Seether - 2011 Artist of the year
RockinTown.com members have voted Seether’s Holding Onto Strings Better Left To Fray the number 1 album of 2011.
By a mere 18 votes, the South African group beat out Kid Rock’s Born Free.
Holding Onto Strings Better Left To Fray went to number 2 on the Billboard 200 and topped the U.S. Rock Albums and Alternative Albums charts.
Country Song, the lead single from the group's fifth studio album, was named Billboard's Active Rock Song of the Year.
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May Eighteenth Featured Artist
Metallica is honored in Los Angeles at ASCAP`s (the performing rights organization) annual Pop Music Awards. The group receives the inaugural Creative Voice Award. Also, songs by Audioslave and Puddle Of Mudd are recognized as some of the most performed tunes of '03. 2004 |
| | 1940's | The London born keyboardist Rick Wakeman has a birthday. Though often working solo it’s his stint with Yes that makes him famous. 1949
| | 1950's | Wilbert Harrison’s “Kansas City,” written by Jerry Leiber and Mike Stoller, tops the pop chart. The song is later covered by The Beatles (“Beatles VI”). 1959 | | 1960's | Helmet’s Page Hamilton enters the world. The Portland, OR, native studies Jazz guitar before turning to Metal. 1960
One-time Pulp guitarist, Russell Senior, is born in Sheffield, England. 1961
The Beatles launch their first tour of England as headliners. 1963
| | 1970's | The Band kicks off their first European tour in Amsterdam. 1971
| | 1990's | Rod Stewart manages a Top 5 pop hit with "Rhythm Of My Heart." 1991
KISS get a spot on the Hollywood Rock Walk. 1993
“Crash” from the Dave Matthews Band debuts at #2 behind “Fairweather Johnson” by Hootie & the Blowfish. 1996
Soundgarden perform on the season finale of Saturday Night Live. 1996
AFI’s impressive “Black Sails At Sunset” is in stores. 1999
| | 2000's | Troubled Stone Temple Pilots’ singer Scott Weiland is arrested for drug possession in Burbank, CA. Weiland is released on $100,000 bail. 2003
It`s announced that Radiohead guitarist Jonny Greenwood is the British Broadcasting Corp.`s composer in residence. He is tasked with composing a new work that could include the BBC Concert Orchestra. 2004
Lenny Kravitz unveils “Baptism.” Kravitz wrote, produced and recorded all 13 songs, including lead track "Minister of Rock 'N' Roll." 2004
New Found Glory issue their “Catalyst” CD. 2004
Last Call With Carson Daly airs the debut performance of the Country ballad "The Man I Didn't Know” by Velvet Revolver/STP frontman Scott Weiland. Weiland wrote the song about his father. 2005
Hollywood Boulevard in Los Angeles is shut down. No, it’s not to commemorate the 25th anniversary of Mt. St. Helens’ eruption but something just about as explosive. There’s a free outdoor show by Audioslave that airs later on ABC's Jimmy Kimmel Live. However, some rowdy fans among the audience of 10,000 break through a barricade causing police to ask that the show be stopped. Audioslave plays one more song “Cochise,” before packing it in. 2005
George Thorogood and the Destroyers tour in support of their album "The Hard Stuff." The four month romp starts in New Haven, CT. 2006
KoRn frontman Jonathan Davis tosses out the ceremonial first pitch before a Chicago Cubs-Washington Nationals game at Wrigley Field. Outside the park, Davis hands out thousands of $10 bills to fans to help promote specially priced $9.99 lawn seats on his band's Family Values Tour with the Deftones, Stone Sour and Flyleaf. 2006
Alice In Chains officially kick off their reunion tour at Los Angeles' Roxy Theater. They get support Smashing Pumpkins frontman Billy Corgan, former Screaming Trees leader Mark Lanegan and Velvet Revolver bassist Duff McKagan who accompanies Alice In Chains on guitar for five songs. 2006
Lynyrd Skynyrd frontman Johnny Van Zant undergoes an emergency appendectomy in Palo Alto, CA.. This forces the cancellation of Lynard Skynyrd tour dates and an appearance by Van Zant at the Academy of Country Music Awards. 2006
Bruce Springsteen is honored as an inaugural inductee into the New Jersey Walk of Fame during a ceremony in Newark. 2006
Guns N' Roses frontman Axl Rose is involved in an altercation with designer Tommy Hilfiger at a New York club during a private birthday party for actress Rosario Dawson. Rose claims the fashion mogul began smacking him, apparently after a dispute over a V.I.P. table. Following the incident, Hilfiger is removed from the celebrity-filled bash. Later that evening, GN'R performs an acoustic set. Rose dedicates the song "You're Crazy" to his "good friend Tommy Hilfiger." 2006
Evanescence announce that Dark New Day guitarist Troy McLawhorn and drummer Will Hunt have been selected to replace John LeCompt and Rocky Gray. The pair departed a few weeks earlier. 2007
Linkin Park’s “New Divide” is available on iTunes (and goes to radio). The track is also the theme song for the film Transformers: Revenge Of The Fallen. 2009
| | 2010's | Band Of Horses unveil “Infinite Arms” containing the songs “Laredo” and “Compliments.” The band co-produced the disc with Phil Ek. 2010
The Black Keys roll out their sixth album, “Brothers.” The cover reads: “This is an album by The Black Keys. The name of the album is Brothers.” 2010
Avenged Sevenfold's single and title track from their fifth studio album, "Nightmare,” is digitally released. 2010
The Rolling Stones reissue their ‘72 double album “Exile On Main Street” with previously unreleased songs (“Plundered My Soul," "Dancing In The Light” and "Pass The Wine”) and alternate takes ("Soul Survivor" and "Loving Cup"). The deluxe edition also has the documentary, Stones In Exile, with rare archival film footage and photos. 2010
The DVD collection John Lennon: Rare and Unseen is in stores. The post-Beatles set contains rare television appearances, behind-the-scenes film footage and photographs. 2010
ZZ Top plays a benefit for the victims of the Chilean earthquake at the Movistar Arena in Santiago, Chile. It’s the first major concert in the country since the devastating 8.8 magnitude earthquake in February (’10). "The whole world knows about the effects caused by the earthquake that happened in your beautiful country," says frontman Billy Gibbons. 2010
The annual Forbes Celebrity 100 list includes U2 (#4) and Bon Jovi (#8) . The Forbes list evaluates earnings, power, influence and social media popularity. Lady Gaga and Oprah Winfrey are #1 and #2, respectively. 2011 |
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