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Today in Rock (Feb 4)

• 1894 - Adolph Sax (inventor of the saxophone) died.
• 1941 - John Steele (Animals - drummer) was born.
• 1948 - Vincent Furnier (Alice Cooper) is born.
• 1951 - Phil Ehart (Kansas - drummer) was born.
• 1970 - Paul McCartney announces that he’s leaving the Beatles.
• 1983 - Karen Caprenter (The Carpenters) died.
• 1998 - Russian officials impound Garbage’s equipment forcing the cancellation of a gig in Estonia. (I guess they weren’t a fan?)
• 2004 - The Halftime Show From Hell – Part II. First, there’s the flap about the overall bad taste and Janet Jackson`s right breast being exposed. Now the Veterans of Foreign Wars’ commander-in-chief weighs in criticizing Kid Rock’s “disgusting use of an American flag as a costume prop” during Super Bowl XXXVIII Halftime Show. Rock wore a poncho fashioned out of a flag during his performance, then threw it into the audience. “The 1.6 million members of the VFW agree that Kid Rock’s stunt was in poor taste and extremely disrespectful,” says the VFW`s Edward S. Banas Sr.
• 2006 - Mötley Crüe drummer Tommy Lee is assaulted at the Shady Bowl Super Party in Detroit. According to reports, a local Hip-Hop artist and his friends beat up Lee after he insulted Detroit’s Kid Rock, who had been engaged to Lee’s ex-wife, Pamela Anderson. (Note: Anderson and Rock married and separated later in the year.)
• 2007 - Billy Joel sings the national anthem at Super Bowl XLI, in Miami Gardens, FL. Stevie Nicks appears on the pre-game show. But the big news is Prince’s halftime performance in the pouring rain. He covers the Foo Fighters’ “Best Of You.” “Having been a massive Prince fan my whole life, I was flattered beyond words,” says the Foo Fighters’ founder Dave Grohl. “What an honor to be covered by one of your heroes!” A TV audience of 90 million watches the show which also includes Prince playing a snippet of Bob Dylan’s “All Along The Watchtower.” Lynyrd Skynyrd and Country legend Hank Williams Jr. perform together on a special post-Super Bowl episode of CBS’ Late Late Show With Craig Ferguson. The Indy Colts beat the Chicago Bears and the point spread.
• 2008 - NASA beams The Beatles’ “Across the Universe” directly into deep space to commemorate the 40th anniversary of the day The Beatles recorded the song, as well as the 50th anniversary of NASA’s founding. The transmission is aimed at the North Star, Polaris, a mere 431 light years away from Earth.