Join Gunner as he goes over all the important Rock dates in history weekdays at 3:50. Relive all the chart-topping moments, milestones, bad breakups and first times again.
There will be no hall pass today. Here’s what happened today in Rock N’ Roll.
1980 “And The Cradle Will Rock” by Van Halen peaks at Number 55 on the pop chart.
1996 Sammy Hagar tells the Los Angeles Times that he was as surprised as anyone about the Van Halen/David Lee Roth reunion, saying, “We bumped heads and next thing I knew,Eddie calls and says Roth is back.” Hagar also complains about Van Halen releasing a greatest-hits album, although Hagar has released three solo greatest-hits albums.
1996 The original members of Kiss play together onstage for the first time in 15 years as their reunion tour kicks off in Detroit.
2000 Former Soundgarden vocalist Chris Cornell and his then-wife, manager Susan Silver, become the parents of a daughter, Lillian Jean Cornell.
2003 The eighth edition of Ozzfest kicks off in Selma, Texas with Ozzy Osbourne, Korn, and Marilyn Manson topping the bill.
2004 Former Creed guitarist Mark Tremonti, drummer Scott Phillips, and bassist Brian Marshall return to the airwaves with “Open Your Eyes,” the first single from their new band,Alter Bridge.
2004 Courtney Love is rebuked by a New York Criminal Court judge after showing up five hours late for a hearing on charges of assault and reckless endangerment.
2005 U2 goes to court to try to retrieve possessions allegedly taken by its former stylist, including clothing, jewelry, and photos, to prevent her from selling them.
2007 Gorillaz co-creator Damon Albarn‘s new opera, Monkey: Journey to the West, premieres at the Manchester International Festival in England.