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 The Van Halen album Women and Children First is released
1993 Ex-Red Hot Chili Peppers guitarist Jack Sherman sues his former bandmates, claiming that he was not given a reason for his 1985 firing from the band, and that singer Anthony Kiedis and bassist Flea “giggled” while letting him go.
1997 Third Eye Blind releases its self-titled debut album.
2002 The soundtrack to the movie The Scorpion King, produced by Godsmack frontman Sully Erna and featuring new songs by Godsmack, Creed, System Of A Down, Nickelback, Sevendust, Drowning Pool, and Hoobastank, plus a duet between Ozzy Osbourne and Rob Zombie, is released.
2002 Drummer Randy Castillo, whose resume included stints with Motley Crue and Ozzy Osbourne, among others, dies at age 50.
2002 Ex-Soundgarden singer Chris Cornell quits his project with former members of Rage Against The Machine, before even naming the group or performing anywhere. They later reconcile and call themselves Audioslave.
2003 Lenny Kravitz releases an anti-war song called “We Want Peace.”
2003 The Offspring posts a mischievous message on their website announcing the title of their next album as Chinese Democracy, which is also the title of the long-delayed new Guns N’ Roses disc. The latter band reportedly threatens legal action.
2004 After months of speculation, Van Halen officially announces a new tour with singer Sammy Hagar rejoining Eddie and Alex Van Halen and Michael Anthony for the first time since June 1996.
2014 The Pretty Reckless cracks the Top Five on the Billboard album chart with their second album, Going To Hell. The disc sells 35,000 copies in its first week of release to debut in the fifth position on the survey