Jack Russell

We're rockin' around the Christmas tree and into a long list of rock stars who are celebrating their birthdays this month.

Happy Birthday today (Dec. 5) to rocker Jack Russell of Great White. The singer is 57. Also celebrating is Slash bassist Todd Kerns (50) and former Yngwie Malmsteen singer Mark Boals (59).

Jack Russell's Great White play a couple of New York area shows this week. The band plays Venu in Buffalo Thursday, May 12 (tonight) and The Chance in Poughkeepsie on Friday, May 13.

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It was one of the greatest concert tragedies in U.S. history, but this May there will be a new memorial erected for those lost in The Station club fire of 2003.

Happy Birthday today (Dec. 5) to rocker Jack Russell of Great White. The singer is 56. Also celebrating is Slash bassist Todd Kerns (49) and former Yngwie Malmsteen singer Mark Boals (58).

Happy Birthday today (Dec. 5) to rocker Jack Russell of Great White. The singer is 55. Since 2012, Russell has continued to tour under the name Jack Russell’s Great White.

Happy Birthday today (December 5th) to rocker Jack Russell of Great White. The singer is 54. Since 2012, Russell has continued to tour under Jack Russell's Great White.

Well, maybe not quite zero people...but when only about 40 fans bother to see you perform in an arena that holds about 8,500, then it might as well be zero. It was 80's Night at The Sun National Bank Center the other night, after the Trenton Freedom of the Indoor Football League wrapped up their game against Columbus...

MTV-anointed success followed more than a decade of club gigs and financial frustration.