February Birthdays

 Since it's February, time to say Happy Birthday!

Tony Iommi

-Birth name: Anthony Frank Iommi

-DOB: 2/19/1948

-Where: Aston, Birmingham, England

-Is the only member of Black Sabbath to have appeared on every album

Duff McKagan

-Birth name: Michael Andrew McKagan

-DOB: 2/5/1964

-Where: Seattle, Washington

-On 5/10/1994, he had a near death experience when his pancreas exploded. He was taken to a nearby hospital, where doctors connected this to prolonged abuse of drugs and alcohol. Doctors told he needed to change his lifestyle and he's been sober ever since

Rod Smallwood

-Birth name: Roderick Charles Smallwood

-DOB: 2/17/1950

-Where: Huddersfield, Yorkshire, England

-Initially, he didn't want to go back into managing bands after having a rough time with former band Steve Harley & Cockney Rebel. He initially thought about pursuing a law degree when someone gave him an EP for an up and coming band called Iron Maiden. After listening to it, he reconsidered music management and chose to become their manager, which he's been doing since then

Adrian Smith

-Birth name: Adrian Frederick Smith

-DOB: 2/27/1957

-Where: Hackney, London, England

-Is goof friends with Def Leppard guitarist Phil Collen

Alice Cooper

-Birth name: Vincent Damon Furnier

-DOB: 2/4/1948

-Where: Detroit, Michigan

-He plays golf to keep himself sober

Steve Irwin

-Birth name: Stephen Robert Irwin

-DOB: 2/22/1962

-Where: Victoria, Australia

-DOD: 9/4/2006

-Where: Queensland, Australia

-In January 2004, he almost faced child endangerment charges when he was holding, in one arm, his then one month old son Robert and using his other hand to feed a 13' crocodile. Steve and his wife Terri claimed and proved that no one was in danger

Matt Groening

-Birth name: Matt Abram Groening

-DOB: 2/15/1954

-Where: Portland, Oregon

-He is the creator of the famed cartoon series The Simpsons

George Harrison

-DOB: 2/25/1943

-Where: Arnold Grove, Liverpool, England

-DOD: 11/29/2001

-Where: Los Angeles, California

-Discovered Hinduism in the late 60s, early 70s and was a fervent follower until his death. In fact, one of the last things he did before he died was take a special trip to India and went to all the special places in the Hindu religion and even bathed in the Ganges River

Vince Neil

-Birth name: Vincent Neil Wharton

-DOB: 2/8/1961

-Where: Los Angeles, California

-He punched Guns 'N' Roses guitarist Izzy Stradlin at the MTV Music Awards on 9/11/1989. Stradlin suffered a cut lip from one of Vince's rings

Rachel Bolan

-Birth name: James Richard Southworth

-DOB: 2/9/1963

-Where: Toms River, New Jersey

-He's a big punk fan, especially of bands like The Ramones and The Sex Pistols

Henry Rollins

-Birth name: Henry Lawrence Garfield

-DOB: 2/13/1961

-Where: Washington, D.C.

-In December 1991, he was sharing a house with his good friend Joe Cole, son of actor Dennis Cole, when the house was broken into. The robbers shot and killed Cole and to this day, this case remains unsolved

Rickey Medlocke

-DOB: 2/17/1950

-Where: Jacksonville, Florida

-Had a short stint with Lynyrd Skynyrd from 1971-1972. But he's mostly known for being the frontman/guitarist for Southern rockers Blackfoot

Billie Joe Armstrong

-DOB: 2/17/1972

-Where: Oakland, California

-He wrote the Green Day song "Wake Me Up When September Ends" as a tribute to his father, who died of esophageal cancer on 9/10/1982

Johnny Van Zandt

-Birth name: Johnny Roy Van Zandt

-DOB: 2/277/1960

-Where: Birmingham, Alabama

-He is the younger brother of Lynyrd Skynyrd founding member and vocalist Ronnie Van Zandt and brother of .38 Special vocalist Donnie Van Zandt