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2006 – The Rolling Stones kick off their umpteenth U.S. tour in Boston Read more

2006 – The Rolling Stones kick off their umpteenth U.S. tour in Boston

2006 – The Rolling Stones kick off their umpteenth U.S. tour in Boston. It’s their first American appearance since Keith Richards fell out of a palm tree in Fiji and had to have brain surgery.

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2006 – Boston Metallica wannabes Godsmack top the U.S… Read more

2006 – Boston Metallica wannabes Godsmack top the U.S…

2006 – Boston Metallica wannabes Godsmack top the U.S. album charts with their fourth album, cleverly titled IV.

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2006 – Boston Metallica wannabes Godsmack top the U.S… Read more

2006 – Boston Metallica wannabes Godsmack top the U.S…

2006 – Boston Metallica wannabes Godsmack top the U.S. album charts with their fourth album, cleverly titled IV.

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2005 – Christian rock/punk-funk war! Scott Stapp and 311 brawl in a Boston Read more

2005 – Christian rock/punk-funk war! Scott Stapp and 311 brawl in a Boston

2005 – Christian rock/punk-funk war! Scott Stapp and 311 brawl in a Boston hotel after the ex-Creed singer allegedly makes an insulting comment about Doug “SA” Martinez’s wife.

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2005 – The Rolling Stones kick off their Bigger Bang Read more

2005 – The Rolling Stones kick off their Bigger Bang

2005 – The Rolling Stones kick off their Bigger Bang world tour in Boston.

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2004 – Soprano saxophonist Steve Lacy, whose avant… Read more

2004 – Soprano saxophonist Steve Lacy, whose avant…

2004 – Soprano saxophonist Steve Lacy, whose avant-garde approach to his instrument influenced John Coltrane and others, dies of cancer in Boston. He is 69.

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2003 – Ozzy Osbourne seeks treatment for Parkinson… Read more

2003 – Ozzy Osbourne seeks treatment for Parkinson…

2003 – Ozzy Osbourne seeks treatment for Parkinson’s Disease-like tremors and postpones a fall European tour, The veteran rock artist says in a statement, “I have been in Boston for the last three weeks, having medical tests for a tremor which has become markedly worse over the last two years.”

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2003 – Great White: Linda Suffoletto, hospitalized… Read more

2003 – Great White: Linda Suffoletto, hospitalized…

  2003 – Linda Suffoletto, hospitalized following the Rhode Island nightclub fire set off by rock band Great White’s pyrotechnics, dies, bringing the death toll to 97. Sixty people remain hospitalized.

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2003 – A lawyer for Great White’s tour manager says the band… Read more

2003 – A lawyer for Great White’s tour manager says the band…

2003 – A lawyer for Great White’s tour manager says the band had permission from a Rhode Island nightclub to use pyrotechnics at their fatal Feb. 20 show. Ninety-six people died after the club caught fire. The Boston Herald reports the band’s record sales are up following the tragedy.

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2002 – Oasis guitarist Noel Gallagher suffers from… Read more

2002 – Oasis guitarist Noel Gallagher suffers from…

2002 – Oasis guitarist Noel Gallagher suffers from whiplash and shock after he is injured in a car accident in Indianapolis. The band is forced to postpone upcoming concerts in Philadelphia and Boston.

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2002 – Boston indie heroes the Throwing Muses temporarily… Read more

2002 – Boston indie heroes the Throwing Muses temporarily…

2002 – Boston indie heroes the Throwing Muses temporarily reunite, as Tanya Donelly, David Narcizo, Bernard Georges, and Robert Rust join Kristin Hersh onstage during a “fan appreciation” gig.

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2002 – Hard rocking acts Staind, Godsmack, and Aer… Read more

2002 – Hard rocking acts Staind, Godsmack, and Aer…

2002 – Hard rocking acts Staind, Godsmack, and Aerosmith take home two prizes each at the 15th annual Boston Music Awards at Boston’s Orpheum Theatre.

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Rock Bassists of note

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  • Flea(Red Hot Chile Peppers)
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  • Ross Valory

Rock Drummers of note

  • Carl Palmer
  • Clive Bunker(Jethro Tull)
  • John Bonham
  • Neil Peart
  • Ringo Starr
  • Steve Smith
  • Tommy Aldridge
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Rock Guitarists of Note!

  • Angus Young
  • Blues Saraceno
  • Brian May
  • Carlos Santana
  • Doug Doppler
  • Eric Clapton
  • George Harrison
  • Jeff Beck
  • Jimi Hendrix
  • Jimmy Page

Rock Keyboardists of note

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  • Elton John
  • Gregg Rolie
  • Jon Lord
  • Jonathan Cain
  • Keith Emerson
  • Nicky Hopkins
  • Ray Manzarek
  • Rick Wakeman

Rock Singers of Note

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  • Chris Cornell
  • David Bowie
  • David Lee Roth
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