and roll to you 3. ACDC – Rock and roll ain’t a noise pollution 4. ELO – Roll over Beethoven 5. Stealers Wheel – Star 6. Journey – Don’t stop believing 7. Journey – Lovin’ touchin’ squeezin’ 8. Reunion – Life is a rock (but the radio rolled me) 9. Nickelback – Rock star 10. Joan Jett & The Blackhearts – I love rock and roll 11. UFO – Only you can rock me 12. Meatloaf – Rock and roll dreams come true 13.Pearl Jam – Alive 14.Yes – Owner of a lonely heart 15. Yes – Starship troopers 16.Guns ‘N’ Roses – Patience 17. Kevin Johnson – Rock and roll (I gave you all the best years of my life) 18. Led Zeppelin – Rock and roll 19. John Fogerty – Rock and roll girls 20. Rainbow – Love live rock and roll It’s a look at some of the artists who’ve been inducted into the rock and roll hall of fame 1. ZZ Top – TV dinners 2. Metallica – For whom the bell tolls 3. Creedence Clearwater Revival – Have you ever seen the rain 4. ACDC – Let there be rock 5. Neil Young – Rocking in the free world 6. The Beatles – Let it be 7. The Beatles – Here comes the sun 8. Sex Pistols – Holidays in the sun 9. Rod Stewart – Hot legs 10.Lynyrd Skynyrd – Free bird 11. The Ramones – Baby I love you

Today in rock history 4th May

1942 – Born on this day, Ronnie Bond, The Troggs. 1945, Born on this day, Georg Wadenius, Blood Sweat & Tears. 1949 – Born on this day, Zal Cleminson, guitar, Sensational Alex Harvey Band. 1951 – Born on this day, Mick Mars (real name Bob Deal), Motley Crue. 1951 – Born on this day, Bruce Day, Santana. 1967 – The Jimi Hendrix Experience appeared on UK TV’s Top Of The Pops’. 1970 – Four students at Kent University were killed and eleven wounded by National Guard troops at a campus demonstration protesting the escalation of the Vietnam War. The incident inspired Neil Young to compose ‘Ohio’ which became a hit for Crosby Stills Nash & Young. 1972 – Born on this day, Mike Dirnt, bass, Green Day 1973 – Led Zeppelin opened their 1973 North American tour, which was billed as the ‘biggest and most profitable rock & roll tour in the history of the United States’. The group would gross over $3 million from the dates, flying between gigs in ‘The Starship’ a Boeing 720 passenger jet, complete with bar, shower room, TV and video in a 30′ lounge and a white fur bedroom. 1977 – No. 1 Chart Toppers Pop Hit: “Hotel California,” The Eagles. 1989 – Stevie Ray Vaughan set out on what would be his last ever tour at the Orpheum Theatre, Vancouver, British Columbia. 1996 – Alanis Morissette started a six-week run at No.1 on the UK album chart with ‘Jagged Little Pill’. 1997 – Courtney Love placed an advert in The Seattle Times selling the house she had shared with Kurt Cobain. The five bedroom four bathroom house was on the market for $3m. The carriage house where Kurt Cobain died had been knocked down during refurbishment. 2003 – Modern rock act Third Eye Blind portrays veteran U.K. rock act the Kinks on an episode of the NBC series “American Dreams.” 2004 - Ex-Guns N’ Roses members Slash & Duff McKagen sue Axl Rose for $1 million, alleging that Rose turned down multiple offers to use Guns N’ Roses music on movie soundtracks without consulting them. 2006 – Pearl Jam sticks around after taping a song for CBS’ “The Late Show With David Letterman to play a 10-song set inside New York’s Ed Sullivan Theatre exclusively for members of its fan club. 2012 – Adam Yauch of the Beastie Boys dies.

