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Music History Events: Births

September 11, 1965 Electronica musician Moby is born Richard Melville Hall in Harlem, New York City.

August 17, 1965 Drummer Steve Gorman, a founding member of The Black Crowes, is born in Muskegon, Michigan. His time with the band ends in 2015; in 2019 he publishes a tell-all memoir called Hard To Handle. His pick for their best album: The Southern Harmony and Musical Companion from 1992.

July 23, 1965 Guns N' Roses guitarist Slash is born Saul Hudson in Hampstead, London, England. He moves to Los Angeles in 1976.

July 14, 1965 Igor Khoroshev (keyboardist for Yes) is born in Moscow, Russia (then part of the Soviet Union).

July 11, 1965 Weezer bass player Scott Shriner is born in Toledo, Ohio.

July 10, 1965 Peter DiStefano (guitarist for Porno For Pyros) is born in Santa Monica, California.

July 2, 1965 Dave Parsons (bassist for Bush) is born in Hillingdon, London, England.

June 10, 1965 Pixies guitarist Joey Santiago is born in Manila, Philippines.

June 3, 1965 Mike Gordon (bass guitarist for Phish) is born in Sudbury, Massachusetts.

June 2, 1965 Jeremy Cunningham (bass guitarist for The Levellers) is born in Cuckfield, Sussex, England.

May 31, 1965 Steve White (drummer for The Style Council) is born in Southwark, London, England.

May 17, 1965 Homer O'Dell (guitarist for Mint Condition) is born.

May 17, 1965 Trent Reznor is born Michael Trent Reznor in New Castle, Pennsylvania. He develops a passion for playing classical piano as a child, before going on to form the influential industrial rock band Nine Inch Nails. He later teams with Atticus Ross to score films like The Social Network and Gone Girl.

May 16, 1965 Krist Novoselic (bass guitarist for Nirvana) is born in Compton, California.

April 25, 1965 Jane's Addiction bass player Eric Avery is born in Los Angeles.

April 11, 1965 Alt rock guitarist Nigel Pulsford (of Bush) is born in Newport, Monmouthshire, England.

March 27, 1965 Johnny April (bassist for Staind) is born in Enfield, Connecticut.

March 23, 1965 Marti Pellow (lead singer of Wet Wet Wet) is born Mark McLachlan in Clydebank, Scotland.

January 22, 1965 D.J. Jazzy Jeff (of DJ Jazzy Jeff & the Fresh Prince) is born Jeffrey Allen Townes in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, where he meets Will Smith.

January 22, 1965 Guns N' Roses drummer Steve Adler is born Michael Coletti in Cleveland, Ohio.

January 12, 1965 Rob Zombie is born Robert Cummings in Haverhill, Massachusetts. He works as a production assistant for the popular children's series Pee-Wee's Playhouse before forming the band White Zombie.

January 4, 1965 David Glasper of Breathe is born in Wales.

January 4, 1965 Portishead lead singer Beth Gibbons is born in Devon, England.

December 11, 1964 Justin Currie (bassist, vocalist for Del Amitri) is born in Glasgow, Scotland.

November 30, 1964 Rapper Jalil Hutchins (of Whodini) is born in Brooklyn, New York.

November 16, 1964 Jazz singer Diana Krall is born in Nanaimo, British Columbia, Canada.

November 14, 1964 Rapper Joseph Simmons (aka Run of Run-DMC) is born in Hollis, Queens, New York. With his partner in rhyme Darryl McDaniels (DMC), he breaks new ground in hip-hip with a flow that trades lines back and forth, as heard on their landmark cover of Aerosmith's "Walk This Way."

November 13, 1964 "Dirty" Walter Kibby (trumpeter, vocalist for Fishbone) is born in South Central Los Angeles.

November 12, 1964 David Ellefson (bassist for Megadeth) is born in Jackson, Minnesota.

November 7, 1964 Liam O'Maonlai (of Hothouse Flowers) is born in Monkstown, County Dublin, Ireland.