Kyle Dowling has written for Penthouse Magazine, Playboy Magazine, The Atlantic, The Believer, Psychology Today, Splitsider, The Smoking Jacket, and Psychology Tomorrow, among others. He is also currently a producer on a scripted series in development. Word has it that he's a musician as well.
Having just performed at the 27th annual Farm Aid benefit concert on Sept. 22, John 'Cougar' Mellencamp will have yet another reason to celebrate when he turns 61 on Oct. 7.
It was over three decades that the singer
Singer / songwriter Jackson Browne, who has sold over 17 million records in his long and storied career, turns 64 on Oct. 9. Browne began his career in New York's Greenwich Village, joining up with the Nitty Gritty Dirt Band and soon becoming a songwriter for Elektra Records' publishing company.
He successfully continued to write tunes for others while per
Van Halen's had a couple of frontmen in their day, but it's the original -- David Lee Roth -- who celebrates his 57th birthday on Oct. 10.
In the late '70s and early '80s, there was no bigger band in the world than Van Halen, and "Diamond Dave" was right at
The 13th of October marks a special day for another Van Halen frontman -- 'The Red Rocker' Sammy Hagar, who will turn 65 this year.
Hagar made his debut in the influential group Montrose before embarking on a successful solo career.
Fans were divid
Paul Simon turns 71 on Oct. 13, but the legendary Simon & Garfunkel and solo star shows absolutely no signs of slowing down.
Together, Simon & Garfunkel coined such hits as 'The Sound of Silence,' 'Scarborough Fair,' 'The Boxer,' and 'Mrs. Robinson.'
When 16-year-old Grateful Dead co-founder Bob Weir met Jerry Garcia (five years his senior) at a club in Palo Alto, CA would start the pair on a long, strange trip.
Instantly, the two took to one another and began t
It would appear rock stars know nothing about how to retire, and former (and future?) Rolling Stone Bill Wyman, who turns 76 on Oct. 24, is a prime example.
Wyman's career with the Stones starte
Get out your tube sock Halloween costumes, because Red Hot Chili Peppers and Chickenfoot drummer Chad Smith turns 51 on Oct. 25.
2012 has so far been a great year for RHCP, who were inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame back in April after a staggering 29 y
Kenneth "K.K." Downing, a founding member of heavy metal legends Judas Priest, celebrates his 61st birthday on Oct. 27.
Starting up the band in the early '70s, Downing became beloved by fans everywhere for his aggressive style of guitar playing, which for decades proved to be a unique match with the other Priest guitarist, Glenn Tipton.
The England-born Grammy winner retired from the group in 2011. While his former ba
Kevin Dubrow, frontman for Quiet Riot, would have been 57 years old this coming Oct. 29.
Dubrow joined the band in 1975 and led them for the next five years until their brief disbanding in 1980 due to the group's guitarist -- Randy Rhoads -- moving on to join Ozzy Osbourne's band.
Dubrow then reformed Quiet Riot with a
