Birthdays
1939 Ray Manzarek (The Doors)
1958 Grant McLennan (The Go-Betweens)
1966 Gary Whelan (Happy Mondays)
News
1977 Blondie, Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers and the Ramones all appeared at the Whisky a Go Go in Los Angeles, California.
1977 The Police recorded their first single ‘Fall Out’ for GBP150 ($255) at Pathway Studios, London, England. Written by drummer Stewart Copeland, it is the only Police recording featuring original guitarist Henry Padovani.
2005 The Class 47 locomotive 47828 was named after Clash frontman Joe Strummer at a ceremony in Bristol.
2007 During a press conference at West Hollywood’s Whisky a Go Go club, Sting confirmed that The Police were getting back together.
2015 Steve Strange, lead singer of Eighties pop band Visage, died aged 55 following a heart attack in hospital in Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt.
Albums released
1982 XTC – English Settlement
1988 KMFDM – Don’t Blow Your Top
1990 The Cramps – Stay Sick!
1991 The Hollow Man – Cresta
2007 The Fall – Reformation TLC
2008 Simple Plan – Simple Plan
2010 Angels & Airwaves – Love
2013 Lisa Germano – No Elephants
2021 Clap Your Hands Say Yeah – New Fragility
2021 God Is An Astronaut – Ghost Tapes #10