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5/8/08

Jim Sheppard (NEVERMORE) - May 8
Marc Bolan (R.I.P.) - May 8, 1947
Alex Van Halen (VAN HALEN) - May 8, 1955
Eric Brittingham (CINDERELLA) - May 8, 1961
Edgar Riley Jr. (AXE) - May 11, 1954

May 10, 1986: MOTLEY CRUE's Tommy Lee marries actress Heather Locklear.

May 11, 1992: IRON MAIDEN release the album Fear Of The Dark, enters the UK chart at #1.

2001: L.A. veterans WARRIOR return with their first album for Nuclear Blast, The Code Of Life.
2001: DREAM THEATER's Metropolis 2000: Scenes From New York enters Billboard's Top Music Video chart at #5.
2001: AGENT STEEL officially changed their name to MASTERS OF METAL due to legal pressure from the original singer.
2001: ANTHRAX sign to Nuclear Blast for Europe.
2001: GUNS 'N ROSES cancel its pending European road trip citing illness on the part of guitarist Buckethead (aka Brian Carroll).
2001: former SKID ROW vocalist Sebastian Bach is nominated for a Broadway.com Audience Award for his role in the Broadway show Jekyll & Hyde.
2001: with a total of 18.5 million sales, KISS is ranked 90th on the RIAA's list of Top Artists Of All Time. Appearing in the top 10 are LED ZEPPELIN at #3 and AC/DC at #9.

2002: Sharon Osboune announces that The Osbournes reality TV show will return for a second seson.
2002: OZZY OSBOURNE and wife/manager Sharon are guests of Fox News' Greta Van Susteren at the White House Correspondents' Association dinner at the Washington Hilton.
2002: SAMMY HAGAR & THE WABORITAS are joined on stage at the Fillmore in San Francisco, by VAN HALEN bassist Michael Anthony, and then by METALLICA's Lars Ulrich and Kirk Hammett. The musicians perform several songs under the name HIGH MAINTENANCE.

2003: MONSTER MAGNET ink a deal with Steamhammer/SPV
2003: it is announced that OZZY OSBOURNE is leaving his record label, Sony, after 23 years.
2003: KISS and Sanctuary Records Group announce the formation of KISS Records.
2003: Doug Aldrich officially joins WHITESNAKE.
2003: a GREAT WHITE Trust Fund is set up to help the band with the legal costs in the Rhode Island fire aftermath.

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