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Rest in Peace, Malcolm Young. The powerhouse energy behind AC/DC, he was easily one of the greatest rhythm guitarists ever and co-writer of all the Acca Dacca classics. He gave his all for rock ~ for that we salute you, sir!
BIRTHDAYS 1939: Eddie Holland (Motown songwriter) 1939: Otis Williams (The Temptations) 1939: Grace Slick (Jefferson Airplane / Starship) 1946: Chris Slade (Manfred Mann’s Earth Band / Uriah Heep / David Gilmour / The Firm / AC/DC / Asia) 1947: Timothy B. Schmit (Eagles) 1960: Joey Belladonna (Anthrax) 1967: Gavin Rossdale […]
BIRTHDAYS 1941: Viv Prince (Pretty Things) 1946: John Parry (Bonzo Dog Doo Dah Band) 1946: Marinus Gerritsen (Golden Earring) 1971: Jon Toogood (Shihad) EVENTS 1969: Actress, Sharon Tate and four others were murdered by Charles Manson’s “family” in Roman Polanski’s L.A. home. The killers said that songs on The Beatles […]
BIRTHDAYS 1929: Lee Hazlewood 1946: Bon Scott (AC/DC) 1947: John “Mitch” Mitchell (The Jimi Hendrix Experience) 1950: Gwen Guthrie 1959: Jim Kerr (Simple Minds) 1965: Frankie Bello (Anthrax) 1975: John Gillis a.k.a. Jack White (The White Stripes / The Dead Weather / The Raconteurs) EVENTS 1971: Deep Purple released their […]
BIRTHDAYS 1732: Franz Joseph Haydn 1944: Mick Ralphs (Mott The Hoople / Bad Company) 1948: Thijs Van Leer (Focus) 1954: Tony Brock (The Babys) 1955: Angus Young (AC/DC) 1958: Paul Ferguson (Killing Joke) 1974: Stefan Olsdal (Placebo) EVENTS 1958: Chuck Berry’s rock ‘n’ roll classic, “Johnny B. Goode” single was […]