Birthdays
1956 Helen Terry
1958 Paul Weller (The Jam; Style Council)
1959 Rick Smith (Underworld; Freur)
1969 Jody Porter (Fountains of Wayne)
1976 Sandra Nasic (Guano Apes)
1980 Joe King (The Fray)
Album Releases
1973 Gong – The Flying Teapot
1973 Mike Oldfield – Tubular Bells
1979 David Bowie – Lodger
1993 Fishbone – Give a Monkey a Brain and He’ll Swear He’s the Center of the Universe
1996 Boredoms – Super ae
1999 Anti-Flag – A New Kind of Army
2004 Crisis – Like Sheep Led to Slaughter
2004 Skinny Puppy – The Greater Wrong of the Right
2004 Monster Magnet – Monolithic Baby!
2009 Iggy Pop – Preliminaires
2012 Ultravox – Brilliant
2015 Ash – Kablammo!
2018 Snow Patrol – Wildness
News
1996 Bradley Nowell, American ska musician of the band Sublime, died of a heroin overdose aged 28.
2003 Jeremy Michael Ward of US band The Mrs Volta, died of a heroin overdose aged 27.