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2009 – The official Roadrunner Records web site has been updated Read more

2009 – The official Roadrunner Records web site has been updated

2009 – The official Roadrunner Records web site has been updated with top-album picks for 2008 from a number of artists that are signed to the label, including members of MACHINE HEAD, MEGADETH, DEVILDRIVER, KILLSWITCH ENGAGE and TRIVIUM. A few of the selections follow below. The entire list can be found at this location. Shawn […]

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1942 – Paul McCartney is born in Liverpool, Englan… Read more

1942 – Paul McCartney is born in Liverpool, Englan…

1942 – Paul McCartney is born in Liverpool, England. The Beatles have 20 No. 1 songs, more than any other recording act, and McCartney by himself or in duets has another nine. His biggest post-Beatles hits are “Ebony and Ivory,” a duet with Stevie Wonder that stays at No. 1 for seven weeks, and “Say […]

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2005 – Poison guitarist C.C. DeVille is sentenced to 80 days behind bars after Read more

2005 – Poison guitarist C.C. DeVille is sentenced to 80 days behind bars after

2005 – Poison guitarist C.C. DeVille is sentenced to 80 days behind bars after he pleaded no contest to DUI and causing injury. DeVille was arrested after running into a parked car in August.

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2005 – The Guinness Book of Records names Elvis Presley as the most successful artist of all  time on This Day in Rock Read more

2005 – The Guinness Book of Records names Elvis Presley as the most successful artist of all time on This Day in Rock

2005 – The Guinness Book of Records names Elvis Presley as the most successful artist of all time on This Day in Rock. Oddly, it is based on total number of weeks Elvis spent on the UK singles and album charts… not US or worldwide. Does that make it a real record?

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2005 – Australian pop star Kylie Minogue begins treatment for breast… Read more

2005 – Australian pop star Kylie Minogue begins treatment for breast…

2005 – Australian pop star Kylie Minogue begins treatment for breast cancer in Melbourne. Australian prime minister John Howard sends the “Can’t Get You Out of My Head” singer his best wishes.

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2005 – Bruce Springsteen tops the U.S. album charts with Devils… Read more

2005 – Bruce Springsteen tops the U.S. album charts with Devils…

2005 – Bruce Springsteen tops the U.S. album charts with Devils & Dust, a largely acoustic offering not featuring his E Street Band. R&B singer Bobby Valentino’s self-titled debut is the second highest new entry, bowing at No. 3.

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2005 – Bruce Springsteen’s Devils & Dust tops the U.K. album… Read more

2005 – Bruce Springsteen’s Devils & Dust tops the U.K. album…

2005 – Bruce Springsteen’s Devils & Dust tops the U.K. album chart in its first week of release. Crooner Tony Christie’s version of Paul Anka’s “(Is This the Way to) Amarillo” is the No. 1 single for a seventh week.

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2005 – Bruce Springsteen kicks off his solo “Devil… Read more

2005 – Bruce Springsteen kicks off his solo “Devil…

2005 – Bruce Springsteen kicks off his solo “Devils & Dust” tour in Michigan, at Motown’s Fox Theatre.

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2004 – Poison’s C. C. DeVille is named the worst guitarist soloist of all Read more

2004 – Poison’s C. C. DeVille is named the worst guitarist soloist of all

2004 – Poison’s C. C. DeVille is named the worst guitarist soloist of all time by Guitar World magazine. Exhibit A is his nine-minute solo from Swallow This … Live! Carlos Santana is a runner-up for his work on “Game of Love.” I agree 100% with this statement!

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2000 – Canadian punk brats Sum 41 release their debut… Read more

2000 – Canadian punk brats Sum 41 release their debut…

2000 – Canadian punk brats Sum 41 release their debut album Half Hour of Power on Big Rig Records. Sample song title: “Grab the Devil By the Horns and F**k Him Up the Ass.”

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1999 – Paul McCartney releases Run Devil Run. The collection of rock ‘n’ roll Read more

1999 – Paul McCartney releases Run Devil Run. The collection of rock ‘n’ roll

1999 – Paul McCartney releases Run Devil Run. The collection of rock ‘n’ roll covers originally recorded by artists like Carl Perkins and Elvis Presley is his first album since the death of his wife, Linda, in 1998.

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1999 – The Best of Van Halen, Vol. 1 [Japan Bonus Tracks] is released… Read more

1999 – The Best of Van Halen, Vol. 1 [Japan Bonus Tracks] is released…

1999 – The Best of Van Halen, Vol. 1 [Japan Bonus Tracks] Release date: 1999-10-05 By trying to give the David Lee Roth and Sammy Hagar eras equal space, The Best of Van Halen, Vol. 1 winds up a little uneven. The first eight songs run through several of Diamond Dave’s biggest songs — “Ain’t […]

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