Long Live Rock N Roll

"I won't be a rock star. I will be a legend." Remembering Farrokh Bulsara , aka Freddie Mercury who was born today 5th September 1946, Today would have been his 80th birthday #freddiemercury #queen #photooftheday #music #photography 📸Denis O'Regan

‘Unfortunately you always sort of tend to destroy the things you love.’..... Paul Simonon 🎸 20th September 1979 Pennie Smith takes one of the most Iconic Rock pictures ever #photooftheday #TheClash #music #photography 📸 Pennie Smith

Today 8th August 1969 at around 11.30 am , 📸 Iain Macmillan took the Iconic image of The Beatles at Abbey Road. #Beatles #photography

Released today 20th September 1982 Dire Straits, "Love Over Gold ". Peaked at No 1 in the UK album charts, spent around 200 weeks in the charts. #direstraits #AlbumOfTheDay #80s #music

Happy birthday to Catherine Bush CBE , Born today 30th July 1958 "I think quotes are very dangerous things" #KateBush 📸 @GeredMankowitz

Happy birthday to the forever young Lita Rossana Ford , Born today 19th September 1958 "I'm happy when I'm doing what I do best." @litaford #photooftheday #womenwhorock #music

Remembering Dee Ramone who was born today 18th September 1951 "I'd like to thank myself, and congratulate myself, and give myself a big pat on the back." #ramones 📷Jim Steinfeldt

"Music is there to get you through life's ups and downs, good times and not so good times." Happy birthday to Robert John Arthur Halford , aka Rob Halford , Born today 25th August 1951 @judaspriest #judaspriest #photooftheday 📸 Fin Costello

"Everyone you meet is fighting a battle you know nothing about. Be kind. Always". Remembering Robin McLaurin Williams , Born today 21st July 1951 #RobinWilliams #MentalHealthAwareness 📸 Bettmann/Getty

"I'm just gon' sit at the dock of a bay Watchin' the tide roll away," Remembering Otis Ray Redding Jr , Born today 9th September 1941 #OtisRedding #photooftheday #photography #music 📸© Lisa Law,

9th August 1980 AC-DC are No1 in the UK album charts with "Back In Black" #acdc #albumsyoumusthear #AlbumOfTheDay #80s

Released today 25th July 1980 #AlbumOfTheDay

"How about I be me, and you be you" Remembering Sinéad Marie Bernadette O'Connor, who died today 26th July 2023 #sineadoconnor #photooftheday 📸 Dave Stewart

"'Cause if my eyes don't deceive me, there's something going wrong around here" Happy birthday to David Ian Jackson, aka Joe Jackson, Born today 11th August 1954 #photooftheday #JoeJackson

Released today 21st July 1971, Black Sabbath "Master Of Reality". The album peaked at No 5 in the UK album charts. #AlbumOfTheDay #70s

Happy Birthday to Geezer Butler , born 17th July 1949 "To me, Sabbath was always just a really heavy blues band. That's all we were. We just took those blues roots and made them heavier." #BlackSabbath #RockArt 📷Fin Costello

"Rock and roll has probably given more than it's taken." Remembering Charlie Watts who died today 24th August 2021 #CharlieWatts #rollingStones #photooftheday 📸 @ Gered Mankowitz

Released today 27th July 1979 AC⚡️DC "Highway To Hell " peaked top 10 in the UK album charts. #albumsyoumusthear #AlbumOfTheDay #ACDC

Released today 22nd July 1977 the debut studio album from Elvis Costello "My Aim Is True" Album cover photography by Keith Morris design by Barney Bubbles #AlbumOfTheDay #ElvisCostello #70s

Remembering Peter Green 🎸 who died today 25th July 2020 "Shall I tell you about my life They say I'm a man of the world I've flown across every tide And I've seen lots of pretty girls" #petergreen #FleetwoodMac

Released today 3rd August 1987 Def Leppard "Hysteria ", spent a total of 108 weeks in the UK album charts, but surprisingly only 1 week at No1. #80s #AlbumOfTheDay #DefLeppard

Realeasd today 25th July 1983 the debut studio album by Metallica "Kill 'Em All " #Metallica #albumsyoumusthear #80s

Realeasd 25th July 1969 " YES " #AlbumOfTheDay #Yes #60s

Rock music is not meant to be perfect." Remembering John Michael Osbourne , who died today 22nd July 2025 #ozzyosbourne #ozzy 📸 Joseph Cultice

