Category Archives: KQ Rock History

JAN 25-FEB 1: Historic events this week from John Lennon, David Bowie, Roy Orbison, Alice Cooper and more JANUARY 27, 1970: INSTANT KARMA! COMPLETED IN A DAY“Instant Karma!”, John Lennon&#...

JAN 19-25: Historic events this week from Pink Floyd, John Lennon, Bob Dylan, Ozzy Osbourne, Neil Young, Van Halen and more JANUARY 19, 1980: THE WALL‘S 15-WEEK RUN AT #1Pink Floyd followed up t...

JAN 12-18: Historic events this week from Led Zeppelin, Janis Joplin, Ozzy Osbourne, Fleetwood Mac and Eric Clapton JANUARY 12, 1969: LED ZEPPELIN’S DEBUT ALBUMLed Zeppelin’s debut album t...

JAN 5-11: Historic events this week from Peter Frampton, David Bowie, Van Halen, Bruce Springsteen and more JANUARY 6, 1976: FRAMPTON COMES ALIVE!Peter Frampton’s, Frampton Comes Alive! is one o...

DEC 29-JAN 4: Historic events this week from Neil Young, Bruce Springsteen, Fleetwood Mac, George Harrison and more DECEMBER 29, 1982: NEIL YOUNG RELEASES TRANSThe vocoder vocal effect had fans scratc...

DEC 22-28: Historic events this week from Poison, Led Zeppelin, AC/DC, John Lennon and more DECEMBER 22, 2002: JOE STRUMMER DIESThe Clash leader died of an undiagnosed congenital heart defect.He was 5...

DEC 15-21: Historic events this week from The Who, Aerosmith, David Bowie, Elvis Costello, Bob Dylan and more DECEMBER 15, 1967: THE WHO SELL OUTContaining the hit “I Can See for Miles”, T...

DEC 8-14: Historic events this week from John Lennon, Metallica, The Beach Boys, Led Zeppelin, KISS and Paul McCartney DECEMBER 8, 1980: JOHN LENNON IS MURDEREDTwo months after turning 40, Lennon was ...

DEC 1-7: Historic events this week from Scott Weiland, Deep Purple, The Rolling Stones and Jackson BrowneDECEMBER 3, 2015: SCOTT WEILAND DIESThe Stone Temple Pilots / Velvet Revolver singer was beginn...

NOV 24-30: Historic events this week from The Band, AC/DC, George Harrison, Metallica and Pink Floyd NOVEMBER 24, 1998: GARAGE INC.Metallica followed up Load and Reload with a double album set of cove...