Timesweep 2nd December

Part 1

Back to 1992

1. Nirvana - Smells like teen spirit

2. Manic Street preachers - Motorcycle emptiness

3. INXS - Beautiful girl

4. Extreme - Rest in peace

5. Tom Cochrane - Life is a highway

Part 2

Back to 1991

1. Marillion - Cover my eyes

2. Van Halen - Right now

3. Jesus Jones - Right here right now

4. Queen - Innuendo

5. Thunder - Love walked in

Part 3

Back to 1986

1. Rolling Stones - Harlem shuffle

2. Jackson Browne - In the shape of a heart

3. Stryper - Calling on you

Part 4

1. Status Quo - Red sky

2. Bruce Hornsby & The Range - Mandolin rain

3. Poison - Cry tough

4. Johnny Winter - Walking by myself

Part 5

Artist double shots

1. Queen - I want it all

2. Queen - Friends will be friends

3. Rolling Stones - Paint it black

4. Rolling Stones- Start me up

Part 6

This week in rock history

1. Travelling Wilburys - End of the line

2. John Lennon - Watching the wheels

3. John Lennon - Oh my love

4. Ozzy Osbourne - Shot in the dark

Part 7

This week's birthdays

1. REM - What's the frequency Kenneth

2. Ozzy Osbourne - Over the mountain

3. The Doors - Break on through

4. Allman Bros - Midnight rider

5. Motley Crue - On with the show

Part 8

Back to 1962

1. Sandy Nelson - Let there be drums

2. Jerry Lee Lewis - Sweet little 16

Back to 1963

3. Swinging Blue Jeans - Hippy hippy shake

4. The Beatles - I saw her standing there

Part 9

We're in the madhouse

1. Quiet Riot - Mama we're all crazy now

2. Ozzy Osbourne - Crazy train

3. Elton John - Madman across the water

Part 10

1. Aerosmith - Crazy

2. Talking Heads - Psycho killer

3. Heart - Crazy on you

Part 11

1. Kiss - Crazy crazy nights

2. Pink Floyd - Shine on you crazy diamond

Brit Rock 2nd December

1. Peter Gabriel - Shock the monkey

2. World Party - Ship of fools

3. The Killers - Read my mind

4. The Eagles - How long

5. Chris Cornell - You know my name

6. The Fray - How to save a life

7. Kings Of Leon - Fans

8. U2 - Windows in the sky

9. Scorpions - Humanity

10. INXS - Original sin

11. Van Morrison - Wild night

12. Foreigner - Feels like the first time

13. The Darkness - Growing on me

14. The Kinks - Village green preservation society

15. Faith No More - Introduce yourself

16. ACDC - Touch too much

17. ACDC - Rock & roll ain't a noise pollution

18. ACDC - Thunderstruck

19. Led Zeppelin - Immigrant song

20. Metallica - Disposable heroes

21. David Gilmour - Comfortably numb

22. Pink Floyd - High hopes

Hour three is an hour of UK based album orientated rock

1. Genesis - Abacab

2. Supertramp - Dreamer

3. ELO - Wild west hero

4. Free - My brother Jake

5. Peter Gabriel - Solsbury hill

6. Steve Winwood - Valerie

7. T-Rex - Get it on

8. Bonnie Tyler - Holding out for a hero

9. Dave Edmunds - Girls talk

10. Asia - Heat of the moment

11. Chris Rea - Tell me there's a heaven

12. Dire Straits - Brothers in arms

Today in rock history 5th December

1932 – Little Richard (Richard Wayne Penniman) is born in Macon, Ga., the son of a minister.

1938 – Guitarist J.J. Cale is born in Oklahoma City.

1944 – Lucas Sideras, drummer with Greek prog rockers Aphrodite’s Child, has a birthday today.

1965 – No. 1 Chart Toppers Pop Hit: “Turn! Turn! Turn!” The Byrds. Songwriter Pete Seeger adapted the lyrics from the Book of Ecclesiastes.

1967 – Pink Floyd finish their tour supporting Jimi Hendrix at Green’s Playhouse in Glasgow, Scotland. Throughout the tour, the Nice guitarist Davy O’List has been drafted in when regular singer Syd Barrett either has been too out of it to play or simply hasn’t deigned to show up.

1968 – The Rolling Stones’ launch party at London’s Queensgate Hotel for Beggars Banquet soon degenerates into a near-riot. Waitresses serve food dressed as medieval wenches. During the dessert course, a custard pie fight begins, with most of the pastries aimed at record label execs who vetoed the Stones’ toilet cover art.

