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12/15/25

Carmine Appice (VANILLA FUDGE, CACTUS, BECK BOGART APPICE, ROD STEWART, BLUE MURDER, KING KOBRA) - December 15, 1946
Tim Gaines (STRYPER) - December 15, 1962
Andre Andersen (ROYAL HUNT) - December 16, 1961
Paul Rodgers (FREE, BAD COMPANY, THE FIRM, QUEEN)- December 17, 1949
Mark Simon (GRIM REAPER) - December 17, 1956

December 15, 1987: Zakk Wylde joins OZZY OSBOURNE.
December 15, 1995: SAVATAGE release Ghost In The Ruins (live) - A Tribute To Criss Oliva.
December 15, 2009: ORCHID release Through The Devil's Doorway.

December 16, 1974: MOTT THE HOOPLE split up.
December 16, 1986: GUNS N' ROSES release Live ?!*@ Like a Suicide.
December 16, 2009: HELLOWEEN release Unarmed - Best Of 25th Anniversary.
December 16, 2011: IRON MASK release Black As Death.

December 17, 1989: BRITNY FOX release Boys In Heat.
December 17, 2010: R.I.P. Don Van Vliet (CAPTAIN BEEFHEART).
December 17, 2014: ANGRA release Secret Garden.

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