Today in Rock (June 23)

Posted on Jun 23, 2009 under Today in Rock |
  • 1962 - Steve Shelley (Sonic Youth - drummer) was born.
  • 1973 - Pink Floyd debuts on the US top 40 chary with “Money” from “Dark Side of the Moon“.
  • 1990 - Actor Gary Busey (who played Buddy Holly in the movie, “The Buddy Holly Story“) pays $242K for a Buddy Holly guitar.
  • 2006 - Carlos Santana is inducted into the Hollywood Bowl Hall of Fame.
  • 2009 - R.E.M. released a remastered version of their sophomore album, “Reckoning“.
  • 2009 - Def Leppard, Cheap Trick and Poison hit the road for a summer tour. The first stop on the 40-city romp is Camden, NJ. It’s also the day Cheap Trick’s “The Latest” is available on the band’s web site and Amazon.com. “We wanted to make a record that sounded like 2009 . . . like us this year,” says drummer Bun E. Carlos.

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