1969 – Led Zeppelin manager Peter Grant prevents Atlantic from releasing “Whole Lotta Love” as a single in the U.K. John Bonham says, “We refused because they wanted to take the middle section out and we didn’t like it.

1980 – John Lennon gives his final Rolling Stone interview to Jonathan Cott. Mark David Chapman leaves Honolulu to fly to New York, where he will shoot John Lennon three days later.

1993 – Ex-Gin Blossoms lead guitarist Douglas Hopkins shoots and kills himself at his home in Tempe, Ariz. He is 32. Hopkins was fired from the band the previous year because of his drinking habit.

2000 - Roger Waters released his live album In the Flesh which was recorded on his In the Flesh tour, which was his first tour in twelve years.

2004 – Sir Elton John receives a Kennedy Center honor in Washington, D.C. During the ceremony, Secretary of State Colin Powell performs a rap to celebrate another honoree, Warren “Bulworth” Beatty.

2005 – Audioslave’s Chris Cornell wife gives birth to son … Christopher Cornell.

Today in rock history 4th December

1944 – Byrds bassist Chris Hillman is born in Los Angeles. He also was a founding member of the Flying Burrito Brothers.

1948 – Johnny Lyon, who garnered fame as the titular Southside Johnny of Southside Johnny & the Asbury Jukes and a pal of Bruce Springsteen, is born in Neptune, N.J.

1951 – Guitarist and drummer Gary Rossington, one of the founding members of Lynyrd Skynyrd, is born in Jacksonville, Fla.

1956 – Jerry Lee Lewis, Elvis Presley and Carl Perkins hold an impromptu recording session at Sun Studios, Memphis, Tenn..

1968 – In a New York Times article, a Soviet music critic declares that the Beatles “have become rich idols of the Philistines.”

1971 – T Rex scored their first No.1 album with their 6th release ‘Electric Warrior’.

1975 – Tragedy strikes Deep Purple in Jakarta, Indonesia, after their bodyguard Patsy Collins falls six floors down an elevator shaft in their hotel. Rumors persist that Collins had gotten into a fight with local promoters who owed the heavy-metal band money.

1976 - Tommy Bolin, guitarist for Deep Purple and The James Gang was found dead in a Miami hotel room from a drug overdose. He was 25 years old.

1976 - Workers at EMI Records in the U.K. went on strike refusing to package The Sex Pistols’ single “Anarchy in the U.K.”

1980 – Led Zeppelin announces its decision to break up.

1991 – Van Halen perform a free concert in Dallas to make up for a show back in 1988 when singer Sammy Hagar lost his voice mid-set.

1993 – Frank Zappa dies at age 52 in Los Angeles. The avant-garde rocker had been suffering from pancreatic cancer.

2003 – Courtney Love takes a break from rehab to go nightclubbing in Los Angeles. She’s seen performing with local band Let’s Go Sailing.

2012 – Randy Blythe from ‘Lamb of God’ is charged over the death of a fan at a concert in Prague in 2010.

 

Today in rock history 3rd December

1948 – Ozzy Osbourne is born in Birmingham.

1949 – Born on this day, Mickey Thomas, Jefferson Starship.

1953 - Duane Roland-guitarist for Molly Hatchet born today

1961 – Brian Epstein invited The Beatles into his office to discuss the possibility of becoming their manager.

1965 – Rolling Stone Keith Richards was knocked unconscious by an electric shock on stage at the Memorial Hall In Sacramento, California, when his guitar made contact with his microphone.

1965 – The Beatles set out on what would be their last ever UK tour at Glasgow’s Odeon Cinema.

1969 -  John Lennon was offered title role in the rock opera Jesus Christ, Superstar. The offer was withdrawn the following day.

1969 – The Rolling Stones recorded ‘Brown Sugar’ at Muscle Shoals studios. The single went on to be a UK & US No.1.

1971 – A fire burns down the Montreux Casino in Switzerland during a Frank Zappa concert. Deep Purple witness the conflagration and go on to write “Smoke on the Water” about the catastrophe.

1972 – Led Zeppelin perform at Green’s Playhouse, in Glasgow, Scotland. When their publicist tries to stop some ticket scalpers, he is beaten by fans outside the venue.

1975 – Ronnie Wood’s wife Krisse was arrested for alleged possession of cannabis and cocaine after a raid on the couple’s house in Richmond.

1976 – An inflatable pig is spotted floating over London’s Battersea Power Station. It’s only the prop being used for the album cover to Pink Floyd’s Animals. However, the balloon breaks free of its moorings and drifts away, prompting the Civil Aviation Authority to issue a warning to pilots flying over London.

