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8/24/26

Ken Hensley (URIAH HEEP) - August 24, 1945 R.I.P.
John Bush (ARMORED SAINT, ANTHRAX) - August 24, 1963
Andreas Kisser (SEPULTURA) - August 24, 1968
Gene Simmons (KISS) - August 25, 1949
Rob Halford (JUDAS PRIEST, TWO, HALFORD) - August 25, 1951
Vivian Campbell (SWEET SAVAGE, DIO, WHITESNAKE, DEF LEPPARD, LAST IN LINE) - August 25, 1962
Nigel Durham (SAXON) - August 25, 1965
Derek Sherinian (DREAM THEATER, BLACK COUNTRY COMMUNION, ALICE COOPER, KISS, YNGWIE MALMSTEEN, BLACK LABEL SOCIETY) - August 25, 1966
David Kinkade (SOULFLY, ARSIS) - August 25, 1983
Philip Shouse (ACCEPT, ACE FREHLEY BAND) - August 26, 1975

August 24, 1968: JEFF BECK GROUP release Truth.
August 24, 1989: ICON release Right Between the Eyes.
August 24, 1990: JUDAS PRIEST are exonerated from musically causing two suicides.
August 24, 1993: ANNIHILATOR release Set The World On Fire.
August 24, 2005: SONATA ARCTICA release The End Of This Chapter.
August 24, 2010: HELMET release Seeing Eye Dog, SHADOWS FALL release Live In The Philippines, and THE SWORD release Warp Riders.
August 24, 2012: GRAVE DIGGER release Clash of the Gods.
August 24, 2018: MOB RULES release Beast Reborn.

August 25, 1982: ALICE COOPER releases Zipper Catches Skin.
August 25, 1987: AEROSMITH release Permanent Vacation.
August 25, 1992: WARRANT releases Dog Eat Dog.
August 25, 1994: Robert Plant and Jimmy Page reunite in a London studio to record Unledded, their MTV Unplugged set.
August 25, 1997: GAMMA RAY release Somewhere Out In Space.
August 25, 1998: ROB ZOMBIE releases Hellbilly Deluxe.
August 25, 2014: WOLF release Devil Seed.
August 25, 2020: R.I.P. Gerry McGhee (BRIGHTON ROCK).
August 25, 2023: ALICE COOPER releases Road, HURRICANE release Reconnected, and U.D.O. release Touchdown.

August 26, 1967: JIMI HENDRIX releases 'Purple Haze'
August 26, 1970: JIMI HENDRIX performs his last concert on the Isle Of Wight.
August 26, 1976: AEROSMITH hits the cover of Rolling Stone.
August 26, 2005: R.I.P. Denis "Piggy" D'Amour (VOIVOD).
August 26, 2008: MOTORHEAD release Motorizer.
August 26, 2016: HELSTAR release Vampiro, KISS release KISS Rocks Vegas DVD, RUNNING WILD release Rapid Foray, SODOM release Decision Day, MICHAEL SWEET releases One Sided War, and VICIOUS RUMORS release Concussion Protoco.
August 26, 2022: GRAVE DIGGER release Symbol of Eternity and SANTA CRUZ release The Return of the Kings.

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