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1952 Sep 12 Neil Peart is born
Neil Peart (pronounced /ˈpɪərt/) OC, (born September 12, 1952) is a Canadian musician and author. He is the drummer and lyricist for the rock band Rush. Peart grew up in Port Dalhousie...
1953 Jul 29 Geddy Lee is born
Geddy Lee, OC (born Gary Lee Weinrib; July 29, 1953) is a Canadian musician, best known as the lead vocalist, bassist, and keyboardist for the Canadian rock group Rush. Lee joined Rush in...
1953 Aug 27 Alex Lifeson is born
Alex Lifeson, OC (born Aleksandar Živojinović; August 27, 1953) is a Canadian musician, best known for his work as the guitarist of the Canadian rock band Rush. In the summer of 1968, Lif...
1964 Steven Tyler forms first serious band
Steven Tyler forms his first serious band, The Strangeurs, in Sunapee, NH, in which he is the drummer. He later changed the band's name to Chain Reaction. The band wrote originals and a...
1968 Nov 22 The Beatles release the White Album
The Beatles is the ninth official British album and the fifteenth American album by The Beatles, a double album released in 1968. It is more commonly known as The White Album as it has no...
1973 AC/DC is formed
AC/DC are an Australian rock band formed in Sydney in 1973 by brothers Malcolm and Angus Young. Although the band are commonly classified as hard rock, and considered pioneers of heavy me...
1973 Jan 13 Aerosmith releases self-titled debut album
Aerosmith is the self-titled debut album by American hard rock band Aerosmith, released in 1973.
1974 Mar 1 Rush release self-titled debut album
Rush is the eponymous debut studio album by Canadian rock band Rush, released in 1974 and remastered in 1997. Rush's first release shows much of the heavy metal sound typical of many of t...
1975 Feb 15 Rush release Fly By Night
Fly by Night is the second studio album by the Canadian rock band Rush, released in February 1975. This was the first Rush album to feature drummer Neil Peart. In addition to drumming ...
1975 Feb 17 AC/DC release High Voltage
High Voltage is the debut studio album by Australian hard rock band AC/DC, released in February 1975. Six of the album's eight songs were written by Angus Young, Malcolm Young, and Bon Sc...
1975 Apr 8 Aerosmith releases Toys in the Attic
Toys in the Attic is the third album by American hard rock band Aerosmith. The album is their second most commercially successful studio album right behind Get a Grip with eight million c...
1975 Sep 1 Rush release Caress of Steel
Caress of Steel is the third studio album by Canadian rock band Rush, released in 1975. The album shows more of Rush's adherence to the hard rock and progressive rock styles of the band's...
1975 Dec AC/DC releases TNT
T.N.T. is the second studio album by Australian hard rock band AC/DC, released in December 1975. Seven of the album's nine songs were written by Angus Young, Malcolm Young, and Bon Scott....
1976 Apr 1 Rush release 2112
2112 (pronounced "twenty-one twelve") is the fourth studio album by Canadian rock band Rush, released in 1976. The Toronto dates of the 2112 tour were recorded and released as All The Wor...
1976 May 14 AC/DC releases High Voltage Internationally
High Voltage is the first internationally-released album by Australian hard rock band AC/DC. Originally released on Atlantic Records, this edition of High Voltage has proven popular, sell...
1976 Sep 20 AC/DC releases Dirty Deeds Done Dirt Cheap
Dirty Deeds Done Dirt Cheap is the third studio album by Australian hard rock band AC/DC, released in September 1976. All songs were written by Angus Young, Malcolm Young, and Bon Scott.
1976 Sep 29 Rush release All the World's a Stage
All the World's a Stage is a double live album by Canadian rock band Rush, released in 1976. The album was recorded at Massey Hall in Toronto on June 11 through 13 during their 2112 tour....
1977 Sep 1 Rush release A Farewell to Kings
A Farewell to Kings is the fifth studio album by Canadian rock band Rush, released in 1977. The album was recorded at Rockfield Studios in Wales and mixed at Advision Studios in London. ...
1978 Feb 10 Van Halen Releases "Van Halen"
Van Halen is the eponymous debut album by American hard rock band Van Halen, released in 1978. Recorded in 1977 and released in February 1978, it has sold over ten million copies in th...
1978 Oct 29 Rush release Hemispheres
Hemispheres is the sixth studio album by the Canadian rock band Rush, released in 1978. The album was recorded at Rockfield Studios in Wales. This album continues Rush's trend of using...
1979 Mar 23 Van Halen Releases "Van Halen II"
Van Halen II is the second album by American hard rock band Van Halen, released in 1979. The actual recording of the album took place less than a year after the release of the eponymous "...
1979 Nov 1 Night in the Ruts
Night in the Ruts is the sixth studio album by American hard rock band Aerosmith. Joe Perry left the band midway through the recording of the album. The album was not produced by Jack Dou...
1980 Jan 1 Rush release Permanent Waves
Permanent Waves is the seventh studio album by the Canadian rock band Rush, released January 1, 1980. The album was recorded at Le Studio, Morin Heights, Quebec, and was mixed at Trident ...
