July 12

ROCK BIRTHDAYS FOR JULY 12
Christine McVie formerly with Fleetwood Mac is 66; Walter Egan is 61; John Wetton of Uriah heep and Asia isa 60; Dan Murphy of Soul Asylum is 47; Robin Wilson of Gin Blossoms is 44;

ON THIS DATE
1983 Chris Wood formerly with Traffic dies in Birmingham, England at the age of 39
1992 Axl Rose of Guns N' Roses is arrested in New York on charges of inciting a riot during a St. Louis concert the previous year
1996 Jonathan Melvoin of the Smashing Pumpkins dies of a heroin overdose in New York City at the age of 34. Jimmy Chamberlin of the Smashing Pumpkins was with Melvoin when he died and was fired from the band
1997 Anthony Kiedis of the Red Hot Chili Peppers is seriously injured in a motorcycle accident in Los Angeles
2001 Metallica and Napster settle their copyright dispute
2005 Scott Weiland of Velvet Revolver gets a drug charge dismissed in a Pasadena, California court because he has completed a court-ordered rehab program