JUNE 27
TODAY IN 1970 A BAND CALLED SMILE CHANGES THEIR NAME TO QUEEN AND PERFORMS FOR THE FIRST TIME USING THAT NAME. ORIGINAL MATERIAL AT THIS TIME INCLUDED AN EARLY VERSION OF “STONE COLD CRAZY”.
ZZ TOP EARN THEIR SECOND GOLD RECORD IN 1975 FOR THEIR FOURTH ALBUM, “FANDANGO!” A BLEND OF LIVE MATERIAL AND STUDIO RECORDINGS INCLUDING THE TOP 20 HIT, “TUSH”.
TRAGICALLY, THE ROCK WORLD LOST TWO LEGENDARY BASSISTS ON THIS DAY; IN 2002, WHO BASSIST JOHN ENTWISTLE DIED IN A LAS VEGAS HOTEL AT AGE 57, AND IN 2015 YES BASSIST CHRIS SQUIRE AT AGE 67.