Let's make this birthday one to remember.

80 years old (Born on September 10, 1944)

Happy birthday to the legendary Art Tripp, master of percussion chaos and beat wizard for Mothers of Invention! Seriously—anyone who can keep tempo with Frank Zappa deserves lifelong celebration. From mind-bending drum solos that defied musical gravity to rhythmic textures as wild as your hairstyle back in the day, you made musical mischief an art form.

Today we honor a drummer whose grooves never skipped a beat (well okay, unless intentionally)—a performer eternally young at heart because nobody keeps better time than someone who's jammed under psychedelic lights. Stay timelessly awesome, Art; may every year rock harder!