If you hear thunder today or tonite, it's Bonzo on the kit at his birthday party. If you don't hear thunder, it could because you got to witness him doing it in person.  Led Zeppelin drummer John Bonham was born on this day in 1948.

 

Other Noteworthy Classic Rock events on May 31 include...

 

1961 Jimi Hendrix enlists in the Army.

1969 The Rolling Stones record Honky Tonk Women.

1969 John Lennon, Yoko Ono and Plastic Ono Band records Give Peace a Chance..

1971 Badfinger records Day After Day.

1976 Who establish a loudest concert sound level at 120db.

1977 Emerson, Lake & Palmer open a US tour backed by a 70 piece orchestra.

1977 BBC bands Sex Pistols God Save the Queen.
1982 R.E.M. signs with I.R.S. Records.

1989 David Bowie's Tin Machine band debuts in New York City.
1995 Ted Nugent honored on Hollywood Walk Of Fame.
1996 LSD pioneer Timothy Leary dies of cancer.
2006 Pearl Jam records VH1 Storytellers session in front of a few hundred fans.
2016 Jerry Garcia 'Wolf' guitar purchased for $2.5 million in auction to benefit Southern Poverty Law Center.