26th July 1969 The Rolling Stones are No1 in the UK singles chart with "Honky Tonk Women". #rollingStones #MickJagger

Released today 28th July 1975 #blacksabbath #ozzyosbourne

27th July 1964, The Beatles are No1 in the UK album chart with "A Hard Day's Night". 1964 had only 4 No1 albums for the whole year, 3 from The Beatles, the other from The Rolling Stones #AlbumOfTheDay #Beatles #rollingStones

Realeasd today 28th July 1979 "Down to Earth". the last album to feature drummer Cozy Powell and their only album with vocalist Graham Bonnet #AlbumOfTheDay #70s

19th July 1980 Queen 👑 are No1 in the UK album charts with "The Game" They have had 10 UK No1 albums and spent around 2,000 weeks on the UK album chart #queen #AlbumOfTheDay

Happy birthday to Saul Hudson , Born today 23rd July 1965 . "Guitars are like women. You'll never get them totally right." #slash #photooftheday 📸 Travis Shinn

Released today 21st July 1972 T Rex , "Slider" , Contains the 2 No1 singles "Metal Guru" and "Telegram Sam". #marcbolan #AlbumOfTheDay #glamrock

Happy birthday to James Hetfield, born 3rd August 1963 #photooftheday #RockArt #Metallica #JamesHetfield "Authority pisses me off. I think everyone should be able to drink and get loud whenever they want." 📷 Pete Cronin

Released 1st September 1978 , 10cc "Bloody Tourists" Album cover design by Hipgnosis, The map is of the island Martinique. Story is that Genesis were first offered the cover design but rejected it. #AlbumOfTheDay #10cc

27th July 1974 Paul McCartney & Wings are No1 in the UK album charts with "Band On The Run" #PaulMcCartney #AlbumOfTheDay #70s

"Life is too short to do the things you don't love doing." Happy birthday to Paul Bruce Dickinson , Born today 7th August 1958 @IronMaiden #IronMaiden #brucedickinson #photooftheday 📸© MIKE WOLFF

Happy 70th birthday to Paul Cook, "Cookie" Born today 20th July 1956 "No, it won’t happen, 70-year-old Sex Pistols singing about anarchy? Not a pretty sight.” #photooftheday #sexpistols 📸 Lynn Goldsmith ,©️Rceord Collector mag

Closer" Released today 18th July 1980 #JoyDivision #AlbumOfTheDay #80s Album cover was designed by Martyn Atkins and Peter Saville, with a photograph of the Appiani family tomb in  Genoa's  Monumental Cemetery. 📸 Bernard Pierre Wolff (2)

Realeasd today 16th July 2007 "Better Motörhead Than Dead, Live At Hammersmith ". The entire recording of the concert of their 30th anniversary show at the Hammersmith Apollo in London on 16 June 2005. #motörhead

"If I could change one thing about myself... I would try to control my generosity." Remembering James Chambers, OM , aka Jimmy Cliff, Born today 30th July 1944 #jimmycliff #photooftheday 📸 Dick Polak

Remembering Ellen Naomi Cohen , aka Mama Cass , who died today 29th July 1974 "Honesty is all you need." #photooftheday #mamacass 📸 Jerry Schatzberg

"The silicon chip inside her head Gets switched to overload" 28th July 1979 The Boomtown Rats are No1 in the UK singles chart with "I Don't Like Mondays" #70s

Released today 27th July 1981 the debut solo studio album from Debbie Harry "Koo Koo" The album peaked at No 6 in the UK album charts, Album cover artwork photography by 📸 Brian Aris #DebbieHarry #AlbumOfTheDay

50 years ago today Released today 25th August 1976 the debut album"Boston" #AlbumOfTheDay #70s

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"I want to spend my life with a girl like you And do all the things that you want me to" 6th August 1966 The Troggs are No1 in the UK singles chart with " With A Girl Like You" #60s

Released today 25th August 1975 Bruce Springsteen "Born To Run" Album cover artwork photography by 📸  Eric Meola #brucespringsteen #AlbumOfTheDay

Realeasd today , 25th August 1969, The debut album from  Grand Funk Railroad "On Time" #AlbumOfTheDay

Released today 28th August 2015 Motörhead "Bad Magic" #motorheadMonday @LemmiumMetal #AlbumOfTheDay

Released today 6th August 1965 The Beatles "HELP" #60s #Beatles #AlbumOfTheDay