Remembering Steve Clark of Def Leppard April 23, 1960 - January 8, 1991. 'The solos don't always stay the same live - it becomes much more spontaneous, which is, after all, what people want when they go to see a band live' - #SteveClark #DefLeppard
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Remembering Johnny Thunders July 15, 1952 - April 23, 1991.
'Many people love me, many people hate me - there's nobody in between. That's the way I prefer it.' - JOHNNY THUNDERS
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#JohnnyThunders

Happy Birthday Peter Frampton Born April 22, 1950. “Mark was there at the beginning of it, and I think he’s lasted this long because of his talent.” - #PeterFrampton
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Happy Birthday to Iggy Pop, Born on April 21, 1947.
'My parents wanted to light my artistic candle. But over time, the definition of 'the arts' began to stretch. And as I got older, they suddenly realized, Oh, my God, we're the parents of Iggy Pop.” - #IggyPop

Happy Birthday to ROBERT SMITH of The Cure, Born on April 21, 1959. I was hired by the record company to do the press photos. Believe it or not I did much more than Rock & Metal. #robertsmith #thecure #thecure band

Remembering Prince Rogers Nelson June 7, 1958 – April 21, 2016.
'Despite everything, no one can dictate who you are to other people.' - Prince
#prince #prince rogersnelson

Remembering Cynthia 'Plaster Caster' May 24, 1947 - April 21, 2022. I interviewed Cynthia in Chicago ten years ago. She was very serious about her art of the rock star private parts. youtube.com/watch?v=BjzzYE…
#cynthiaplastercaster

Remembering #stevemarriott January 30, 1947 - April 20, 1991. Hung with Steve as I was just getting started. I wish I could have had the chance to photograph him in #smallfaces & #humblepie . Get my book here:
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Happy Birthday to Mike Portnoy 🤘 of Dream Theater
Born on April 20, 1967. Listen to the interview I did in 2010. youtube.com/watch?v=IKIzYT…
#mikeportnoy #dreamtheater

Happy Birthday to Kelly Hansen of Foreigner, Born on April 18, 1961. I first photographed when he was in Hurricane back in the 80's. Listen to my interview with Kelly: podbean.com/ew/pb-6r7bv-11…
#Foreigner #KellyHansen #Hurricane
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Happy Birthday to Ritchie Blackmore, Born on April 14, 1945. As a teenager reading Circus, I had always dreamed about having a studio portrait on the cover. Ritchie Blackmore was my first photo to get the full cover. #RitchieBlackmore
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Happy Birthday to Pat Travers born April 12, 1954.
Pat Travers Band
See my 2012 interview with Pat at the Iridium in NYC. rockscenemagazine.com/today/pat-trav…
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#PatTravers #PatTravers Band

Happy Birthday Brian Setzer 'If you listen to everybody's opinions, I mean, I always say I'd be digging a ditch on the side of the road now if I had listened to what everybody told me what to do. You know, you have to follow your heart, you have to.' - #BrianSetzer #StrayCats

Remembering Sam Kinison December 8, 1953 - April 10, 1992. 'I began photographing Sam in the late 80s. He loved rock and the bands loved Sam. I was at a few video shoots that #samkinison appeared in as well as documenting the infamous #wildthing
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Happy Birthday to Warren DeMartini Born on April 10, 1963. I introduced Joe Perry to Warren when RATT was playing in Boston in 1984, a day I am sure he will never forget. Joe was one of his guitar heroes. #warrendemartini #joeperry
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Happy Birthday Izzy Stradlin, Born April 8, 1962. 'I hate to take showers! Guitarists don't like showers 'cause we like the grease to build up on our fingers, makes playing more fluid.' - #izzystradlin
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#GunsNRoses

Remembering C J Snare of FireHouse our ROCKED Magazine pinup superstar. Very sad to hear about his passing. Rock In Peace. December 14, 1959 - April 5, 2024.
FireHouse cjsnare
#firehouse #firehouse band #cjsnare

Remembering Wendy O. May 28, 1949 - April 6, 1998 'Basically, I hate conformity. I hate people telling me what to do. It makes me want to smash things. So-called normal behavior patterns make me so bored, I could throw up!' - #WendyOWilliams #plasmatics thedecadethatrocked.com/shop

A Very Happy Birthday to my pal Johnny Dee born on April 6, 1963. I first met Johnny at my first shoot with Britny Fox in 1988 for the debut album.
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#JohnnyDee #BritnyFox

Happy Birthday to Josh Todd from Buckcherry Born on April 4, 1970. Check out this interview I did with Josh talking about his early days before Buckcherry youtu.be/hJ4cwXDcsIc #BuckCherry #JoshTodd