May 31

• 1948: John Bonham of Led Zeppelin is born

June 1

•   1969: During their “bed-in,” John Lennon and Yoko Ono record “Give Peace a Chance” with friends Tommy and Dick Smothers and Timothy Leary

•   1967: The Beatles release Sergeant Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band in the U.S.

June 5

•   1971: Grand Funk Railroad sell out Shea Stadium in 72 hours (less time than The Beatles)

•   1983: With Barry Fey promoting the show, U2 records Live at Red Rocks: Under a Blood Red Sky, later included in Rolling Stone’s “50 Moments that Changed Rock and Roll”

June 6

•   1990: 2 Live Crew’s As Nasty As They Wanna Be LP is deemed obscene by a federal judge in Florida