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Music History Events: Births

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.

November 6, 1964 Corey Glover (lead singer of Living Colour) is born in Brooklyn, New York. His future bandmate Vernon Reid discovers him singing "Happy Birthday" at a mutual friend's party.

October 20, 1964 Jim Sonefeld (drummer for Hootie & the Blowfish) is born in Lansing, Michigan, but would relocate to Naperville, Illinois.

October 6, 1964 Matthew Sweet is born Sidney Matthew Sweet in Lincoln, Nebraska.

September 30, 1964 Robby Takac (bassist/vocalist for The Goo Goo Dolls) is born in Buffalo, New York. Along with lead singer Johnny Rzeznik, he's a mainstay in the group, which remains active long after their '90s hits like "Iris" and "Black Balloon."

September 19, 1964 Country singer Trisha Yearwood is born Patricia Lynn Yearwood in Monticello, Georgia.

August 17, 1964 Alt rock/country singer Maria McKee is born in Los Angeles, California.

August 10, 1964 Rapper/singer/songwriter Neneh Cherry is born in Stockholm, Sweden.

August 7, 1964 EMF songwriter/guitarist Ian Dench is born in Cheltenham, Gloucestershire, England.

August 5, 1964 Adam Yauch (aka MCA of the Beastie Boys) is born in Brooklyn, New York.

August 1, 1964 Adam Duritz (frontman for Counting Crows) is born in Berkeley, California.

July 23, 1964 Tim Kellett (of Simply Red) is born in Knaresborough, Yorkshire, England.

July 23, 1964 Nick Menza (drummer for Megadeth) is born in Munich, Germany. He is the son of jazz saxophonist Don Menza.

July 9, 1964 Courtney Love is born Courtney Michelle Harrison in San Francisco, California. After a tumultuous childhood, she travels the world and forms the band Hole. In 1992, she marries Kurt Cobain of Nirvana.

June 25, 1964 Cake lead singer John McCrea is born in California. His lyrics often take unexpected turns, like in "Short Skirt/Long Jacket" where the girl has "fingernails that shine like justice." Says McCrea, "I describe the way things feel or smell or look rather than telling people exactly what I think."