December Birthdays

Since it's December, it's time to say Happy Birthday

Stevie Young

-Birth name: Stephen Crawford Young Jr.

-DOB: 12/11/1956

-Where: Glasgow, United Kingdom

-Despite joining AC/DC in April 2014, during the recording of Rock or Bust, he didn't become an official member until September 2014

Rick Savage

-Birth name: Richard Savage

-DOB: 12/02/1960

-Where: Sheffield, England

-Prior to entering the music world, he played briefly for Sheffield United FC

Richard Hammond

-Birth name: Richard Mark Hammond

-DOB: 12/19/1969

-Where: Solihull, United Kingdom

-His idea of a good holiday (vacation) is camping in England's Lake District during rainy weather

Cliff Williams

-Birth name: Clifford Williams

-DOB: 12/14/1949

-Where: Romford, United Kingdom

-He first started playing bass with AC/DC in 1978 and his first album with them was Powerage

Maggie Smith

-Birth name: Margaret Natalie Smith

-DOB: 12/28/1934

-Where: Ilford, Essex, England

-The scene in Harry Potter the Deathly Hallows Pt. II, where her and Alan Rickman fight, was almost cut from the movie and her character replaced with another. Author JK Rowling felt that the same two characters should be there. Smith was 76 when that scene was filmed

Phil Collen

-Birth name: Phillip Kenneth Collen

-DOB: 12/08/1957

-Where: Hackney, London, England

-Was known as one half of "The Terror Twins" with former guitarist Steve Clark because both of them were bad with their drinking habits and would get into trouble

Denzel Washington

-Birth name: Denzel Hayes Washington Jr.

-DOB: 12/28/1954

-Where: Mount Vernon, New York

-His father was a Pentecostal minister and his mother was a beautician and gospel singer. They got divorced when he was 14

Lemmy Kilmister

-Birth name: Ian Fraser Kilmister

-DOB: 12/24/1945

-Where: Stoke-on-Trent, United Kingdom

-DOD: 12/28/2015

-Where: Los Angeles, California

-He jokes about his uniquely iconic, but rough, gravelly singing voice. He once said that Motorhead can replace him as vocalist if they can find someone who can sing worse than me

Dave Murray

-Birth name: David Michael Murray

-DOB: 12/23/1956

-Where: Edmunton, London, England

-Has been with the band almost since the beginning. He was fired by Steve Harris in 1976 after a miscommunication between him, drummer Doug Sampson and vocalist Dennis Wilcock. After Steve realized he had just lost one of the most down to earth and also talented guitarists, he brought Dave back. And he's been with Maiden even since, acting as Steve's second-in-command

Lucy Liu

-Birth name: Lucy Alexis Liu

-DOB: 12/02/1968

-Where: Jackson Heights, New York

-She auditioned for a role in the film Shanghai Knights, but lost the role to Fann Wong

Keith Richards

-DOB: 12/18/1943

-Where: Dartford, Kent, England

-Met Mick Jagger as a teenager and the two became fast friends