Classic Rock Birthdays! – August

See Which Classic Rocker You Share A Birthday With!

August 1
Jerry Garcia - Grateful Dead - 1942
Boz Burrell - Bad Company, King Crimson - 1946
Rick Anderson - The Tubes - 1947
Tim Bachman - Bachman Turner Overdrive - 1951
Tommy Bolin - Deep Purple, James Gang - 1951
Joe Elliot - Def Leppard - 1959

August 2
Garth Hudson - The Band - 1937
Pete De Freitas - Echo and the Bunnymen - 1961

August 3
John York - The Byrds - 1946
B.B. Dickerson - War - 1949
John Graham - Earth Wind & Fire - 1951
James Hetfield - Metallica - 1963

August 5
Rick Derringer - Edgar Winter Group - 1947
Greg Leskiw - Guess Who - 1947

August 6
Vinnie Vincent - KISS - 1952

August 7
Andy Fraser - Free - 1952
Bruce Dickenson - Iron Maiden - 1958

August 8
The Edge (David Evans) - U2 - 1961
Rikki Rockett - Poison - 1961

August 9
Marinus Gerritsen - Golden Earring - 1946
Benjamin Orr - The Cars - 1955

August 10
Ian Anderson - Jethro Tull - 1947

August 11
Jim Kale - The Guess Who - 1943
Bryan Bassett - Foghat - 1954
Richie Ramone - The Ramones - 1957

August 12
Mark Knopfler - Dire Straits - 1949

August 14
David Crosby - Crosby, Stills Nash & Young, The Byrds - 1941
Slim Dunlap - The Replacements - 1951

August 15
Tommy Aldrige - Black Oak Arkansas, Ozzy Osbourne, Gary Moore, Whitesnake, Thin Lizzy - 1950

August 16
Barry Hay - Golden Earring - 1948

August 17
Sib Hashian - Boston - 1949

August 18
Dennis Elliot - Foreigner - 1950

August 19
Ginger Baker - Cream - 1939
Ian Gillan - Deep Purple - 1945
John Deacon - Queen - 1951
Joey Tempest - Europe - 1963

August 20
James Pankow - Chicago - 1947
Robert Plant - Led Zeppelin - 1948
Phil Lynott - Thin Lizzy - 1949
Doug Fieger - The Knack - 1962

August 21
Tom Coster - Santana - 1941
Glenn Hughes - Deep Purple, Black Sabbath - 1952
Joe Strummer - The Clash - 1952
Steve Smith - Journey - 1954

August 22
Donna Godchaux - Grateful Dead - 1947
Debbi Peterson - The Bangles - 1961

August 23
Keith Moon - The Who - 1947
Jimi Jamison - Survivor - 1951

August 24
David Frieberg - Jefferson Airplane/Starship, Quicksilver Messenger Service - 1938
John Cipollina - Quicksilver Messenger Service - 1943
Jim Capaldi - Traffic - 1944
Danny Joe Brown - Molly Hatchet - 1951
Mike DeRosier - Heart - 1951

August 25
Gene Simmons - KISS - 1949
Rob Halford - Judas Priest - 1951
Geoff Downs - Asia - 1952
Elvis Costello - 1954
Vivian Campbell - Def Leppard, Whitesnake - 1962

August 26
Moe Tucker - Velvet Underground - 1944

August 27
Alex Lifeson - Rush - 1953
Glen Matlock - Sex Pistols - 1956

August 28
Daniel Seraphine - Chicago - 1948
Dave Hlubek - Molly Hatchet - 1952

August 29
Dick Halligan - Blood, Sweat & Tears - 1943
Chris Copping - Procol Harum - 1945
Rick Downey - Blue Öyster Cult - 1953

August 30
"Papa" John Phillips - Mamas & the Papas - 1935
Micky Moody - Whitesnake - 1950

August 31
Van Morrison - 1945
Gina Schock - The Go-Go's - 1957