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5/8/25
Happy MOTORHEAD day

Robert Johnson - May 8, 1911 R.I.P.
Alex Van Halen (VAN HALEN) - May 8, 1953
Eric Brittingham (CINDERELLA) - May 8, 1960
Jim Sheppard (SANCTUARY, NEVERMORE) - May 8, 1961
Pepper Keenan (CORROSION OF CONFORMITY, DOWN) - May 8, 1967
Candice Night (BLACKMORE'S NIGHT) - May 8, 1971
Rhino Edwards (STATUS QUO) - May 9, 1953
Danny Carey (TOOL) - May 10, 1961
Edgar Riley Jr. (AXE) - May 11, 1954

May 8, 1980: MOTORHEAD release The Golden Years Live.
May 8, 1990: BRUCE DICKINSON releases Tattooed Millionaire.
May 8, 2006: BEYOND FEAR release Beyond Fear.
May 8, 2012: JOHN 5 releases God Told Me To.
May 8, 2020: DESTRUCTION release Born to Thrash - Live in Germany.

May 9, 1975: BACHMAN-TURNER OVERDRIVE release Four Wheel Drive.
May 9, 1995: CLUTCH release Clutch and MORBID ANGEL release Domination.
May 9, 2013: IRON MAIDEN introduce Trooper Beer.
May 9, 2020: R.I.P. Little Richard.

May 10, 1974: LED ZEPPELIN launch record label Swan Song Inc.
May 10, 1984: TWISTED SISTER release Stay Hungry.
May 10, 1986: MOTLEY CRUE's Tommy Lee marries actress Heather Locklear.
May 10, 1990: STEELHEART release Steelheart.
May 10, 2005: R.I.P. David Wayne (METAL CHURCH, REVEREND, WAYNE)
May 10, 2011: ANVIL release Juggernaut of Justice.
May 10, 2016: FEMME FATALE release One More for the Road.
May 10, 2017: MARK SLAUGHTER releases Halfway There.
May 10, 2019: WHITESNAKE release Flesh & Blood.

May 11, 1987: BATHORY release Under The Sign Of The Black Mark.
May 11, 1989: ACCEPT release Eat The Heat with singer David Reece and BADLANDS release Badlands.
May 11, 1992: IRON MAIDEN release the album Fear Of The Dark entering the UK chart at #1.
May 11, 1993: DANZIG release Thrall-Demonsweatlive.
May 11, 2003: R.I.P. JIMI HENDRIX EXPERIENCE bassist Noel Redding.
May 11, 2004: JUDAS PRIEST release Metalogy.
May 11, 2008: R.I.P. John Rutsey (RUSH).
May 11, 2018: JIZZY PEARL releases All You Need Is Soul and LORDS OF BLACK release Icons of the New Days.

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