February is a busy month. Not only is it Black History Month — but there are a batch of birthdays this month that include:
- Rick James, who was born 76 years ago on February 1
- OutKast‘s Big Boi, who celebrated his 49th birthday on February 1
- The Temptations‘ second and longest tenured lead vocalist Dennis Edwards, who was born 81 years ago on February 4
- Bobby Brown, who celebrated his 55th birthday on February 5
- Bob Marley, who was born 79 years ago on February 6
- J. Dilla, who was born 50 years ago on February 7
- French touch pioneer and one-half of acclaimed electronic outfit Daft Punk, Guy-Manuel de Homem-Christo, celebrated his 50th birthday on February 8
- Motley Crüe‘s Vince Neil celebrated his 63rd birthday on February 8
- The 84th anniversary of The Doors‘ Ray Manzarek was on February 12
- Bad Brains‘ H.R. celebrated his 68th birthday on February 12
- The Monkees‘ Peter Tork was born 82 years ago today
- Peter Gabriel celebrates his 74th birthday today
- Joy Division and New Order co-founder Peter Hook celebrated his 68th on February 13
- The legendary Maceo Parker celebrated his 81st birthday on February 14
- Duran Duran‘s John Taylor, celebrated his 63rd birthday on February 16th
- Ice T, celebrated his 66th birthday on February 16
- Dr. Dre, celebrated his 59th birthday on February 18
- Seal celebrated his 61st birthday on February 19
- Smokey Robinson celebrated his 84th birthday on February 19
Nirvana‘s Kurt Cobain was born 57 years ago today. As a teenager in the early 90s, I loved the grunge sound — Nirvana, Soundgarden, Pearl Jam, Alice in Chains and so many others were personal favorites. At the time, I loved Nirvana immensely. So, Kurt’s death hit me very hard.
But today, I wanted to celebrate Cobain’s massively influential life and music.
Happy birthday, Kurt. Happy birthday, wherever you are!
