August is a very busy month in music history:
- MTV was launched 43 years ago on August 1
- Coolio was born on this day 61 years ago on August 1
- Def Leppard frontman Joe Elliott celebrated his 65th birthday on August 1
- Public Enemy‘s Chuck D. celebrated his 64th birthday on August 1
- Butch Vig celebrated his 69th birthday on August 1
- Echo and the Bunnymen‘s first dummer Pete de Freitas was born 63 years ago on August 2
- Metallica‘s James Hetfield celebrated his 61st birthday on August 3
- Collective Soul‘s frontman Ed Roland celebrated his 61st birthday on August 3
- The iconic Louis Armstrong was born 123 years ago on August 4
- Beastie Boys‘ MCA, a.k.a. Adan Yauch was born 60 years ago on August 5
U2′s The Edge celebrates his 63rd birthday today. Those who know me outside of social media know that I’m a huge U2 fan, and have been since the ’80s. Achtung Baby is one of my favorite albums ever recorded. I’m not kidding.
So happy birthday, Edge! Thank you for music that’s been a major part of my life’s soundtrack. And may be there many, many, many more!
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