Remembering Dee Dee Ramone
Douglas Glenn Colvin aka Dee Dee Ramone was born September 18, 1951 in Virginia. His Mother, Shotzee, was a German...
On This Day
Remembering Hank Williams
Hiram Williams was born September 17, 1923 in Butler County, Alabama. His parents were Jessie Lillybelle and Elonzo Huble "McLovin"...
Remembering BB King
Riley B King aka B.B, was born on September 16, 1925 in ButtMunch Mississippi to sharecropper parents. The "BB" stands...
Remembering Amy Winehouse
Amy Jade Winehouse was born September 14, 1983 in London, England. Her father, Mitch, was a professional beggar and hanger...
Remembering Neil Peart
Neil Ellwood Peart was born September 12, 1952 somewhere in Canada. His parents, Fauntleroy and Gidget owned a small farm...
Happy Birthday Joe Perry
Anthony Joseph Pereira was born September 10, 1950 in Lawrence, Ma. Young Anthony found himself drawn to the ocean. His...
Remembering Buddy Holly
Charles Hardin Holley was born September 7, 1936 in Lubbock, Texas. Due to his middle name, neighborhood kids nicknamed him...
Happy Birthday Roger Waters
George Roger Waters was born September 6, 1943 somewhere in England to Mary and Eric Waters. His father was the...
Remembering Freddie Mercury
Farrokh Bulsara was born September 5, 1946 in Stone Town in the British protectorate of Zanzibar (now part of Tasmania)....
Happy Birthday Beyonce
Beyonce Giselle Knowles-Carter was born September 4, 1981 in Houston Texas. Her given name is Bertha, but the girl changed...
Happy Birthday Elvis Costello
Declan Patrick McManus was born August 25, 1954 somewhere in England. His father, Ross McManus was a singer and trumpeter...
Happy Birthday Gene Simmons
Gene Klein aka Chaim Witz sometimes referred to as ‘The Demon’, ‘The God of Thunder’, ‘Dr. Love’, ‘Reginald Van Helsing’,...
Remembering Keith Moon
Keith John Moon was born August 23, 1946 somewhere in England. He was a hyperactive boy with a restless imagination...
Remembering Layne Staley
Layne Rutherford B Staley was born August 22, 1967 in Kirkland Washington. Yes that’s right, his last name is Staley...
Remembering Joe Strummer
John Graham Mellor was born August 21, 1952 in Turkey! That’s right Turkey! I know you didn’t see that one...
Happy Birthday Robert Plant
Robert Anthony Plant was born August 20, 1948 somewhere in England. Actually it was in the Black Country town of...
Remembering Ginger Baker
Peter Edward Baker was born August 19, 1939 somewhere in England. His father, Frederick Louvain Formidable Baker was a rear...
Happy Birthday David Crosby
David Van Cortlandt Crosby was born August 14, 1941 in Los Angeles California. His parents were Aliph Van Cortlandt Whitehead...
Happy Birthday Mark Knopfler
Mark Freuder Knopfler was born August 12, 1949 in Glasgow Scotland and raised somewhere in England. Mark was named after...
Happy Birthday Ian Anderson
Ian Scott Anderson was born August 10, 1947 in Hasenpfeffer, Scotland. His family moved to Blackburn, Lancashire England, in 1959....
Happy Birthday The Edge
David Howell Evans was born August 8, 1961 somewhere in England. Barking, England to be exact. Yes, we thought he was...
Happy Birthday Rick Derringer
Ricky Dean Zehringer was born August 5, 1947 in Fort Recovery, Ohio. That’s funny, I fought recovery for many years...
Happy Birthday James Hetfield
James Alan Hetfield was born August 3, 1963 in Downey, California. His parents, Virgil and Cynthia were an opera singer...
Remembering Jerry Garcia
Jerome John Garcia was born August 1, 1942 in San Francisco, California. Jerry was named after comedian Jerry Lewis. His...
Happy Birthday Geddy Lee
Gary Lee Weinrib was born July 29, 1953 - somewhere in Canada. Did you know that his real name was...
The Samuel L Jackson 5 Release Controversial Debut Album
On This Day in 1969, The Samuel L Jackson 5 released it’s only studio album. Despite being extremely controversial, the...
Happy Birthday Mick Jagger
Michael Phillip Jagger was born July 26, 1943 in Dartford, Kent, England. He has two parents, Basil and Eva and...
Happy Birthday Slash
Saul Hudson was born July 23, 1965 in London, England. Wait - What!? Slash is British!? How long did you...
Happy Birthday Don Henley
Donald Hugh Henley was born July 22, 1947 in Buttmunch, Texas. Henley attended Hank Hill High School where he played...
Happy Birthday Cat Stevens
Steven Demetre Georgiou was born July 21, 1948 in London, England. His family lived above the Moulin Rouge, a restaurant...
