Category: SAY IT’S YOUR BIRTHDAY

Happy 50th birthday Paddy Considine (actor, director, writer, musician, Guided By Voices superfan). Renaissance man. Paddy, Steven Soderbergh, Sonic Youth,

45 years ago today, Tom Waits released Blue Valentine. Now, how do ya like that? Read our Waits cover story

Happy birthday Freddie Mercury (Queen). Carry on, carry on. Pansy Division asks Joan As Police Woman in MAGNET about her

35 years ago today, the Smiths released Rank. We knew it was over. Read more in MAGNET on the Smiths

Happy birthday John Cage. Sound and vision. Read Devendra Banhart in MAGNET on Cage: From The Desk Of Devendra Banhart:

35 years ago today, Siouxsie And The Banshees released Peepshow. She has many guises. Read our classic Q&A with Siouxsie

Happy birthday Loudon Wainwright III. Grown man. Read our classic Q&A with his son Rufus: A Conversation With Rufus Wainwright

Happy birthday Dweezil Zappa. Guitar hero. Read our Q&A with him: A Conversation With Dweezil Zappa

"I Guess I Planted"I guess I planted some long lonesome seed of a songWay down inside me long agoAnd now

Happy 65th birthday George Hurley (Minutemen, fIREHOSE). King of the hill. Read our Hidden Gems review of Minuteflag by the

Happy birthday Kim Thayil (Soundgarden). Mood for trouble? Photo for MAGNET by Wes Orshoski. Read our review of the essential

Happy birthday Mark Ronson (Adele, Queens Of The Stone Age, Duran Duran, etc.). Here comes the fuzz. Read our Q&A

10 years ago today, Neko Case released The Worse Things Get, The Harder I Fight, The Harder I Fight, The

Happy birthday Steve Jones (Sex Pistols, Professionals). Still a jukebox hero. Read our Q&A with him: A Conversation With Steve