January Birthdays

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

Janick Gers

-Birth name: Janick Robert Gers

-DOB: 1/27/1957

-Where: Hartlepool, England

-His onstage antics, such as dancing around and throwing his guitar around, often raise criticism from fans and often have them remarking, often negatively, about his not so good guitar playing

Peter Steele

-Birth name: Petrus Thomas Ratajcyk

-DOB: 1/4/1962

-Where: Red Hook, New York

-DOD: 4/14/2010

-Where: Scranton, Pennsylvania

-He appeared in Playgirl magazine

Ian Hill

-Birth name: Ian Frank Hill

-DOB: 1/20/1951

-Where: West Bromwich, England

-He is one of the founding members of Judas Priest

Paul Stanley

-Birth name: Stanley Bert Eisen

-DOB: 1/20/1952

-Where: Inwood, New York

-He was born with a condition called microtia, which is an underdevelopment of the ears. He was rendered completely deaf on his right side until a surgery in the mid 1980s, using cartilage from his ribs, gave him a new right ear

Richie Faulkner

-Birth name: Richard Ian Faulkner

-DOB: 1/1/1980

-Where: London, England

-Previously played guitar for hard rock singer Lauren Harris

Rod Stewart

-Birth name: Roderick David Stewart

-DOB: 1/10/1945

-Where: London, England

-He's still friends with his former Faces band mate Ronnie Wood

Jimmy Page

-Birth name: James Patrick Page

-DOB: 1/9/1944

-Where: Heston, Hounslow, England

-He formed Led Zeppelin from the remains of his previous band, The Yardbirds. He intended to call his new band The New Yardbirds, but Who drummer Keith Moon told him it would go down like a lead balloon

David Bowie

-Birth name: David Robert Jones

-DOB: 1/8/1947

-Where: Brixton, London, England

-DOD: 1/10/2016

-Where: New York City, New York

-He was not born with two different colored eyes. He had gotten that as a result of a condition called anisocoria, which is known for two different sized pupils in a person's eyes. He has blue eyes, but with one being permanently dilated, it gives the impression he has one brown eye and one blue eye

James May

-Birth name: James Daniel May

-DOB: 1/16/1963

-Where: Bristol, United Kingdom

-He's usually called "Captain" something or other by Jeremy Clarkson on Top Gear

Malcolm Young

-Birth name: Malcolm Mitchell Young

-DOB: 1/6/1953

-Where: Glasgow, Scotland

-DOD: 11/18/2017

-Where: Elizabeth Bay, Australia

-He is one of the founding members of AC/DC

Kate Middleton

-DOB: 1/9/1982

-Where: Reading, England

-Amidst all of the Kate and William and Harry and Meghan drama, she has kept her opinions to herself, despite being painted in a bad light by Meghan. Frankly, she's far more beautiful and classy than Meghan Markle

Phil Collins

-Birth name: Phillip David Charles Collins

-DOB: 1/30/1951

-Where: London, England

-His daughter Lily is an actress, known for the program Emily in Paris

John Paul Jones

-Birth name: John Richard Baldwin

-DOB: 1/3/1946

-Where: Kent, England

-He worked as a session musician prior to joining Led Zeppelin