Today is Rocktober 4th, and in Chico we’re all geared up for a huge local show tonight with hometown hommies Surrogate (Tooth and Nail). Here’s what rocked on Rocktober 4ths of yore’:

1950 - Snoopy’s first appearance.

1957 - Launch of Sputnik I, the first artificial satellite to orbit the Earth.

1997 - The second largest cash robbery in U.S. history occurred at the Charlotte, North Carolina office of Loomis, Fargo and Company. An FBI investigation eventually resulted in 24 convictions and the recovery of approximately 95% of the $17.3 million in cash which had been taken.

1877 - Razor Smith, English cricketer (d. 1946) (best name ever)

1947 - Jim Fielder, American bassist (Blood, Sweat & Tears)

1976 - Alicia Silverstone, American actress

1994 - Danny Gatton, American guitar virtuoso (b. 1945)

Sweden celebrates National Cinnamon bun Day (since 1999)

ROCK ON!

Here’s some historical things that happened on this third day of Rocktober:

1849 - American author Edgar Allan Poe is found delirious in a gutter in Baltimore, Maryland under mysterious circumstances; it is the last time he is seen in public before his death. Coooool.

1985 - Space Shuttle Atlantis flies its maiden voyage. (STS-51-J)

1995 - O.J. Simpson found not guilty of the murders of his ex-wife Nicole and her friend Ronald Goldman.

1969 - Gwen Stefani, (No Doubt) is born. Chick is 38?! Hard to believe.

1972 - Garrett Dutton, (G. Love and Special Sauce) SYNTHESIS LOVES YOU, G!

Happy Rocktober 3rd, y’all!

It’s 10/01/07! The first day of ROCKTOBER 2007!!!!!!!!!1111

I want you all to take this moment to head bang.  Then I want you to get all your band mates back together for an impromptu rock sesh, preferably in the presence of a large audience so that they can MOSH IT OUT! Then I want you to buy a bottle of Jack Daniels and tip it back for every kickass rock show you’ve seen this year.

DO IT NOW!!!!