Music History Events: Births
July 18, 1962 Rock drummer Jack Irons (of Pearl Jam, Red Hot Chili Peppers) is born in Los Angeles, California.
July 12, 1962 Dan Murphy (former lead guitarist for Soul Asylum) is born in Duluth, Minnesota.
July 8, 1962 Joan Osborne is born in Anchorage, Kentucky.
July 7, 1962 Spin Doctors bass player Mark White is born in New York City.
June 23, 1962 Steve Shelley (drummer for Sonic Youth) is born in Midland, Michigan.
June 19, 1962 Paula Abdul (her real name) is born in Los Angeles, California.
June 12, 1962 Drew "Grandmaster Dee" Carter (of Whodini) is born in Brooklyn, New York.
June 8, 1962 Nick Rhodes (keyboardist for Duran Duran) is born Nicholas James Bates in Birmingham, England. He is instrumental in the band's success, introducing them to both the analogue synthesizer sound that becomes their signature and also driving them to focus on making creative music videos.
June 3, 1962 David Cole (of C and C Music Factory) is born in Johnson City, Tennessee.
June 2, 1962 Thor Eldon Jonsson (guitarist for The Sugarcubes) is born in Iceland.
May 31, 1962 Pop singer Corey Hart is born in Montréal, Québec, Canada.
May 22, 1962 Jesse Valenzuela (original vocalist, then guitarist for Gin Blossoms) is born.
May 19, 1962 Iain Harvie (guitarist for Del Amitri) is born in Glasgow, Scotland.
May 14, 1962 C.C. DeVille (of Poison) is born Bruce Anthony Johannesson in Brooklyn, New York.
May 14, 1962 Ian Astbury (lead vocalist for The Cult) is born in Heswall, Cheshire, England.
May 12, 1962 Bad Religion founder Brett Gurewitz is born in Los Angeles, California.
May 9, 1962 David Gahan (lead singer for Depeche Mode) is born in Epping, Essex, England.
May 5, 1962 Kevin Mooney (bass player for Adam & The Ants) is born in Greenwich, London, England.
April 16, 1962 Punk rocker Ian MacKaye (of Minor Threat, Fugazi) is born in Washington, DC.
April 13, 1962 Hillel Slovak (original guitarist for Red Hot Chili Peppers) is born in Haifa, Israel, to parents who are Holocaust survivors.
April 12, 1962 Alt rocker Art Alexakis (frontman of Everclear) is born in Los Angeles, California.
April 8, 1962 Guitarist Izzy Stradlin, a founding member of Guns N' Roses, is born Jeffrey Dean Isbell in Lafayette, Indiana.
April 4, 1962 Craig Adams (bass guitarist for The Cult) is born in Otley, West Yorkshire, England.
March 18, 1962 Irene Cara is born Irene Cara Escalera in The Bronx, New York.
March 15, 1962 Terence Trent D'Arby is born in Manhattan, New York. He lands a bit hit with "Wishing Well" in 1987, and in 2001 he changes his name to Sananda Maitreya.
March 7, 1962 Taylor Dayne is born Leslie Wunderman. She took her stage name when she released her hit single "Tell It To My Heart."
March 5, 1962 Craig Reid & Charlie Reid of The Proclaimers are born in Leith, Edinburgh, Scotland.
February 24, 1962 Alternative folk singer-songwriter Michelle Shocked is born Karen Michelle Johnston in Dallas, Texas. She borrows her stage name from the term "shell shocked."
February 23, 1962 Queensrÿche guitarist Michael Wilton is born San Francisco.
February 7, 1962 David Bryan (keyboardist for Bon Jovi) is born in Perth Amboy, New Jersey.
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