Happy Birthday to Eddie Trunk born on August 8, 1964 Eddie Trunk
A “scholar of metal and all that rocks!”, Eddie Trunk got his first taste of “heavy music” around the age of ten. A band called the Raspberries was playing on A.M. radio. Eddie was immediately hooked and had his parents buy him all four of their records. It was all Raspberries all the time for him until a year later. Eddie was walking home from Junior high school with a friend. As they passed the local record store, ‘Scotty’s Records’,…
TOM KEIFER talks about NIGHT SONGS COVER SHOOT
On August 2, 1986, CINDERELLA released NIGHT SONGS often praised as one of the best rock records of the 80s. “We shot the cover in the historic district of Philadelphia. But the most interesting thing that I remember is that the album was called Night Songs and Mark scheduled the shoot for daytime. I kept saying to him, “That’s not going to look right.” And he said, “I shoot day for night.” I didn’t know what the fuck that meant. I…
Happy Birthday to Geezer Butler of Black Sabbath born on July 17, 1949
https://youtu.be/7gZ0A2RvDgE Geezer Butler of Black Sabbath talks about his Rock Scene growing up. Check out more at Geezer Butler's website
Johnny Thunders / RIP – July 15, 1952 – April 23, 1991
https://youtu.be/VGKOYYq_MgI Johnny Thunders Death 1952-1991 (MTV Report) https://youtu.be/TknY89kECq0 Johnny Thunders - You Can't Put Your Arms Around a Memory (1978)
HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO Marky Ramone of the Ramones BORN ON JULY 15, 1952
https://youtu.be/3eBXMl8OZYU Marky Ramone talks about his Rock Scene growing up....
40 years ago – July 12, 1979- Disco Demolition Night
Disco Demolition was a promotional event held at Comiskey Park on July 12, 1979. The Chicago White Sox were playing a doubleheader against the Detroit Tigers. Radio Personality Steve Dahl asked his disco-hating listeners to bring records to the ballpark where, between games, he would blow them up on the field. The extremely large, overzealous crowd took to the field and damaged it, resulting in the White Sox having to forfeit the second game. Disco Demolition night gained national attention…
Happy Birthday to Warren Entner of the Grass Roots Born On July 7, 1944
"I had just become aware that a person from my past was in the band The Grass Roots that formed in 1965, A band who had countless hits including three top 10 singles in the Billboard charts."Sooner or Later", "Midnight Confessions" and "Lets Live for Today". I met Warren Entner when I began photographing Quiet Riot, the first Heavy Metal band to have a # 1 Album "METAL HEALTH" on the Billboard charts. I did the single sleeve for there…
Happy Birthday to Stephen Pearcy of Ratt born on July 3, 1956
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Happy Birthday to Debbie Harry Born on July 1, 1945
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