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)
1964 Jeff Hanneman (Slayer)
News
1955 RCA demonstrates the first music synthesizer.
Album releases
1985 Husker Du – New Day Rising
1992 Afghan Whigs – Congregation
1994 Tori Amos – Under the Pink
1994 Black Sabbath – Cross Purposes
1996 NOFX – Heavy Petting Zoo
2000 Primal Scream – XTRMNTR
2005 Athlete – Tourist
2005 Feeder – Pushing the Senses
2006 She Wants Revenge – She Wants Revenge
2012 Imperial Teen – Feel the Sound
2012 Lincoln Durham – The Shovel vs the Howling Bones
2014 Broken Bells – After the Disco
2020 Drive-By Truckers – The Unraveling
2023 The Smashing Pumpkins – Atum: Act Two
2025 The Hellacopters – Overdriver
2025 Circa Waves – Death & Love, Pt. 1