Category: SAY IT’S YOUR BIRTHDAY

Happy birthday Marky Ramone (Ramones). Give da drummer some. Read our live review of Marky’s 2018 Holiday Blitzkrieg: Marky Ramone’s

10 years ago today, Pet Shop Boys released Electric. With all the schadenfreude it’s cost. Read our MAGNET Classics on

Happy birthday Tanya Donelly (Belly, Breeders, Throwing Muses). Shiny one. Read our feature on her: Tanya Donelly: Feeding The Tree

25 years ago today, Beastie Boys released Hello Nasty. A music-biz publicity firm’s phone greeting becomes a Grammy-winning album. Read

Happy birthday Woody Guthrie. This machine killed fascists. Read Rick Moody in MAGNET on Woody: From The Desk Of Rick

Happy birthday Harry Dean Stanton. Know how we know Jack Nicholson is fucking cool? You were one of his best

25 years ago today, Pixies released Pixies At The BBC. Radio waves of mutilation. Read our Pixies cover story: Pixies:

Happy birthday Bob Casale (Devo). The one who was number two. Read our MAGNET Classics on the making of Freedom

Happy birthday Nick McCabe (Verve). Sit and wonder. Read our review of the essential reissue of the Verve’s Urban Hymns:

Happy birthday Matthew Seligman (Soft Boys, Thomas Dolby, Thompson Twins, David Bowie). The man who invented himself.

30 years ago today, Björk released debut album Debut. A drop of blood from a Sugarcube. Read Rainbow Chan in

Happy birthday Albert Ayler. Spirit in the material world, ghost in the machine. Read our classic feature on the life

Happy birthday Cameron Crowe (Almost Famous, Singles, Pearl Jam Twenty, Roadies). Fast times at Rock ’N’ Roll High School. Read

30 years ago today, Matthew Sweet released Altered Beast. Ugly-truth rock. Listen to our MAGNET Classics Podcast on the making