Kick Out the Jams, Motherfucker! (Image Source)
Wayne Kramer, best known as the guitarist for MC5, was born on this date, April 30th, in 1948. Happy Birthday, Wayne!!
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Happy Birthday, Peter Frampton!
Peter Frampton was born on this date, April 22nd in 1950. One of the most exhilaratingly memorable concerts I attended as a rebel youth was the 1976 co-headlining mega-tour featuring British Prog Rock legends Yes and Superstar Guitarist (and Sex Symbol), Peter Frampton. Frampton’s then-recently released double live album, Frampton Comes Alive! (you’ve probably heard of it) was number one on the charts, which helped to sell out the venue – Southern California’s Anaheim Stadium – to a capacity crowd of around 56,000. I was fifteen years old that summer and I had the time of my life. Thanks for the memories, Peter.
Happy Birthday to Iggy Pop and Robert Smith!
Iggy Turns a Biggie (Art By Shepard Fairey, Photo by Gail)
April 21st just happens to be the shared birthday of rock superstars Iggy Pop and The Cure’s lead vocalist, Robert Smith, who who were born in 1947 and 1959, respectively. Happy Birthday, guys!
Robert Smith: Providing Your Requisite Goth Iconography for Half a Century!
Happy 61st Birthday, Steven Tyler!
Tyler with Liv’s Baby-Mama Bebe Buell, 1970-something or Other
Aerosmith frontman Steve Tyler was born on this date, March 26th, in 1948. Jesus God, I can easily remember all the way back to the late ’70s, when Aerosmith were recording fantastic-sounding and borderline-dangerous albums like Rocks instead of bullshit crap pop songs written by Desmond Child, and I actually thought Steven Tyler was cool. Happy Birthday Steven, nice nose job!
Happy Birthday, Alice Cooper Guitarist Michael Bruce!
Alice Cooper (The Band) Circa Love It To Death. Michael is on the Far Left.
Today Alice Cooper rhythm guitarist, Michael Bruce turns 61! The four surviving members of the band – Neal Smith, Dennis Dunaway, Michael and Alice – actually gathered this past weekend for a three-day autograph signing at the MonsterMania Con in New Jersey. I never go to those things but Neal did take my hardcover copy of Bob Greene’s book, Billion Dollar Baby, to get Michael and Alice to add their signatures to the inside, because Neal is awesome like that. Happy Birthday, Michael!