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 a young woman, but the charges are just a way for them to get to the bottom of a suspected murder that occurred weeks before.
1976 The Sex Pistols played at Watford College, Watford, England.
1977 While opening for Bob Seger, Patti Smith fell from the stage breaking a neck bone. She also suffered cuts to her head and was rushed to hospital for 22 stitches.
1978 Adam & The Ants were invited to record a session for John Peel’s BBC 1 Radio show. They recorded four songs, “Deutscher Girls,” “Puerto Rican,” “It Doesn’t Matter” and “Lou” which features Jordan on vocals.
1994 Rage Against The Machine headlined the Rock For Choice benefit at The Palladium, Hollywood, California.
2017 Maynard James Keenan, a noted gun enthusiast, is on the cover of Ballistic magazine.
2024 Johnny Marr, former guitarist for The Smiths, demand presidential candidate Donald Trump stop playing “Please, Please, Please, Let Me Get What I Want” without permission at his rallies.
Album releases
1976 David Bowie – Station to Station
1981 Elvis Costello and the Attractions – Trust
1981 Generation X – Kiss Me Deadly
1989 Throwing Muses – Trust
1995 The Human League – Octopus
1996 Stabbing Westward – Wither Blister Burn & Peel
2006 Arctic Monkeys – Whatever People Say I Am, That’s What I’m Not
2006 Richard Ashcroft – Keys to the World
2006 The Shins – Wincing the Night Away
2007 Deerhoof – Friend Opportunity
2007 Julie Doiron – Woke Myself Up
2015 Napalm Death – Apex Predator – Easy Meat
2023 Dave Rowntree – Radio Songs