On Dec 1st 1964, The Who played the first of 22 consecutive Tuesday night gigs at The Marquee Club in London. The band were paid £50...
Here’s a great pop quiz question for you: the singer married a mud wrestler, the bass player married a Playboy Bunny, and the drummer married an...
Led Zeppelin’s 1972 Australasian Tour was the only tour of Australia and New Zealand by the British rock band. The group had built up a loyal...
On 28th Oct 1989, Janet Jackson started a four-week run at No.1 on the US album chart with Janet Jackson’s Rhythm Nation 1814, only one of...
Between the 26 and 31 August 1970, Joan Baez, Joni Mitchell, Jimi Hendrix, (his last ever UK appearance), Donovan, Jethro Tull, Miles Davis, Arrival, Cactus, Family,...
On 16th December 1993, MTV aired Nirvana’s “Unplugged” session for the first time. The album featured an acoustic performance taped at Sony Music Studios in New...
On 10th July 1965, The Rolling Stones started a four week run at No.1 on the US singles chart with ‘(I Can’t Get No) Satisfaction’, the...
On 10 January 1956, Elvis Presley made his first recordings for RCA Records at The Methodist Television, Radio and TV Studios, 1525 McGavock Street, Nashville. “Heartbreak...
Although Jim Gordon does not have the name recognition of a top rock star, from the early ’60s through the dawn of the ’80s, he was...
In 1902, The Gibson Mandolin guitar company was formed. Gibson’s first electric guitar the ES-150 was produced in 1936, and in 1946 Gibson introduced the P-90...
In Oct 2005, Freddie Mercury’s 1974 Rolls Royce was offered for auction on eBay by his family. The Silver Shadow luxury vehicle had already attracted bids...
On 12th July 1954, 19 year-old Elvis Presley signed a recording contract with Sun Records. He also gave in his notice for his day job at...
I wish I had a time machine. Like Marty McFly in Back To The Future. I would climb inside Doc Brown’s DeLorean DMC-12 and set the...
We blame Michael Jackson! Well why not? Ever since his 1983 – 13 minute and 43 second long “Thriller” video, artists have attempted to make something...
