Today is the birthday of Screaming Trees guitarist Gary Lee Conner. Putting their post-punk guitar noise within traditional hard-rock structure, the Screaming Trees crafted a new form of psychedelia. Instead of the long, spacey trips of the late '60s, the band took the sonic explorations of indie guitar band and used it for a mind-altering journey instead of expressions of aggression. Their late '80s releases on SST are raw, brilliant works that show the influence of the Stooges (among others). When the band signed to a major label in the early '90s, some of the rough edges in their sound were smoothed out, yet they continued to produce some fine hard rock, incorporating more traditional rock style (like the country-tinged "Double Bill") that kept the band's sound from growing stale. The group was on the Main Stage at Lollapalooza '96, and their latest album, Dust, is considered by some to be one of the year's best. It is also the birthday of Everlast (House Of Pain), Dennis Elliot (Foreigner), Juice Newton, Carl Wayne (Move).