Nominees have been named for The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame class of 2022. The list includes Rage Against the Machine, Judas Priest, New York Dolls, Pat Benatar, Duran Duran along with Dolly Parton, Lionel Richie, Carly Simon, and Eminem. Fans can vote for who they would like to see inducted through April 29th here.
Weezer’s Rivers Cuomo has launched his own streaming platform. He’s calling it Weezify, and it will be loaded with Weezer releases and previously unreleased demos.
In the History of Rock in 1967 – The Jimi Hendrix Experience appeared at the Blue Pad Club in Darlington, England. The show was advertised as “Don’t miss this man who is Dylan, Clapton, and James Brown all in one”. After the show, as the roadies were loading up a van, one of Hendrix's Fender guitars was stolen.
In 1974 – Keith Emerson’s hands were injured during an Emerson, Lake & Palmer performance when a rigged piano explosion goes off too soon.
And in 1976 – Genesis released ‘A Trick Of The Tail’, their seventh studio album and the first to feature drummer Phil Collins as full-time lead vocalist following the departure of original vocalist Peter Gabriel. After auditioning over 400 vocalists, which saw Collins teaching the potential lead singers the songs, the band decided that Collins should be the new vocalist.