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Steve Williams (BUDGIE) - September 17, 1953
Abaddon (VENOM) - September 17, 1960
Ty Tabor (KING'S X) - September 17, 1961
Tony Harnell (TNT, SKID ROW) - September 18, 1962
Joey Scott (LIZZY BORDEN) - September 18, 1962
Lita Ford - September 19, 1958
Tommy Victor (PRONG) - September 19, 1966
Tony Destra (CINDERELLA, BRITNY FOX) - September 20, 1954 R.I.P.
Nuno Bettencourt (EXTREME) - September 20, 1966
Ben Shepherd (SOUNDGARDEN) - September 20, 1968

September 17, 1931: the first 33 1/3 rpm LP's and players are introduced by RCA Victor.
September 17, 1975: SCORPIONS release In Trance.
September 17, 1979: JUDAS PRIEST release Unleashed In The East.
September 17, 1982: The PHILIP LYNOTT Album is released.
September 17, 1991: GUNS N' ROSES Use Your Illusion I and Use Your Illusion II are released at midnight - a half million copies are sold by 2am.
September 17, 1991: OZZY OSBOURNE releases No More Tears.
September 17, 1996: STEVE VAI releases Fire Garden.
September 17, 1998: JUDAS PRIEST release Meltdown.
September 17, 2002: SHADOWS FALL releases The Art Of Balance.
September 17, 2021: BRAINSTORM release Wall Of Skulls and CARCASS release Torn Arteries.

September 18, 1970: JIMI HENDRIX dies in his London apartment. The death certificate lists the cause as "inhalation of vomit due to barbituate intoxication."
September 18, 1970: BLACK SABBATH's Paranoid album is released.
September 18, 1978: KISS solo albums from Ace Frehley, Gene Simmons, Paul Stanley, and Peter Criss are released.
September 18, 1982: TWISTED SISTER release Under The Blade.
September 18, 1983: DOKKEN release Breaking The Chains and KISS release Lick It Up.
September 18, 1983: KISS appear on MTV without their makeup.
September 18, 1987: KISS release Crazy Nights.
September 18, 1991: AC/DC headline the Russian Monsters Of Rock.
September 18, 2001: ALICE COOPER releases Dragontown.
September 18, 2007: R.I.P. Pepsi Tate (TIGERTAILZ).
September 18, 2009: DANGER DANGER release Revolve, EUROPE release Last Look At Eden, LYNCH MOB release Smoke And Mirrors and SONATA ARCTICA release The Days Of Grays.
September 18, 2012: DOWN release Down IV Part I.
September 18, 2015: ANNIHILATOR release Suicide Society, OPERATION: MINDCRIME release The Key, and SEVEN WITCHES release The Way Of The Wicked.
September 18, 2020: ACE FREHLEY releases Origins Vol. 2, HEATHEN release Empire of the Blind, NAPALM DEATH release Throes Of Joy In The Jaws Of Defeatism, and RAVEN release Metal City.

September 19, 1974: BAD COMPANY's self titled album goes gold.
September 19, 1981: TRIUMPH release Allied Forces.
September 19, 1986: MEGADETH release Peace Sells... But Who's Buying?.
September 19, 1988: ANTHRAX release State Of Euphoria, BON JOVI release New Jersey, and KIX release Blow My Fuse.
September 19, 1990: OBITUARY release Cause Of Death.
September 19, 1995: DOWN release NOLA.
September 19, 2006: NAPALM DEATH release Smear Campaign.
September 19, 2011: WHITE WIZZARD release Flying Tigers.
September 19, 2014: MR. BIG release The Stories We Would Tell.

September 20, 1976: AC/DC release Dirty Deeds Done Dirt Cheap.
September 20, 1980: OZZY OSBOURNE releases Blizzard Of Ozz.
September 20, 1981: Vocalist Paul Di'Anno leaves IRON MAIDEN and replaced by Bruce Dickinson.
September 20, 1988: BULLETBOYS release their debut album.
September 20, 2004: SAXON release Lionheart.
September 20, 2005: MOTORHEAD release BBC Live & In-Session.
September 20, 2011: METALLICA release Six Feet Down Under (EP).
September 20, 2013: HIRAX release Immortal Legacy.
September 20, 2019: KOBRA AND THE LOTUS release Evolution and MICHAEL SCHENKER FEST release Revelation.

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