Today in rock history 3rd May

1944 – Born on this day, Pete Staples, The Troggs. 1953 – Born on this day, Bruce Hall, REO Speedwagon. 1965, The Beatles spent the day filming for their forthcoming film ‘Help!’ on Salisbury Plain with the British Army’s Third Tank Division. 1968 – Jimi Hendrix laid down ‘Voodoo Chile’ for the ‘Electric Ladyland’ album. 1969 - Jimi Hendrix was arrested on drug charges at Toronto International Airport. He’s later released after posting $10,000 bail. 1971 - Grand Funk Railroad held a press conference at New York’s Gotham Hotel, where only six reporters show up, despite the band’s success at the time. 1972 – Born on this day, Josey Scott, lead singer, Saliva. 1975 – Chicago started a two week run at No.1 on the US album chart with ‘Chicago VIII’, the groups third US No.1. 1976 – David Bowie played the first of six sold out nights at Wembley, his first UK gig in three years. 1978 – The first date of a 12-date UK tour by The Climax Blues Band supported by Dire Straits. 1991 - Texas Governor Ann Richards declares ZZ Top Day. 2000 – Metallica delivers over 60,000 pages of information to Napster’s San Mateo, Calif., offices, listing more than 1.4 million copyright violations of 95 Metallica songs 2004 – US Supreme Court rejected an appeal by two musicians who claimed they were owed royalties from Ozzy Osbourne. Bassist Robert Daisley and drummer Lee Kerslake had fought a long-running battle since 1997 with the Osbourne family claiming they were entitled to money from the albums ‘Blizzard of Ozz’ and ‘Diary of a Madman.’ 2006 – “Baywatch” actress Donna D’Errico files for divorce from Motley Crue’s bassist Nikki Sixx, citing irreconcilable differences. 2011 – Steven Tyler from Aerosmith admitted that his addiction to drugs was so drastic that he hid cocaine in a drum on stage to take a fix during shows.

Today in rock history 2nd May

1945 – Goldy McJohn (Steppenwolf) is born this day 1944 – Born on this day, Bob Henrit, drums, Argent 1950 – Foreigner vocalist Lou Gramm is born in Rochester, N.Y. 1954 – Prescott Niles (The Knack) is born this day 1957 – Elvis Presley records Jailhouse Rock at MGM, Culver City, California. 1963 – The Beatles were at No.1 on the UK singles chart with ‘From Me To You’, the group’s first No.1 and the first of eleven consecutive No.1’s. 1964 – The Rolling Stones self-titled debut album started a 12-week run at No.1 on the UK charts. The album spent a total of 51 weeks on the UK chart. 1965 – Although he swore he would never allow the band to appear on his show again, Ed Sullivan plays host to the Rolling Stones for a second time. 1969 – The Who gave a press preview of their new rock opera ‘Tommy’ at Ronnie Scott’s in London 1969 – The Beatles recorded a re-make of the new George Harrison song ‘Something’ at Abbey Road Studios. 1969 – Pink Floyd record another concert for their Ummagumma album, this time at the Chamber in Commerce in Manchester 1972 – Bruce Springsteen auditioned for CBS Records A&R man John Hammond in New York. Springsteen played a short set for him in his office; Hammond was so impressed that he arranged a real audition that night at the Gaslight Club in New York for other Columbia executives. Bruce passed the audition. 1972 – Les Harvey, guitarist with soul/rockers Stone the Crows, is electrocuted after touching a faulty microphone onstage in Swansea 1979 – The Who play their first gig since the death of Keith Moon at Rainbow Theatre, with Kenny Jones on drums. 1980 – South Africa bans Pink Floyd’s “Another Brick in the Wall, Part II,” claiming the song is “prejudicial to the safety of the state.” 1991 – Appearing at The Marquee Club, London, Extreme. 1991 – Nirvana booked into Sound City Studios in Van Nuys, California for 16 days,on a budget of $65,000 and with Butch Vig producing. 1992 – UK duo Nirvana filed a suit against the American band of the same name claiming that they had been using the name since 1968. 2000 – Metallica chat online with fans about their Napster woes. 2003 – Kings Of Leon played their first ever UK date when they appeared at The Empress Ballroom in Blackpool. 2004 – Total Guitar magazine’s readers voted Guns N’ Roses’ anthem ‘Sweet Child O’ Mine’ as the greatest guitar riff ever ahead of Nirvana’s grunge anthem ‘Smells Like Teen Spirit’. 2005 – Eric Clapton joined former Cream members drummer Ginger Baker and bass player Jack Bruce for the first of four nights at London’s Royal Albert Hall. 2006 – Rolling Stones guitarist Keith Richards was released from hospital in New Zealand after the 62 year-old suffered “mild concussion” when he fell out of a coconut tree 2008 – Chad Kroeger was banned from driving for a year after being convicted of drink-driving in the Canadian city of Vancouver. 2009 – Bob Dylan mingled unnoticed with other Beatles tourists during a minibus tour to John Lennon’s childhood home. 2013 - Jeff Hanneman from the band “Slayer” died today.