Birthdays
1938 Jimmy Carl Black (Mothers of Invention)
1950 Mike Campbell (Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers)
1954 Chuck Dukowski (Black Flag)
1956 Exene Cervenka (X)
1964 Dwayne Goettel (Skinny Puppy; Hilt; Doubting Thomas)
1969 Patrick Wilson (Weezer)
1971 Ron Welty (The Offspring)
1979 Jason Isbell (Drive-By Truckers)
1990 Laura Marling
News
1963 Seventeen-year-old Neil Young performed his first proffessional gig at a country club in Winnipeg.
1999 Four hundred people were injured at an Australian concert by Marilyn Manson when he stormed off stage after being bombarded with missiles and abuse at the show in Perth.
2020 Andy Gill, the founding member and guitarist of British post-punk band Gang of Four, died aged 64.
Albums released
1981 Stray Cats – Stray Cats
1984 Fad Gadget – Gag
1989 The Replacements – Don’t Tell A Soul
1992 KMFDM – Money
2000 Morphine – The Night
2005 Antony and the Johnsons – I Am A Bird Now
2010 Midlake – The Courage of Others
2019 The Specials – Encore
2019 Guided by Voices – Zeppelin over China
2019 Rustin Man – Drift Code
Singles released
2010 KMFDM – Day of Light