April 5

ABSOLUTE ROCK BIRTHDAYS FOR APRIL 5
Mike McCready of Pearl Jam is 43;

ON THIS DATE
1981 Bob "the Bear" Hite of Canned Heat died at the age of 36 in between sets at a North Hollywood Club
1994 Kurt Cobain commits suicide
2002 Peter Buck of R.E.M. is aquitted of charges resulting from an incident on a Trans-Atlantic flight
2007 Mark St. John, formerly with Kiss, dies at the age of 51 of a cerebral hemorrhage