Dave Growl launched his Hanukkah Sessions video covers again last night to celebrate the first day of Hanukkah. A new video is released each night, this time he did an amazing death metal cover of Lisa Loeb’s “Stay”.
Rod Stewart just admitted in an interview that he was too “lazy” to write songs in the ‘70s during his time with the Faces because “there was too much shagging and drinking to do”.
He said the Faces used to lock him into a hotel room until he finally got the lyrics done for their new songs.
In the History of Rock in 1960 – Paul McCartney and Pete Best were deported from West Germany after being arrested on suspicion of arson. The hotel room they were staying in had mysteriously caught fire.
In 1976 – Jerry Lee Lewis, attempting to shoot a soda bottle with a .357 magnum, hits his bass player, Norman Owens in the chest. Owens would make a full recovery, but later sued Jerry Lee for $50,000 and won. Lewis was charged with shooting a firearm within the city limits, but the shooting was ruled to be accidental.
Also in 1976 – Lancaster local council cancelled the Sex Pistols concert. The reason given in a statement by the council said: “We don’t want that sort of filth in town limits.”