In July 1977, Pink Floyd wound up their In the Flesh world tour with a massive event at the still-brand-new Olympic Stadium. It would become famous for what happened during the show, and what it ended up inspiring: the concept album, The Wall. Randy Renaud has the whole story on this week's edition of the Chronicles of Rock.

In December of 1971, Deep Purple traveled to the Lake Geneva shoreline to make a record with a mobile. But their plans went, literally, up in flames. So they had to scramble to find a way to record their album. But somehow they managed to do it, and in the process created one of the greatest and heaviest albums in the history of rock. Randy Renaud tells the tale of Machine Head by Deep Purple on this week's edition of the Chronicles of Rock.

In the summer of 1982, Simple Minds went from an obscure post-punk, synth-rock band to one of the most innovative and influential bands of the 80's New Wave scene. Even the members of U2 were inspired by what the Glasgow lads were doing, and that began a close friendship between the two bands. So, to celebrate the dawning of the summer of 2024, Randy Renaud puts the spotlight on a great summer record: New Gold Dream 81-82-83-84, on the Chronicles of Rock.

They recorded it north of Montreal, at Le Studio in Morin Heights, in the winter of 1980, and they released it in February 1981. And Moving Pictures carried Rush all the way to the top of the charts, and made them global superstars. Randy Renaud has the story of that brilliant album on the latest edition of the Chronicles of Rock.