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Biff Byford (SAXON) - January 15, 1951
Pete Trewavas (MARILLION) - January 15, 1959
Cronos (VENOM) - January 15, 1963
Chris Julke (HELIX) - January 15, 1967
Bob Kulick (KISS, W.A.S.P., ALICE COOPER) - January 16, 1950 R.I.P.
Kane Roberts (ALICE COOPER) - January 16, 1962
Fernando Von Arb (KROKUS) - January 17, 1953
Kai Hansen (GAMMA RAY, IRON SAVIOR, HELLOWEEN) - January 17, 1963

January 15, 1970: MC5 release Back In The USA.
January 15, 1991: DAVID LEE ROTH releases A Little Ain't Enough.
January 15, 1996: ACCEPT release Predator.
January 15, 2007: AL ATKINS releases Demon Deceiver.
January 15, 2016: AXEL RUDI PELL releases Game Of Sins, RHAPSODY OF FIRE release Into The Legend, and WITCHCRAFT release Nucleus.

January 16, 1972: BLUE OYSTER CULT release Blue Oyster Cult.
January 16, 1979: ACCEPT release Accept.
January 16, 2001: BLACK LABEL SOCIETY release Alcohol Fueled Brewtality.
January 16, 2015: ANGRA release Secret Garden.
January 16, 2018: R.I.P. Dave Holland (TRAPEZE, JUDAS PRIEST).

January 17, 1981: MOTLEY CRUE is formed.
January 17, 1985: IRON MAIDEN play the first of five sold out shows at Radio City Music Hall in New York City.
January 17, 2000: SENTENCED release Crimson.
January 17, 2001: METALLICA bassist Jason Newsted leaves the band.
January 17, 2001: IRON MAIDEN surprise former LED ZEPPELIN guitarist Jimmy Page with an autographed Fender guitar during a Rock In Rio press conference in Brazil.
January 17, 2002: METALLICA's James Hetfield and his wife Francesca welcome the birth of daughter Marcella Francesca Hetfield.
January 17, 2014: CHROME DIVISION release Infernal Rock Eternal, NASHVILLE PUSSY release Up The Dosage, and AXEL RUDI PELL releases Into The Storm.
January 17, 2020: BRITISH LION release The Burning and SONS OF APOLLO release MMXX.

January 18, 1974: BAD COMPANY is formed.
January 18, 1983: BLACK SABBATH release Live Evil.
January 18, 1988: AC/DC release Blow Up Your Video.
January 18, 1991: AC/DC's show in Salt Lake City, UT is catastrophic when a general admission audience of 13,000 stampede, killing three individuals.
January 18, 1994: KING'S X release Dogman.
January 18, 2011: HELIX release Smash Hits....Unplugged!
January 18, 2013: HELLOWEEN release Straight Out Of Hell.
January 18, 2019: ARCH ENEMY releae Covered in Blood, FLOTSAM AND JETSAM release The End of Chaos, and RAVEN release Screaming Murder Death from Above: Live in Aalborg.

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