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This day in music history: 31 January

Birthdays 1951 Phil Manzanera (Roxy Music) 1956 John Lydon aka Johnny Rotten (Sex Pistols, Public Image Ltd.) 1961 Lloyd Cole (Lloyd Cole and the Commotions)…

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This Day in Music History: 30th January

Birthdays 1951 Marv Ross (Quarterflash) 1952 Steve Bartek (Oingo Boingo) News 1971 Neil Young performs “The Needle and the Damage Done” at UCLA’s Royce Hall.…

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On This Day In Music History: 29th January

Birthdays 1952 Tommy Ramone (The Ramones) 1953 Peter Baumann (Tangerine Dream) 1954 Richard Manitoba (The Dictators) 1960 JG Thirlwell (Foetus; Wiseblood; Steroid Maximus) 1961 David…

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On this day in music history: 28th January

Birthdays 1945 Robert Wyatt (Soft Machine) 1951 William Nelson (Funkadelic) 1954 Shawn Murray (Mink DeVille) 1959 Dave Sharp (The Alarm) 1968 DJ Muggs (Cypress Hill)…

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On this day in music history: 27 January

Birthdays 1944 Kevin Coyne 1961 Gillian Gilbert (New Order, The Other Two) 1961 Martin Degville (Sigue Sigue Sputnik) 1961 Tessa Niles 1961 Margo Timmins (The…

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This Day In Music History: 26th January

Birthdays 1955 Eddie Van Halen (Van Halen) 1958 Norman Hassan (UB40) 1963 Andrew Ridgeley (Wham!) News 2016 Colin Vearncombe aka Black, died from his injuries…

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This Day In Music History: 25th January

Birthdays 1949 John Cooper Clarke 1950 Michael Cotten (The Tubes) 1953 Malcolm Green (Split Enz) 1956 Andy Cox (The Beat; Fine Young Cannibals) 1958 Gary…

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This Day In Music History: 24th January

Birthdays 1944 Klaus Nomi 1947 Warren Zevon 1948 Michael Des Barres (Power Station; Chequered Past) 1953 Matthew Wilder 1958 Jools Holland (Squeeze) 1959 Vic Reeves…

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This Day In Music History: 23rd January

Birthdays 1953 Robin Zander (Cheap Trick) 1957 Earl Falconer (UB40) 1975 Nick Harmer (Death Cab for Cutie) News 1966 Police arrest Jim Morrison for kissing…

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This Day In History: 22nd January

Birthdays 1946 Malcolm McLaren (British band manager and musician). 1960 Michael Hutchence (INXS) 1961 Daniel Johnston 1965 Ray Mayhew (Sigue Sigue Sputnik) 1965 Steven Adler…

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