Rock Genius
Significant Dates in Rock History (Postlet Helper)
January 4, 1967 - The Doors release eponymous debut album
January 6, 1986 - Alex Turner is born
January 11, 2010 - Vampire Weekend release 'Contra'
January 13, 1964 - Bob Dylan releases 'The Times They Are-A-Changin'' album
January 13, 1969 - The Beatles release 'Yellow Submarine' album
January 14, 1977 - David Bowie releases 'Low' album
January 22, 2007 - The Good, The Bad And The Queen release their debut album
January 23, 2006 - Arctic Monkeys debut album 'Whatever People Say I Am, That's What I'm Not' is released
January 23, 2007 - The Shins release 'Wincing The Night Away'
February 8, 1977 - Television release 'Marquee Moon' album
February 10, 1998 - Neutral Milk Hotel release 'In the Aeroplane Over The Sea' album
February 11, 2011 - PJ Harvey releases 'Let England Shake' album
February 14, 2005 - Bloc Party release 'Silent Alarm' album
February 15, 1943 - George Harrison is born
February 19, 2008 - wider release of 'For Emma, Forever Ago' (see also: July 8)
February 25, 1972 - Nick Drake releases 'Pink Moon' album
March 1, 1973 - Pink Floyd release 'Dark Side of the Moon' album
March 2, 1942 - Lou Reed is born
March 3, 2007 - Arcade Fire release 'Neon Bible' album
March 3, 2010 - Gorillaz release 'Plastic Beach' album
March 12, 1967 - The Velvet Underground release debut album 'The Velvet Underground & Nico'
March 16, 2004 - Sufjan Stevens releases 'Seven Swans' album
March 19, 1962 - Bob Dylan release eponymous debut album
March 20, 2007 - Modest Mouse release 'We Were Dead Before The Ship Even Sank'
March 22, 1963 - The Beatles release debut album 'Please Please Me'
April 5, 2011 - The Kills release 'Blood Pressures'
April 6, 2004 - Modest Mouse release 'Good News for People Who Like Bad News' album
April 8, 1977 - The Clash release eponymous debut album
April 18, 1989 - Pixies release 'Doolittle' album
April 19, 2011 - tUnE-yArDs release 'w h o k i l l'
May 2, 1989 - The Cure release 'Disintegration' album
May 3, 2011 - Fleet Foxes release 'Helplessness Blues' album
May 4, 2009 - The Horrors release 'Primary Colours' album (n.b. stylistic similarities to 'Disintegration' - "goth week"?)
May 8, 1970 - The Beatles release 'Let it Be' album
May 9, 2006 - Red Hot Chilli Peppers release 'Stadium Arcadium' album
May 10, 1946 - Donovan is born
May 10, 2005 - Spoon release 'Gimme Fiction' album
May 10, 2010 - The National release 'High Violet' album
May 10, 2011 - The Antlers release 'Burst Apart' album
May 12, 1967 - Jimi Hendrix releases ' Are You Experienced' album
May 12, 1972 - The Rolling Stones release 'Exile on Main St.' album
May 14, 2013 - Vampire Weekend release 'Modern Vampires of the City'
May 16, 1966 - Bob Dylan releases 'Blonde on Blonde' album, the first double-album
May 21, 1971 - Marvin Gaye releases 'Whats Going On' album
May 21, 1997 - Radiohead release 'OK Computer' album
May 23, 2005 - Gorillaz release 'Demon Days' album
May 24, 2005 - Sleater-Kinney release 'The Woods' album
May 27, 1963 - Bob Dylan releases 'The Freewheelin' Bob Dylan' album
June 1, 1967 - The Beatles release 'Sgt. Peppers Lonely Hearts Club Band' album
June 3, 2008 - Fleet Foxes release eponymous debut album
June 5, 2001 - Radiohead release 'Amnesiac' album
June 6, 1972 - David Bowie releases 'Ziggy Stardust' album
June 9, 2003 - Radiohead release 'Hail To The Thief' album
June 13, 1969 - Mick Taylor joins the Rolling Stones
June 13, 1970 - The Beatles release 'Let It Be' album
June 13, 2003 - The Arctic Monkeys made their live debut at The Grapes pub, Sheffield
June 14, 1949 - Alan White (drummer for Yes and John Lennon) is born
June 15, 1976 - The Sex Pistols make their first recordings
June 15, 1979 - Joy Division release 'Unknown Pleasures' album
June 15, 1989 - Nirvana release debut album 'Bleach'
June 16, 1986 - The Smiths release 'The Queen is Dead' album
June 17, 2011 - Bon Iver release their second album
June 18, 1942 - Paul McCartney is born
July 1, 2003 - Sufjan Stevens releases 'Michigan' album
July 4, 2005 - Sufjan Stevens releases 'Illinois' album
July 6, 2006 - TV On the Radio release 'Return To Cookie Mountain' album
July 8, 2007 - initial release of Bon Iver's debut album, 'For Emma, Forever Ago'
July 10, 1964 - The Beatles release 'A Hard Days Night' album
July 11, 2011 - The Horrors release 'Skying'
July 21, 1987 - Guns'n'Roses release 'Appetite for Destruction' album
July 22, 1977 - Elvis Costello releases debut album 'My Aim is True'
July 30, 2001 - The Strokes release debut album 'Is This It'
August 2, 2010 - Arcade Fire release 'The Suburbs'
August 5, 1966 - The Beatles release 'Revolver' album
August 6, 1965 - The Beatles release 'Help!' album
August 18, 2009 - The Antlers release 'Hospice'
August 20, 2002 - Interpol release 'Turn on the Bright Lights' album
August 23, 1978 - Julian Casablancas is born
August 28, 1978 - Devo release 'Q: Are We Not Men? A: We Are Devo!' album
August 30, 1965 - Bob Dylan releases 'Highway 61 Revisited' album
September 12, 2011 - St Vincent releases 'Strange Mercy' album
September 13, 1993 - Nirvana release 'In Utero' album
September 14, 2004 - Arcade Fire release 'Funeral' album
September 23, 1978 - Blondie releases 'Parallel Lines' album
September 24, 1991 - Nirvana release 'Nevermind' album
September 26, 1969 - The Beatles release 'Abbey Road' album
October 2, 2000 - Radiohead release 'Kid A' album
October 9, 1940 - John Lennon is born
October 16, 1968 - Jimi Hendrix releases 'Electric Ladyland'
October 18, 2011 - M83 release 'Hurry Up, We're Dreaming'
October 28, 2013 - Arcade Fire release 'Reflektor'
November 8, 1971 - Led Zeppelin release 'IV' album
November 8, 1972 - Lou Reed releases 'Transformer' album
November 14, 2006 - Joanna Newsom releases 'Ys' album
November 22, 1963 - The Beatles release 'With The Beatles' album
November 22, 1968 - The Beatles release 'The Beatles (The White Album)
November 27, 1970 - George Harrison releases 'All Things Must Pass' album
December 3, 1965 - The Beatles release 'Rubber Soul' album
December 4, 1964 - The Beatles release 'Beatles for Sale' album
December 13, 1975 - Patti Smith releases 'Horses' album
December 14, 1979 - The Clash release 'London Calling' album