Category: SAY IT’S YOUR BIRTHDAY

Happy birthday Benny Andersson (ABBA). Here we go again. Read Wesley Stace in MAGNET on ABBA: From The Desk Of

Happy birthday Billy F Gibbons (ZZ Top). Enjoy and get it on. Photo for MAGNET by Wes Orshoski. Read our

Happy birthday Paul Simonon (Clash). This photo would make a great album cover! Beachwood Sparks inducts members into its bass

Happy birthday Jane Birkin. R.I.P. We love you still. Read our Q&A with her: A Conversation With Jane Birkin

Happy 65th birthday Spider Stacy (Pogues). You’re a man we don’t meet every day. Read our Q&A with him: A

Happy birthday Beth Orton. Live as you dream. Read our MAGNET Feedback with Beth: MAGNET Feedback With Beth Orton

Happy 65th birthday Mike Scott (Waterboys). Still burning. Photo for MAGNET by Wes Orshoski. Read Scott in MAGNET on avoiding

Happy 75th blurtday Lester Bangs. R.I.P. There is nothing wrong with loving rock critics.

50 years ago today, Electric Light Orchestra released On The Third Day. You don't need to be coy, Roy. Read

Happy birthday Tom Verlaine (Television). R.I.P. Sleep light on these shores tonight. Read East River Pipe in MAGNET on Verlaine:

Happy birthday Taylor Swift. If this is the long haul, how’d we get here so soon?

Happy birthday Rob Tyner (MC5). The real McCoy. Read Marshall Crenshaw in MAGNET on Tyner: Marshall Crenshaw’s Usual Things: The

40 years ago today, the Fall released Perverted By Language. Brix and mortar. Read our review of the band’s essential

Happy birthday Frank Sinatra. We'll be seeing you.