Classic Rock Almanac - August 25
• 1970 - Open for business: Jimi Hendrix's Electric Ladyland Studios, in New York; world debut: Emerson Lake & Palmer, in Plymouth, England• 1973 - Butch Trucks (Allman Brothers Band) is injured in a wreck in Macon, Georgia within sight of the spot where Duane Allman had died in a crash two years earlier
• 1976 - Boston's self-titled first album is released - it will become the best selling debut rock album ever
• 1979 - "My Sharona" (The Knack) reaches #1 on the U.S. chart and stays there for next six weeks
• 1994 - Jimmy Page and Robert Plant (Led Zeppelin) reunite to tape Unledded for MTV
August 25 Birth Announcements:
Gene Simmons - KISS - 1949
Rob Halford - Judas Priest - 1951
Geoff Downs - Asia - 1952
Elvis Costello - 1954
Vivian Campbell - Def Leppard, Whitesnake - 1962
Comments
A little typo on Geoff Downes there. He also was in Yes in 1980-early 81 when they disbanded.