February 28
Uriah Heep lost its operatic voice today in 1985 when David Byron died at 38 from an epileptic fit brought on by liver disease, ending the life of the British singer whose powerful vocals on "Easy Livin'" helped define early heavy metal before alcoholism destroyed his health… Proto-punk lost its most chameleonic voice on this day in 2025 when David Johansen died at 75 after a decade battling stage 4 cancer and a brain tumor, ending the life of the New York Dolls frontman who reinvented himself as pompadoured lounge singer Buster Poindexter, proving punk attitude could embrace swing and blues… We remember the Rolling Stones' founding visionary Brian Jones on his birthday today in 1942, the multi-instrumentalist whose slide guitar and exotic instruments shaped the band's early sound before drug addiction and drowning death at 27 made him rock's first major casualty… Train's earnest frontman Pat Monahan celebrates his 57th birthday today, th...
