Six months after The Beatles paid tribute to Bob Dylan on the album cover of Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band, Dylan released the album John Wesley Harding on December 27, 1967. A long-recurring rumor is that Dylan returned the favor and included the faces of The Beatles on the album cover hidden in the knots on the tree.
Did you know that anyone with an iPod, iPad and iPhone has an image on Bono on their device. Check out the bottom of the screen from my iPhone…
Rush released their 19th album “Clockwork Angels” on June 12, 2012. The album cover depicts a clock marked with alchemical symbols instead of numbers. In a cool nod to their ground breaking 1976 album “2112”, the time displayed shows 9:12 which in Military Time would be 21:12.
Layne Staley’s decomposed body was found by his mother and stepfather on April 20, 2002. It was estimated that he passed away approximately two weeks earlier on April 5, 2002. The funeral of Layne Staley was held eight days after his body was found on April 28, 2002 at the Kiana Lodge in Poulsbo, Washington.
I just came across the cool picture of Roger Waters taken in 1980 that shows him wearing a shirt with the criss cross hammers logo from Pink Floyd – The Wall Film.
Kurt Cobain had an interest in Buddhism but by all accounts he was considered Agnostic. When he was a teenager he became a Christian for a while, but then abandoned it and claimed to be Satanist and to hate god.
As the old saying goes, “A Photo Is Worth A Thousand Words” Here’s one for you….Rockers Lemmy Kilmister and Chris “Shifty” Shiflett with the recently disgraced Lance Armstrong.
Pete Best, The Beatles original drummer was replaced by Ringo Starr on August 16, 1962. To commemorate his sacking, 20 years later on April 6, 1982, Best sported this “I’m Not Ringo” shirt for a photo shoot.
