
BIRTHDAYS
1945: Ian “Lemmy” Kilmister (Hawkwind / Motorhead)
1946: Jan Akkerman (Focus)
1968: Doyle Bramhall II (Smokestack / Eric Clapton Band / Roger Waters Band)
1970: Marco Minnemann (The Aristocrats / Steven Wilson / Necrophagist / Kreator / Joe Satriani / The Mute Gods)
EVENTS
1988: Nirvana started recording their first album, ‘Bleach’, using a $600 loan from an old school friend.
1992: Death of drummer, Bobby LaKind of The Doobie Brothers [aged 47].
1994: Pearl Jam went to No.1 on the US album chart with ‘Vitalogy’.
2016: Death of guitarist / singer / songwriter, Rick Parfitt of Status Quo [aged 68].
Lemmy!!! The legendary Motorhead rocker would have been 79 today! Happy Birthday, Mr. Kilmister ~ you were Ace! Lemmy rocked ’til he dropped in 2015, four days after his 70th birthday.