1979 – Eleven audience members are trampled to death at a concert headlined by the Who at Riverfront Coliseum, Cincinnati.

1986 – A lawsuit is filed against the group Judas Priest and CBS Records, alleging two fans shot themselves after listening to the band’s music for six hours.

2000 – Mick Jagger and U2 formed a £100 million offshore investment trust to buy commercial property. Based in the Channel Islands the fund planed to invest in small offices and shops in London.

2005 – Not-very-shocking-anymore shock rocker Marilyn Manson causes a mild ripple of outrage when he marries longtime squeeze Dita Von Teese at Castle Gurteen in Ireland.

Today in rock history 2nd December

1941 – Manfred Mann bassist Tom McGuinness is born in Wimbledon.

1960 – Bassist Rick Savage of Def Leppard is born.

1964 – Ringo Starr enters a London hospital to get his tonsils removed.

1969 – Having watched them play with Eric Clapton last night in London, George Harrison joins Delaney & Bonnie to perform with them in Bristol

1970 – Former Animal Eric Burdon launches his new initiative Curb the Clap by distributing bumper stickers.

1973 – The Who are arrested in Montreal for allegedly wrecking a hotel suite. They spend six hours in jail and are ordered to pay a $2,100 fine. John Entwistle later writes the song “Cell Block Number Seven” about the incident.

1978 – Bob Dylan teaches his band an early version of his song “Slow Train” at a soundcheck.

1986 – Jerry Lee Lewis checks into the Betty Ford Clinic to overcome a painkiller addition.

1988 – Today on Geraldo, the talk-show host welcomes Gene Simmons, Paul Stanley, and Willie Nelson to talk about a subject that touches us all: sex on the road.

1997 – A man dies after falling from the balcony of the Pontiac Silverdome in Michigan during a Rolling Stones concert.

2001 – With four awards, the Dave Matthews Band reigns supreme as the big winner at the second annual My VH! Music Awards.

2003 –Alice Cooper receives a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.

2003 – Switzerland investigates Marilyn Manson after the religious group Christians for Truth allege his concert in Zurich broke a law designed to protect the sanctity of Swiss religion.

2007 – Sharon and Ozzy Osbourne made more than $800,000 (£389,032) for charity after they sold off some of their possessions from their former US home.

2012 - Led Zeppelin were recipients at the Kennedy Center Honors for their lifetime of contributions to American culture. President Barack Obama drew laughs from the crowd when thanked the band for behaving themselves at the White House.

 

Today in rock history 1st December

1938 – Rockabilly drumming star Sandy Nelson is born in Santa Monica.

1944 – Eric Bloom, singer and nominal leader of heavy-metal funsters Blue Oyster Cult, is born.

1944 – Doors drummer John Densmore is born in Los Angeles

1957 – Buddy Holly & the Crickets perform “That’ll Be the Day” on TV’s “Ed Sullivan Show.”

1966 – Jimi Hendrix signs a management deal with Yameta, a firm started by Who managers Kit Lambert and Chris Stamp.

1968 – Janis Joplin makes a final appearance with Big Brother & the Holding Company.

1969 – George Harrison and Ringo Starr turn up at London’s Royal Albert Hall to watch Delaney & Bonnie perform with Eric Clapton.

1976 – The Sex Pistols appear on London TV’s Today show, on which host Bill Grundy prompts a profanity-ridden rant from the band members. The press outrage over the Pistols’ behavior leads to a ban on the group from all but five of the venues they’re scheduled to play on their new tour.

1977 – Brad Delson (Linkin Park) is born.

1980 – Talking Heads kick off their U.K. tour at London’s Hammersmith Palais. They’re supported by U2.

1983 -  Geffen Records sued Neil Young for $3 million because the label said Young’s new music was “not commercial in nature and musically uncharacteristic of his previous albums”. The lawsuit would later be settled out of court.

1990 -  Poison guitarist C.C. DeVille spent six hours in jail in Louisville after being arrested for public drunkenness & criminal mischief after a concert at Louisville Gardens.

1993 – Pink Floyd hold a press conference to announce their 1994 world tour.

1999 – Nirvana’s Krist Novoselic, Soundgarden guitarist Kim Thayil, and punk legend Jello Biafra throw a curfew-violating concert in Seattle to protest the World Trade Organization summit.

2003 – Ozzy Osbourne tells the U.K. tabloid Daily Mirror that as a boy he was molested by two older youths at school.

2004 – U2’s 11th album How to Dismantle an Atomic Bomb goes into the charts at No. 1, knocking Eminem’s Encore off the top spot.