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Phil Cordell was a British musician who released a number of records in the late 1960s and 1970s under several stage names, most notably as Springwater and Dan the Banjo Man. He was a multi-instrumentalist and usually played all the instruments on his musical recordings.

Over two years ago, Wayne Kramer promised that a new MC5 album would see the light of day. He also shared a preview of a new track with Tom Morello, “Heavy Lifting.” Today, about four months after Kramer’s death at age 75, the details of the new MC5 album have been revealed. The full-length, Heavy Lifting, is out on October 18 via EarMusic.

Born on this day in 1944: Edgar Froese, German artist and electronic music pioneer, best known for founding the electronic music group Tangerine Dream who had the 1974 album 'Phaedra'. Froese died died suddenly in Vienna on 20 January 2015 from a pulmonary embolismon.

The Gun Club were an American post-punk band from Los Angeles that existed from 1979 to 1996. Created and led by singer-songwriter and guitarist Jeffrey Lee Pierce, they were notable as one of the first bands in the punk rock subculture to incorporate influences from blues, rockabilly, and country music.

Born on this day in 1978: Canadian drummer, Jeremy Gara from the Grammy Award-winning indie rock band Arcade Fire who had the 2005 album Funeral, and 2017 US No.1 album Everything Now. But before he got that gig, he met Howe Gelb at a garage studio in Ottawa and made this album!

Born on this day in 1978: Carl Barat, singer, from English rock band The Libertines, who had the 2004 UK No.1 album The Libertines. And with Dirty Pretty Things had the 2006 UK No.3 album Waterloo to Anywhere.

Born on this day in 1942: American pop singer Howie Kane, from Jay and the Americans, who had the 1962 hit 'She Cried' and the 1969 US No.6 single 'This Magic Moment'. He died in March 2023, at the age of 81.

Born on this day in 1936: Levi Stubbs, American baritone singer, best known as the lead vocalist of The Four Tops, (1965 US No.1 single 'I Can't Help Myself', 1967 UK No.6 single 'Standing In The Shadows of Love'). He was also a voice artist in film and animated television series, most famously for the voice of the alien plant in the 1986 comedic horror film Little Shop of Horrors. Stubbs died on 17th Oct 2008.