Happy 39th Birthday to Indie/Garage Rock Rhythm and Lead Guitarist, Singer/Songwriter, Albert Hammond Jr of The Strokes and a Solo career, who was born in Los Angeles on this day in 1979... He played Lead Guitar on this...
Alternative Rock and Pop Punk Singer/Songwriter and Guitarist for My Chemical Romance, Gerard Way turns 41 today having been born in Los Angeles in 1977, he has released one Solo album to date...
Two top Punk Rock Lead Guitarists (both sadly no longer with us) were born on this day. Firstly, Stuart Adamson of Skids and Rock/New Wave band Big Country was born in Manchester in 1958 and later grew up in Dunfermiline. He was Co-Songwriter with Richard Jobson for Skids and Singer/Songwriter for Big Country..
And Paul Fox of The Ruts/ Ruts D.C.was born in Bermondsey in 1951, he co-wrote and took over singing duties after original Frontman, Malcolm Owen died... He succumbed to lung cancer in 2007 aged 56.
Happy 49th Birthday to Indie/Britpop Singer/Songwriter of Catatonia, Cerys Matthews, who was born on this day in Cardiff in 1969..
A couple of British Blue Eyed Soul Singer/Songwriter and Actresses share a birthday today too. Firstly, Lisa Stansfield is 52 having been born in Manchester in 1966...
And Joss Stone turns 31 having been born in Dover in 1987 and later grew up near Cullompton in Devon...
Fabulous voice. I never understood how she ended up being cast as Ann of Cleves in “The Tudors”. Ann was supposed to look like the back end of a horse, which Joss certainly could never be mistaken for!
If you've ever been dumped by the girl of your dreams play this loud and sing this verse the loudest! I got a girl a man's best friend I'd have her now if she'd just come back again But she left me in the fog Told me that I treat her like a dog The last time that I saw her she was buryin' a bone I'm tired of whistlin' for her and I'm going back home!
Happy 65th Birthday to Punk Bassist and Co-Songwriter, Tony James of Generation X, who was born on this day in Shepherds Bush in 1953...
Lead Guitarist of Scouse Post Punk band, Echo & The Bunnymen, Will Sargeant is 60 today, having been born in Liverpool in 1958...
Singer/Songwriter for Indie/Synthpop band St Etienne, Sarah Cracknell turns 51 today, having been born in Chelmsford in 1967...
Folk Rock Singer/Songwriter Amy Ray of Indigo Girls is 54 today having been born in Decatur, Georgia in 1964...