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Month: March 2005

2005 – Bassist Hideaki “Billy” Sekiguchi… Read more

2005 – Bassist Hideaki “Billy” Sekiguchi…

2005 – Bassist Hideaki “Billy” Sekiguchi of Tokyo rock savages Guitar Wolf dies suddenly of heart failure.

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2005 – Grizzled rock legend Neil Young… Read more

2005 – Grizzled rock legend Neil Young…

2005 – Grizzled rock legend Neil Young has brain surgery after suffering an aneurysm.

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2005 – Neil Young was treated for a brain aneurysm at a hospital Read more

2005 – Neil Young was treated for a brain aneurysm at a hospital

2005 – Neil Young was treated for a brain aneurysm at a hospital in New York. Doctors expected the 59 year old to make a full recovery. The aneurysm was discovered when Young’s vision became blurred after the induction ceremony for the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame last month.

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2005 – U2: After playing a warm-up date the night before at the Los Angeles Read more

2005 – U2: After playing a warm-up date the night before at the Los Angeles

2005 – U2: After playing a warm-up date the night before at the Los Angeles Sports Arena, U2 kicked off their Vertigo tour at the iPay One Center in San Diego, California. The 131 date world tour would see the band playing in North America, Europe, South America and Japan. By the time it finished, […]

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2005 – Middle-of-the-road crooner Tony Christie ac… Read more

2005 – Middle-of-the-road crooner Tony Christie ac…

2005 – Middle-of-the-road crooner Tony Christie achieves an improbable double on the British charts, holding at No. 1 on the singles chart with the reissue of his 1971 hit “(Is This the Way To) Amarillo” while moving from 2 to 1 in his fifth week on the album chart with “The Definitive Collection.”

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2005 – Mexican tropical icon Rigo Tovar dies of a … Read more

2005 – Mexican tropical icon Rigo Tovar dies of a …

2005 – Mexican tropical icon Rigo Tovar dies of a heart attack in Mexico City. He is 59. Tovar, who became wildly successful in the 1970s with his band Costa Azul, left behind a legacy of hit songs, including “Mi Matamoros Querido” and “La Sirenita.”

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2005 – Former Crowded House and Split Enz drummer … Read more

2005 – Former Crowded House and Split Enz drummer …

  2005 – Former Crowded House and Split Enz drummer Paul Hester is found dead of an apparent suicide Saturday in a park in Melbourne. He is 46.

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2005 – Australian drummer Paul Hester died aged 46, after he “attempted suicide” Read more

2005 – Australian drummer Paul Hester died aged 46, after he “attempted suicide”

2005 – Australian drummer Paul Hester died aged 46, after he “attempted suicide” and died from strangulation after being found hanged in a park in Melbourne. He had been a member of Crowded House, Split Enz and Largest Living Things. After leaving Crowded House in 1994 Hester appeared on many TV and radio shows in […]

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2005 – Ozzy and Sharon Osbourne’s Buckinghamshire… Read more

2005 – Ozzy and Sharon Osbourne’s Buckinghamshire…

  2005 – Ozzy and Sharon Osbourne’s Buckinghamshire mansion catches fire. The pair are treated for smoke inhalation after rescuing their pets from the blaze.

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2005 – Foghat’s founding guitarist Rod Price… Read more

2005 – Foghat’s founding guitarist Rod Price…

2005 – Foghat’s founding guitarist Rod Price dies after falling down a flight of stairs. The 57-year-old played on the band’s 1975 hit “Slow Ride.”

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2005 – Anthrax announce they are reforming… Read more

2005 – Anthrax announce they are reforming…

2005 – Anthrax announce they are reforming with their classic Among the Living line-up for a tour.

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2005 – A lawyer for Michael Jackson is treated… Read more

2005 – A lawyer for Michael Jackson is treated…

2005 – A lawyer for Michael Jackson is treated for pneumonia outside the Santa Maria, Calif., courthouse as the King of Pop’s child molestation circus – we mean “trial” – continues.

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