Birthdays
1948 Alice Cooper
1950 Michael ‘Woody’ Woodmansey (David Bowie and the Spiders from Mars)
1960 Tim Booth (James)
1962 Tezz Roberts (Discharge)
1963 Kevin ‘Noodles’ Wasserman (The Offspring)
News
1980 Iggy Pop played Newcastle City Hall supported by Psychedelic Furs.
1982 Alex Harvey died of a heart attack, the day before his 47th birthday, after returning from performances in Belgium.
1983 Karen Carpenter of The Carpenters died from complications of Anorexia Nervosa.
1983 The Smiths appeared at The Hacienda, Manchester, England.
1984 Culture Club were at No.1 on the singles chart with ‘Karma Chameleon’.
1984 Eurythmics were at No.1 on the UK album chart with Touch.
2009 Lux Interior of The Cramps died at Glendale Memorial Hospital at the age of 62. The cause of death was aortic dissection.
2013 Reg Presley of The Troggs died of lung cancer.
Album releases
1980 Ramones – End of the Century
1983 Stiff Little Fingers – All The Best
1983 Echo & the Bunnymen – Porcupine
1997 The Offspring – Ixnay on the Hombre
2003 Frank Zappa – Halloween Live
2003 Johnny Marr and the Healers – Boomslang
2003 Nada Surf – Let Go
2003 Hawkwind – Canterbury Fayre 2001
2011 …And You Will Know Us By The Trail of Dead – Tao of the Dead
2011 Cut Copy – Zonoscope
2013 Eels – Wonderful, Glorious
2014 Xiu Xiu – Angel Guts: Red Classroom
2021 Vampire Weekend – 40:42
2022 Animal Collective – Time Skiffs
2022 A Place to Bury Strangers – See Through You
Singles and EP releases
1966 The Rolling Stones – Paint It Black
1972 Alice Cooper – School’s Out
1992 Alice in Chains – Sap (EP)