Birthdays
1942 Brian Jones (Rolling Stones)
1944 Storm Thorgerson (British graphic designer for album art)
1957 Cindy Wilson (B-52’s)
1957 Ian Stanley (Tears For Fears)
1957 Phil Gould (Level 42)
1967 Marcus Lillington (Breathe)
1971 Nigel Godrich (British record producer)
News
1996 Nirvana’s Unplugged won Best Alternative Album at the Grammy Awards.
2025 New York Dolls singer David Johansen died from cancer at the age of 65.
Albums released
1975 Alice Cooper – Welcome to my Nightmare
1979 Rickie Lee Jones – Rickie Lee Jones
1983 U2 – War
1984 “Weird Al” Yankovic – In 3-D
1986 Swans – Greed
1986 Various Artists – Pretty in Pink
1989 Indigo Girls – Indigo Girls
1992 Yoko Ono – Onobox
1995 Mike Watt – Ball-Hog or Tugboat?
1995 Band of Susans – Here Comes Success
2000 Oasis – Standing on the Shoulder of Giants
2000 Eels – Daisies of the Galaxy
2000 AC/DC – Stiff Upper Lip
2012 Xiu Xiu – Always
2012 Napalm Death – Utilitarian
2012 Corrosion of Conformity – Corrosion of Conformity
2012 Shearwater – Animal Joy
2020 Real Estate – The Main Thing
2025 Doves – Constellations for the Lonely
2025 Tori Amos – The Music of Tori and the Muses
2025 Andy Bell – Pinball Wanderer
Singles released
1995 KMFDM – Juke-Joint Jezebel