Category: SAY IT’S YOUR BIRTHDAY

Happy birthday Alex Chilton (Big Star, Box Tops). December boy's got it bad. Following his death in 2010, Robert Pollard,

35 years ago today, Sub Pop released Sub Pop 200. Nirvana! Screaming Trees! Mudhoney! Soundgarden! Beat Happening! Green River! Tad!

Happy birthday Lenny Kaye (Patti Smith Group). Discoverer. Photo for MAGNET by Chris Sikich. Kevn Kinney (Drivin N Cryin) wrote

Happy birthday Martin “Youth” Glover (Killing Joke, Paul McCartney, Verve). Float like a butterfly, sting like a bee. Read Moby

Happy 35th birthday Hayley Williams (Paramore). Ain’t it fun. Hayley interviewed Best Coast for a MAGNET cover story. Read it: Exclusive Excerpt:

Happy birthday James Mercer (Shins, Broken Bells). It’s only life. Photos of James for MAGNET by Gene Smirnov; photos of

Happy birthday Jay Farrar (Uncle Tupelo, Son Volt). No turning back. Read our Q&A with him: A Conversation With Jay

Happy 60th birthday Lars Ulrich (Metallica). Great Dane. Photo for MAGNET by Wes Orshoski. Read our review of Metallica’s essential

*take two Grant Harts and call us in the morning

Happy birthday Shane MacGowan (Pogues). And happy Christmas—we love you, baby. R.I.P. Read our review from the final Pogues tour:

Death is not the end. On this day we lost: George Michael (2016), Vic Chesnutt (2009), Eartha Kitt (2008), James

Happy birthday Annie Lennox (Eurythmics). Sweet dreams.

45 years ago today, Public Image Ltd played its first U.K. show, a year to the day after the Sex

60 years ago today, the Beatles’ With The Beatles was the number-one album in the U.S. It was one of