In The Rock 6/12/1967: The Doors begin a 3 week residency at Steve Paul’s The Scene in NYC. Their historic run was the biggest draw ever for the club. #TheDoors #StevePaulsScene #NYC #RockHonorRoll
In The Rock 6/12/1981: The Go Go’s debut single, “Our Lips Are Sealed” is released on I.R.S. records. New Wave is poised to take over the world, and The Go Go’s are at the wheel. #GoGos #RockHonorRoll
Born In The Rock 6/12/1951: The late, great Brad Delp, founding vocalist for Boston, solo artist, gone far too soon. #Boston #BradDelp #RockHonorRoll
Born In The Rock 6/12/1952: The late, great Pete Farndon, bass player for The Pretenders, gone before his time. #PeteFarndon #Pretenders #RockHonorRoll
In The Rock 6/12/2000: In a different world, Bruce kicks off a 10 night stand at Madison Square Garden, in New York City. #BruceSpringsteen
Happy Birthday to “On The Drums, Mr. Bun E. Carlos!” the supercharged engine behind Rockford, Illinois’ fav sons, Cheap Trick, plus Tinted Windows, and more! Born 6/12/1950. #BunECarlos #CheapTrick #RockHonorRoll
In The Rock 6/12/1982: Springsteen, Jackson Brown, Gary US Bonds and Linda Ronstadt perform at the Rally for Nuclear Disarmament on the Great Lawn in New York’s Central Park in front of a crowd of over 750,000 fans. #BruceSpringsteen #RockHonorRoll
In The Rock 6/13/1970: Iggy & The Stooges blast Cincinnati a new one, at Crosley Field playing the MidSummer Rock Festival, appearing with MC5, Alice Cooper, Bob Seger, Mountain, Grand Funk, Mott The Hoople, Traffic & more. Videotaped by local TV, shown once, never seen again. #IggyPop #Stooges
Happy birthday to John Linnell, half of the alt rock pioneering They Might Be Giants. Born in the rock 6/12/1959. #TMBG #JohnLinnell #NotJohnFlansburgh #TheOtherJohn #DontLetsStart #RockHonorRoll
Happy birthday to Kira Roessler, bass player for Black Flag, collaborator with and ex-wife of Mike Watt, oh, and Emmy award winning dialogue editor. Also, she released her first solo album in 2021. Busy much? Awesomely so. Born in the rock 6/12/1961. #KiraRoessler #BlackFlag #RockHonorRoll
