Today in Rock May Eighteenth Featured Artist Metallica Metallica Metallica is honored in Los Angeles at ASCAPs (the performing rights organization) annual Pop Music Awards. The group receives the inaugural Creative Voice Award. Also, songs by Audioslave and Puddle Of Mudd are recognized as some of the most performed tunes of 03. 2004 1940s The London born keyboardist Rick Wakeman has a birthday. Though often working solo it’s his stint with Yes that makes him famous. 1949 1950s Wilbert Harrison’s “Kansas City,” written by Jerry Leiber and Mike Stoller, tops the pop chart. The song is later covered by The Beatles (“Beatles VI”). 1959 1960s Helmet’s Page Hamilton enters the world. The Portland, OR, native studies Jazz guitar before turning to Metal. 1960 One-time Pulp guitarist, Russell Senior, is born in Sheffield, England. 1961 The Beatles launch their first tour of England as headliners. 1963 1970s The Band kicks off their first European tour in Amsterdam. 1971 1990s Rod Stewart manages a Top 5 pop hit with Rhythm Of My Heart. 1991 KISS get a spot on the Hollywood Rock Walk. 1993 “Crash” from the Dave Matthews Band debuts at #2 behind “Fairweather Johnson” by Hootie & the Blowfish. 1996 Soundgarden perform on the season finale of Saturday Night Live. 1996 AFI’s impressive “Black Sails At Sunset” is in stores. 1999 2000s Troubled Stone Temple Pilots’ singer Scott Weiland is arrested for drug possession in Burbank, CA. Weiland is released on $100,000 bail. 2003 It`s announced that Radiohead guitarist Jonny Greenwood is the British Broadcasting Corp.`s composer in residence. He is tasked with composing a new work that could include the BBC Concert Orchestra. 2004 Lenny Kravitz unveils “Baptism.” Kravitz wrote, produced and recorded all 13 songs, including lead track Minister of Rock N Roll. 2004 New Found Glory issue their “Catalyst” CD. 2004 Last Call With Carson Daly airs the debut performance of the Country ballad The Man I Didnt Know” by Velvet Revolver/STP frontman Scott Weiland. Weiland wrote the song about his father. 2005 Hollywood Boulevard in Los Angeles is shut down. No, it’s not to commemorate the 25th anniversary of Mt. St. Helens’ eruption but something just about as explosive. There’s a free outdoor show by Audioslave that airs later on ABCs Jimmy Kimmel Live. However, some rowdy fans among the audience of 10,000 break through a barricade causing police to ask that the show be stopped. Audioslave plays one more song “Cochise,” before packing it in. 2005 George Thorogood and the Destroyers tour in support of their album The Hard Stuff. The four month romp starts in New Haven, CT. 2006 KoRn frontman Jonathan Davis tosses out the ceremonial first pitch before a Chicago Cubs-Washington Nationals game at Wrigley Field. Outside the park, Davis hands out thousands of $10 bills to fans to help promote specially priced $9.99 lawn seats on his bands Family Values Tour with the Deftones, Stone Sour and Flyleaf. 2006 Alice In Chains officially kick off their reunion tour at Los Angeles Roxy Theater. They get support Smashing Pumpkins frontman Billy Corgan, former Screaming Trees leader Mark Lanegan and Velvet Revolver bassist Duff McKagan who accompanies Alice In Chains on guitar for five songs. 2006 Lynyrd Skynyrd frontman Johnny Van Zant undergoes an emergency appendectomy in Palo Alto, CA.. This forces the cancellation of Lynard Skynyrd tour dates and an appearance by Van Zant at the Academy of Country Music Awards. 2006 Bruce Springsteen is honored as an inaugural inductee into the New Jersey Walk of Fame during a ceremony in Newark. 2006 Guns N Roses frontman Axl Rose is involved in an altercation with designer Tommy Hilfiger at a New York club during a private birthday party for actress Rosario Dawson. Rose claims the fashion mogul began smacking him, apparently after a dispute over a V.I.P. table. Following the incident, Hilfiger is removed from the celebrity-filled bash. Later that evening, GNR performs an acoustic set. Rose dedicates the song Youre Crazy to his good friend Tommy Hilfiger. 2006 Evanescence announce that Dark New Day guitarist Troy McLawhorn and drummer Will Hunt have been selected to replace John LeCompt and Rocky Gray. The pair departed a few weeks earlier. 2007 Linkin Park’s “New Divide” is available on iTunes (and goes to radio). The track is also the theme song for the film Transformers: Revenge Of The Fallen. 2009 2010s Band Of Horses unveil “Infinite Arms” containing the songs “Laredo” and “Compliments.” The band co-produced the disc with Phil Ek. 2010 The Black Keys roll out their sixth album, “Brothers.” The cover reads: “This is an album by The Black Keys. The name of the album is Brothers.” 2010 Avenged Sevenfolds single and title track from their fifth studio album, Nightmare,” is digitally released. 2010 The Rolling Stones reissue their ‘72 double album “Exile On Main Street” with previously unreleased songs (“Plundered My Soul, Dancing In The Light” and Pass The Wine”) and alternate takes (Soul Survivor and Loving Cup). The deluxe edition also has the documentary, Stones In Exile, with rare archival film footage and photos. 2010 ZZ Top plays a benefit for the victims of the Chilean earthquake at the Movistar Arena in Santiago, Chile. It’s the first major concert in the country since the devastating 8.8 magnitude earthquake in February (’10). The whole world knows about the effects caused by the earthquake that happened in your beautiful country, says frontman Billy Gibbons. 2010 The annual Forbes Celebrity 100 list includes U2 (#4) and Bon Jovi (#8) . The Forbes list evaluates earnings, power, influence and social media popularity. Lady Gaga and Oprah Winfrey are #1 and #2, respectively. 2011 Tom Morello (Rage Against The Machine) performs at the National Nurses United rally before a crowd of 5,000 protesters at Chicagos Daley Plaza during the NATO convention. The anti-NATO protest is in threat of being halted but is allowed to go on. They couldnt shut us down because we stood up,” say Morello. “It was a few politicians, their skeevy lawyers and some trembling NATO generals who caved in. 2012 Sammy Hagar donates $10,000 to the St. Nicholas of Tolentine Parish Food Bank in Atlantic City. When I see children that arent eating, thats when I get really touched, so my first goal is to help children as much as possible because theyre the future of this planet, says Hagar, who contributes funds to food banks on every stop on Chickenfoot’s tour. 2012 KROQs Weenie Roast features an unexpected Stone Temple Pilots performance. Fronted by Linkin Parks Chester Bennington, who imitates some of former STP vocalist Scott Weilands signature serpentine stage moves, the group premieres their single, Out Of Time.” The Black Keys and 30 Seconds To Mars are the headliners. 2013 A custom-built VOX guitar played by John Lennon and George Harrison during the recording of The Beatles “Magical Mystery Tour” sells at auction for $408,000. Harrison used the guitar to practice I Am the Walrus in ‘67 and Lennon played it during a videotaping of Hello, Goodbye later that year. 2013 Motley Crue are inducted into the Mohegan Sun Walk of Fame in Uncasville, CT prior to the bands concert. The award recognizes those individuals who have made significant contributions to the success of Mohegan Sun casino. 2013
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