1980 Mar 26 Van Halen Releases "Women and Children First"
Women and Children First is the third album by American hard rock band Van Halen, released in 1980. It basically continues the trends laid out on the first two albums, relying on the voca...
1981 Feb 12 Rush release Moving Pictures
Moving Pictures is the eighth studio album by Canadian rock band Rush. The album was recorded and mixed October to November 1980 at Le Studio, Morin Heights, Quebec and released February ...
1981 Apr 29 Van Halen Releases "Fair Warning"
Fair Warning is the fourth studio album by American hard rock band Van Halen, released in 1981. Fair Warning went double platinum, which means it was a substantial hit, but still the band...
1981 Oct Rush release Exit...Stage Left
Exit...Stage Left is a live album by Canadian band Rush, released in 1981. A video release with the same name, with slightly different content, was released in 1982 on VHS and later on La...
1982 Apr 14 Van Halen Releases "Diver Down"
Diver Down is the fifth album by American hard rock band Van Halen, released in 1982. According to Van Halen's official website, it spent 65 weeks on the US album charts and had, by 1998,...
1982 Aug 1 Aerosmith releases Rock in a Hard Place
Rock in a Hard Place is the seventh studio album by American hard rock band Aerosmith and was released in 1982. This is the only Aerosmith album to not feature Joe Perry. Perry had left i...
1982 Sep 9 Rush release Signals
Signals is the ninth studio album by the Canadian rock band Rush, released September 9, 1982. Signals was the follow-up to the successful Moving Pictures. Stylistically, the album was ...
1984 Jan 9 Van Halen Releases "1984"
1984 (written as MCMLXXXIV on the front cover) is the sixth album by American hard rock band Van Halen. One of the band's more popular albums (in terms of both record sales and chart perf...
1984 Apr 12 Rush release Grace Under Pressure
Grace Under Pressure is the tenth studio album by the Canadian rock band Rush, released in 1984. A symbol for the album is the letter "p" above a line with the letter "g" below (p/g). ...
1985 Oct 21 Aerosmith releases Done with Mirrors
Done with Mirrors is the eighth studio album by American hard rock band Aerosmith and marked the return of Joe Perry and Brad Whitford to the fold. It was also their first album released ...
1985 Oct 29 Rush release Power Windows
Power Windows is the 11th studio album by Canadian rock band Rush, released in 1985. The album was recorded at The Manor in England, Air Studios in Montserrat and at Sarm East in London. ...
1987 Aug 18 Aerosmith releases Permanent Vacation
Permanent Vacation is the ninth studio album by American hard rock band Aerosmith, released in 1987. The album marks a turning point in the band's career. It is their first album to emplo...
1987 Sep 8 Rush release Hold Your Fire
Hold Your Fire is the 12th studio album by the Canadian rock band Rush, released in the fall of 1987. The album was recorded at The Manor Studio in Oxfordshire, Ridge Farm Studio in Surre...
1989 Jan 9 Rush release A Show of Hands
A Show of Hands is a live album by Canadian rock band Rush, released in 1989. The band released a video of the same name, originally on VHS and laserdisc in 1989. A DVD version was releas...
1989 Sep 12 Aerosmith releases Pump
Pump is the tenth studio album by American hard rock band Aerosmith, released in 1989. The album was remastered and reissued in 2001. Pump was widely acclaimed by both fans and critics up...
1993 Apr 20 Aerosmith releases Get a Grip
Get a Grip is the eleventh studio album by American Rock band Aerosmith, released in 1993. It was the band's last studio album released by Geffen Records. Get a Grip contains five hit ...
1997 Mar 18 Aerosmith releases Nine Lives
Nine Lives is the twelfth studio album by American hard rock band Aerosmith, released in 1997. The album was produced by Aerosmith and Kevin Shirley, and was the band's first studio album...
1998 Jun Ron 'Bumblefoot' Thal Releases "Hands"
Hands, sometimes spelt hands, is a 1998 solo album by Guns N' Roses guitarist Bumblefoot.
2001 Mar 6 Aerosmith releases Just Push Play
Just Push Play is the thirteenth studio album by American hard rock band Aerosmith, released in 2001 (see 2001 in music). Helping Aerosmith in the studio were coproducers and song collabo...
2003 Nov 18 Steve Vai Releases "The Infinite Steve Vai: An Anthology"
The Infinite Steve Vai: An Anthology is Steve Vai's compilation album that was released in 2003 (see 2003 in music). This two-disc compilation spans Vai's entire solo career, featuring th...
2004 Mar 30 Aerosmith releases Honkin' on Bobo
Honkin' on Bobo is the fourteenth studio album by American hard rock band Aerosmith, released in 2004 (see 2004 in music). The album includes eleven covers and one original track titled "...
2006 Jan 20 Edguy Releases "Rocket Ride"
Rocket Ride is the seventh full-length album by German power metal band Edguy, released on January 20, 2006. It features a style that differs from their usual power metal style and is mor...
2008 Nov 14 Edguy Releases "Tinnitus Sanctus"
Tinnitus Sanctus is the eighth studio album by German power metal band Edguy, released on November 14th, 2008 on Nuclear Blast. It continues with the hard rock trends heard on their previ...