Birthdays
1952 Ian Hill (Judas Priest)
1969 Nicky Wire (Manic Street Preachers)
1969 Tina O’Neill (Fuzzbox)
1971 Derrick Green (Sepultura)
1977 Sid Wilson (Slipknot)
1979 Rob Bourdon (Linkin Park)
1980 Matthew Tuck (Bullet For My Valentine)
1981 Nathan Connolly (Snow Patrol)
1986 Kevin Parker (Tame Impala)
News
1982 During a concert in Des Moines, Iowa, Ozzy Osbourne attempted to bite the head off a live bat, thinking it was a fake. It was only when it started flapping its wings that he realised it was alive. After the show Ozzy was rushed to hospital for rabies injections.
2001 A memorial service was held for Kirsty MacColl who was killed in a boating accident on December 18, 2000, off the coast of Mexico. Friends and fans packed St. Martin-in-the-fields church in London.
2015 Edgar Froese, drummer for Tangerine Dream, died of a polmonary embolism in Austria aged 70.
Album releases
1978 XTC – White Music
1998 Bad Manners – Viva la Ska Revolution
1998 Mark Eitzel – Caught in a Trap and I Can’t Back Out ‘Cause I Love You Too Much, Baby
2004 Front Line Assembly – Civilization
2004 Firewater – Songs We Should Have Written
2004 Ani DiFranco – Educated Guess
2009 Reel Big Fish – Fame, Fortune and Fornication
2014 Mogwai – Rave Tapes
2014 Thee Silver Mt Zion Memorial Orchestra – Fuck Off Get Free We Pour Light on Everything
2015 Sleater-Kinney, No Cities to Love
2015 The Decemberists – What a Terrible World, What a Beautiful World
2017 AFI – AFI (The Blood Album)
2017 Mick Harvey – Intoxicated Women
2023 John Cale – Mercy
2023 Guided by Voices – La La Land
2023 We Are Scientists – Lobes
Singles and EP releases
1984 Echo & the Bunnymen – The Killing Moon
2009 Bon Iver – Blood Bank (EP)
2023 Brainiac – The Predator Nominate (EP)