Today in Rock History – 15th JULY:

BIRTHDAYS
1945: Peter Lewis (Moby Grape)
1946: Linda Ronstadt
1947: Peter Brockbanks a.k.a. Peter Banks (Yes / Flash)
1948: Artimus Pyle (Lynyrd Skynyrd)
1949: Trevor Horn (The Buggles / Yes + Producer)

1952: John Genzale a.k.a. Johnny Thunders (The New York Dolls)
1956: Joe Satriani

1956: Ian Curtis (Joy Division)
1966: Jason Bonham (Bonham / UFO / Foreigner / Black Country Communion / The Circle / California Breed / Led Zeppelin)
1973: John Dolmayan (System of a Down)
1977: Ray Toro (My Chemical Romance)

EVENTS
1978: The Rolling Stones started a 2-week run at No.1 on the US album chart with ‘Some Girls’.
2000: Death of singer, Paul Young of Mike & The Mechanics [aged 53].
2019: IRIS released her fourth single, “Dangerous”.

The late Peter Banks was the original guitarist in Yes. Here is the first track from their first album, (this rendition being live in Paris, ’69). Peter also played all guitars on the second Yes LP, ‘Time and a Word’. Sadly, there are now three Yes members who are no longer with us, as Chris Squire passed away on 27th of June, 2015 and Alan White died on 26 May, 2022. Peter would have been 76 today.