Celebrating 31 October
Birthdays
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1937 – Tom Paxton, singer/songwriter
1945 – Russ Ballard, vocalist/guitarist, Argent
1952 – Tony Bowers, bassist, Simply Red
1961 – Larry Mullen Jr, drummer, U2
1963 – Johnny Marr, guitarist, The Smiths
1963 – Mikkey Dee, drummer, Motörhead
1964 – Colm Ó Cíosóig, drummer, My Bloody Valentine
1966 – Annabella Lwin, singer, Bow Wow Wow
1966 – Ad-Rock (Adam Horovitz), The Beastie Boys
1968 – Ally McErlaine, guitarist, Texas
1968 – Al Mackenzie, DJ, D:Ream
1970 – Linn Berggren, singer, Ace of Base
1970 – Roger Stevens, guitarist, Blind Lemon
1970 – Johnny Moeller, guitarist, The Fabulous Thunderbirds
1980 – Charles Moniz, Canadian bassist and record producer
1980 – Isabella Summers, Florence and the Machine
1981 – Frank Iero, guitarist, My Chemical Romance
1981 – Monica and Gabriela Irimia, Cheeky Girls
Died on this day
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1989 – Roger Scott, British DJ (born 1943)
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And on this day in...
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1959 – The Quarrymen became Johnny and the Moondogs
1986 – Roger Waters went to court to stop David Gilmour and Nick Mason using "Pink Floyd" as a band name
1996 – Slash announced he was no longer in Guns N' Roses, and he wasn't until 2016, when he rejoined