It’s June 2, and, although according to the legend of King Lizzard that he is well into four thousand years of age, King actually hits the half-century mark.
Riding in on the tail end of the Baby Boomer generation, some other notables in music that are soon to be hitting the big 50 include Madonna, Prince and Michael Jackson.
“I never expected to make it past 30. I thought I was going to be one of those rockers that lived fast, loved hard, died before 30 and became a legend. If that would have happened people could have said, ‘If only he had lived longer, he might have become a great man!’ Instead, I lived long enough to prove them wrong. If I would have known, in my twenties, that I would live this long I wouldn’t have done so fucking much drugs and alcohol. Anybody got a spare liver?”
Still awaiting surgery to correct his March accident, King will quietly celebrate with his immediate family.