In The Rock 10/8/1991: Soundgarden release ‘Badmotorfinger’, and the grunge arms race explodes. #Soundgarden #GrungeCity #RockHonorRoll

In The Rock 10/7/1983: John Cougar Melloncamp’s ‘Uh-Huh’ hits the racks. Melloncamp rules Mtv and the radio airwaves for the next year, 4 tracks from this record are still played daily on rock radio 40+ years later. #JohnMelloncamp #RockHonorRoll

In The Rock 10/7/1978: Toto release their best, rockingest song, “Hold The Line”. #Toto #RockHonorRoll #WeezerMissedTheBoat #SteveLukatherRocks

This Week On The Chart 10/7/1995: Alanis Morissette hits No.1 on the album chart with her third album, ‘Jagged Little Pill’. #Alanis #RockHonorRoll #canadiancontent

In The Rock 10/7/1963: The Rolling Stones record their second single “I Wanna Be Your Man”, at De Lane Lea Studios in London. The song was penned by a couple of promising lads named Lennon & McCartney. #RollingStones #RockHonorRoll

In The Rock 10/7/1997: Everclear release ‘So Much For The Afterglow’. It will be certified double platinum, and launch the band into the stratosphere with 4 charting singles and a Grammy nod for Best Rock Instrumental for "El Distorto de Melodica." #Everclear #RockHonorRoll

In The Rock 10/7/1981: ‘Get Lucky’, the second album from Canadian rockers Loverboy makes its debut. It sells 4 million copies, has 4 hit singles, and got a 4 star review on AllMusic. #CanadianContent #Loverboy #RockHonorRoll

Happy Birthday to Thom Yorke, vocalist , guitar, keyboards, cofounder and primary songwriter for Radiohead, The Smile, Atoms for Peace, solo artist and social activist, born in the rock 10/7/1968. #ThomYorke #Radiohead #RockHonorRoll

In The Rock 10/7/1975: A US Federal Appeals Court rules that John Lennon can remain in the US as a resident alien. #JohnLennon #RockHonorRoll

"Happy Birthday to Thom Yorke, vocalist , guitar, keyboards, cofounder and primary songwriter for Radiohead, The Smile, Atoms for Peace, solo artist and social activist, born in the rock 10/7/1968 (Rock music association)." #ThomYorke #Radiohead #RockHonorRoll

In The Rock 10/6/1983: R.E.M. make their network TV debut on David Letterman’s Late Night. They perform “Radio Free Europe” and the then unrecorded, untitled, just written song “South Central Rain”. #REM #Letterman #RockHonorRoll

In The Rock 10/6/1964: The Beatles record “Eight Days a Week” in 13 takes at EMI Studios in London. #Beatles #RockHonorRoll

Happy Birthday to Kevin Cronin, singer, rhythm guitarist and hit making songwriter for REO Speedwagon born 10/6/1951. #KevinCronin #REO #REOSpeedwagon #RockHonorRoll

#GarageRockTober: The Sonics “The Witch” (1964) Larry and Jerry Parypa, started playing with friends in Tacoma in 1960, joined later by Rob Lind, Bob Bennett and Gerry Roslie. Their wild sound burned a path through the northwest that could be seen from space. #TheSonics #Nuggets #RockHonorRoll

In The Rock 10/6/1998: Less Than Jake release ‘Hello Rockview!’ The biggest record ever, for a ska-punk band from Gainesville FLA. #LTJ #LessThenJake #Ska #Skapunk #RockHonorRoll

This Week On The Charts 10/6/1990: Billy Idol peaks at number fifty-two on the Hot 100 Singles Chart with his cover of The Doors’ “L.A. Woman”. #BFI #BillyIdol #TheDoors #RockHonorRoll

In The Rock 10/6/1972: David Bowie heads to RCA studio in NYC to record “Jean Genie” with Mick Ronson on lead guitar, Trevor Bolder on Bass and Mick “Woody” Woodmansey on drums and tambourine. Ronson came up with the riff on the bus, probably around Cincinnati, OH. #Bowie #MickRonson #RockHonorRoll

Happy birthday Tommy Stinson, Replacements, Guns N Roses, Perfect, Bash and Pop, Cowboys in the Campfire: bass player, singer, songwriter - this guy’s got a lot going on. Born to Mother Stinson 10/6/1966. #TommyStinson #TheMats #RockHonorRoll

In The Rock 10/6/1992: REM release ‘Automatic For The People’, securing their place as THE big league alt rock standard bearers for the 90s. #REM #RockHonorRoll

In The Rock 10/5/1962: The Beatles release their first single, “Love Me Do”; Radio Luxembourg debuts the track. #TheBeatles #RockHonorRoll