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.
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Kenny Jones – September 2012 Classic Rock Birthdays
Kenny Jones -- the famed drummer of the Small Faces, the Faces and one-time replacement for the Who's Keith Moon -- turns 64 on Sept. 16.
Jones began his illustrious career as one of the founding members of the Small Faces back in 1965, and stayed with them through the 1969 lineup change that turned them into the Faces...
Ron Blair – September 2012 Classic Rock Birthdays
Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers bassist Ron Blair turns 64 on Sept. 16. He joined the Heartbreakers in 1976, and played on their first four albums, through the early successes of 'American Girl' and 'Breakdown.'
Dee Dee Ramone – September 2012 Classic Rock Birthdays
The Ramones influence on future punk rock generations will surely never ebb. At the forefront of that movement was Dee Dee Ramone -- the bassist, songwriter and founding member of the group. This coming Sept. 18, Ramone would have been 61...
Chuck Panozzo + John Panozzo – September 2012 Classic Rock Birthdays
Sept. 20 will most likely be a somewhat bittersweet 64th birthday for Styx founder and bassist, Chuck Panozzo. That's because it also marks the birth of his fraternal twin brother and former bandmate, John Panozzo, who passed away back in 1996...
Don Felder – September 2012 Classic Rock Birthdays
The Eagles have always been admired in music, and much of the reason has to do with the unique sound and guitar style of musician / songwriter Don Felder, who turns 65 on Sept. 21.
Before joining the band in what would be their most successful years, Felder got his start in the Continentals, which also featured Stephen Stills...
David Coverdale – September 2012 Classic Rock Birthdays
David Coverdale, current Whitesnake and former Deep Purple singer, turns 61 this coming Sept. 22.
With a career that spans nearly four decades, Coverdale first found his fame as Deep Purple's third lead singer in 1973. With him at the wheel, the band continued to be one of the most popular of their time...
Joan Jett – September 2012 Classic Rock Birthdays
The Queen of Rock 'N' Roll and frontwoman of The Runaways -- Joan Jett -- will celebrate her 54th birthday on Saturday, Sept. 22.
Jett started the band at the early age of 15. Just one year later the group released their first album, which featured the underground punk hit, 'Cherry Bomb...
Bruce Springsteen – September 2012 Classic Rock Birthdays
The iconic Jersey boy -- Bruce Springsteen -- is set to turn 63 on Sept. 23. It's not easy to believe that in two years "the Boss" will officially become a senior citizen. Then again, it's not like he's slowing down.
Springsteen received his first guitar at the age of 13 and it seems he's never stopped strumming...
Randy Bachman – September 2012 Classic Rock Birthdays
Randy Bachman -- guitarist, songwriter and founding member of The Guess Who and Bachman-Turner Overdrive -- celebrates his 69th birthday on Sept. 27.
Bachman started playing guitar at age 15, and just two years later founded the legendary Guess Who...
Meat Loaf – September 2012 Classic Rock Birthdays
Rare is it that someone's able to attain any level of fame while being named after a dinner dish, but somehow, Meat Loaf, who turns 65 on Sept. 27, was able to do it. Of course, it didn't hurt that he has an incredible voice.
Over the years, the singer born Marvin Lee Aday transfixed us with a unique repertoire of epic songs including 'I'd Do Anything For Love,' 'Paradise By The Dashboard Light,'