On this day in rock (May 21st)
1974 Kiss performs "Firehouse" and singer-bassist Gene Simmons is interviewed on the TV series The Mike Douglas Show.
1980 Singer-guitarist Joe Strummer of the Clash is arrested in Hamburg, Germany for allegedly assaulting a Clash fan with a guitar.
1988 "Wait" by White Lion peaks at Number Eight on the pop chart.
1988 Now And Zen by Robert Plant peaks at Number Six on the album chart.
1996 Soundgarden releases their final album, Down On The Upside.
1997 U2 shuts down stretches of downtown Kansas City freeways to shoot the video of "Do You Feel Loved?", causing traffic headaches for motorists.
1998 The Van Halen album Best Of Volume 1 is certified double platinum, while Diver Down is certified quadruple platinum.
1999 Bad Company plays the Hard Rock Live in Orlando, Florida, and the show is broadcast on pay-per-view.
1999 Kiss singer-guitarist Paul Stanley kicks off a run as The Phantom in the Toronto production of the musical The Phantom Of The Opera.
2000 Stone Temple Pilots singer Scott Weiland marries model Mary Forsberg.
2001 U2 frontman Bono and his wife, Ali, welcome their fourth child, a boy, into the world.
2004 Rolling Stones guitarist Keith Richards joins bluesman David "Honeyboy" Edwards for a jam session at The BoxCar nightclub in Fairfield, Connecticut.
2005 Bob Dylan is honored in his hometown of Hibbing, Minnesota, when the street he grew up on is renamed "Dylan Drive."
2005 Foghat drummer Roger Earl and Linda Arcello are married, after seven years together and a 30-year friendship.
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1980 Singer-guitarist Joe Strummer of the Clash is arrested in Hamburg, Germany for allegedly assaulting a Clash fan with a guitar.
1988 "Wait" by White Lion peaks at Number Eight on the pop chart.
1988 Now And Zen by Robert Plant peaks at Number Six on the album chart.
1996 Soundgarden releases their final album, Down On The Upside.
1997 U2 shuts down stretches of downtown Kansas City freeways to shoot the video of "Do You Feel Loved?", causing traffic headaches for motorists.
1998 The Van Halen album Best Of Volume 1 is certified double platinum, while Diver Down is certified quadruple platinum.
1999 Bad Company plays the Hard Rock Live in Orlando, Florida, and the show is broadcast on pay-per-view.
1999 Kiss singer-guitarist Paul Stanley kicks off a run as The Phantom in the Toronto production of the musical The Phantom Of The Opera.
2000 Stone Temple Pilots singer Scott Weiland marries model Mary Forsberg.
2001 U2 frontman Bono and his wife, Ali, welcome their fourth child, a boy, into the world.
2004 Rolling Stones guitarist Keith Richards joins bluesman David "Honeyboy" Edwards for a jam session at The BoxCar nightclub in Fairfield, Connecticut.
2005 Bob Dylan is honored in his hometown of Hibbing, Minnesota, when the street he grew up on is renamed "Dylan Drive."
2005 Foghat drummer Roger Earl and Linda Arcello are married, after seven years together and a 30-year friendship.
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