Skynyrd’s Street Survivors Hits Stores

Today in Classic Rock History

Monday, October 15, 2012
In 1966
Pink Floyd performed at the launching party for the British underground newspaper "International Times." (Pink Who?)

In 1969
Frank Zappa released the album "Hot Rats."

In 1973
The Who released the album "Quadrophenia." (and we all danced)

Keith Richard and Anita Pallenberg were convicted on drug charges in Nice, France.  They were fined and given a suspended sentence. (Nice!)

In 1975
John Lennon released the album "Shaved Fish." (I prefer mine scaled and broiled)

In 1976
Fleetwood Mac released the album "Rumors."

In 1977
Lynyrd Skynyrd released the album "Street Survivors," with the original cover featuring the band members engulfed in flames. (And if you have this cover you have some money)

In 1978
Heart released the album "Dog and Butterfly." (and we all danced)

In 1979
Fleetwood Mac released the album "Tusk." (It was Rumored to be good!)

In 1983
Quiet Riot's "Cum On Feel The Noize" and Paul McCartney's "Say Say Say" broke into the Top 40.

In 1987
Joe Satriani released the album "Surfing With The Alien." (Is that code for Sex?)

In 1991
John Fogerty and wife Julie became parents to son Shane Cody.

In 1996
Motley Crue drummer Tommy Lee was charged with attacking a photographer who tried to take pictures of him and Pamela Anderson outside a club in Los Angeles.

In 1997
New album releases included AC/DC's "Bonfire" and Metallica's "Reload."

In 2002
Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers showcased their latest album, "The Last DJ" with the first of two concerts in Los Angeles, which was broadcast via closed circuit to movie theaters and radio stations in selected cities across the country.

David Bowie and Santana performed at the "2002 VH1/Vogue Fashion Awards" in New York.  Aerosmith frontman Steven Tyler took the Rockstyle award at the event.

In 2003
Kiss guitarist Bruce Kulick was shot in the leg during a scuffle among club-goers at the Rainbow Room in Los Angeles.

Yoko Ono announced that she'd approved plans for a Broadway musical based on the life and solo work of the late John Lennon. (Yoko for President!)

In 2006
Patti Smith, the Red Hot Chili Peppers bassist Flea, and Television guitarist Richard Lloyd were among the performers at the final show at the legendary New York City punk club CBGB.

Billy Joel, founding Kiss drummer Peter Criss, Lesile West, and Joan Jett were among the honorees who attended the first induction ceremony for the Long Island Music Hall of Fame.  Members of Vanilla Fudge, Johnny Maestro and the Brooklyn Bridge, Gary U.S. Bonds, and the Rascals' Felix Cavaliere also appeared at the event.

In 2008
Levon Helm was among the performers at the "All for the Hall" benefit in New York, supporting the Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum in Nashville.

In 2010
Bon Jovi headlined the first of two "Concerts For The Coast" in Gulf Shores, Alabama.  The free shows were held to help revive tourism in the region following the devastating oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico six months earlier.  Country star Brad Paisley played the second show two days later.

In 2011
U2's Bono and The Edge and Stevie Wonder took part in former President Bill Clinton's "A Decade of Difference: A Concert Celebrating Ten Years of the William J. Clinton Foundation" benefit event in Los Angeles.

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