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Tommy Lee (MOTLEY CRUE) - October 3, 1962
Frank Hannon (TESLA) - October 3, 1966
Tommy Gottlich (GRAVE DIGGER) - October 3, 1967
Gil Moore (TRIUMPH) - October 4, 1953
Alex Holzwarth (RHAPSODY OF FIRE, SERIOUS BLACK) - October 4, 1968
Frank Ulrich (GRAVE DIGGER) - October 4, 1967

October 1, 1970: JIMI HENDRIX is buried in his hometown of Seattle, WA.
October 1, 1977: THE RUNAWAYS release Waitin' For The Night.
October 1, 1984: JOAN JETT AND THE BLACKHEARTS release Glorious Results Of A Misspent Youth.
October 1, 1985: HELLOWEEN release Walls Of Jericho and RAZOR release Evil Invaders .
October 1, 1990: IRON MAIDEN's No Prayer For The Dying album is released.
October 1, 1991: MOTLEY CRUE release Decade Of Decadence 81-91.
October 1, 1994: ACCEPT release Death Row.
October 1, 1996: WARRANT release Belly To Belly.
October 1, 1999: JIZZY PEARL releases his first book, I Got More Crickets Than Friends.
October 1, 2001: the OzzFest '99 tour movie, We Sold Our Souls For Rock 'N' Roll, has a free screening at the Hard Rock Cafe in Manchester, England.
October 1, 2001: MOTORHEAD film an episode of The Drew Carey Show and perform a version of 'Stagefright'.
October 1, 2010: GRAVE DIGGER release The Clans Will Rise Again.
October 1, 2021: KK'S PRIEST release Sermons Of The Sinner, KRYPTOS release Force Of Danger, and MINISTRY release Moral Hygiene.

October 2, 1977: KISS bassist GENE SIMMONS receives a platinum record for his solo LP, one of four released concurrently by the members of KISS. Simmons' charts the highest getting up to #22.
October 2, 1982: ACCEPT release Restless And Wild.
October 2, 1984: BATHORY release Bathory.
October 2, 1995: IRON MAIDEN release The X-Factor.
October 2, 1996: ARCH ENEMY release Black Earth.
October 2, 2000: METALLICA's Bay Area Thrashers album is re-issued on 220 gram picture disc LP.
October 2, 2007: Longtime west coast rock radio and HardRadio veteran Tawn Mastrey passes away at age 53.
October 2, 2015: QUEENSRYCHE release Condition Human, SATAN release Atom By Atom, and W.A.S.P. release Golgotha.

October 3, 1980: AEROSMITH release Greatest Hits and DIAMOND HEAD release Lightning To The Nations.
October 3, 1990: BLIND GUARDIAN release Tales From The Twilight World.
October 3, 1994: TWISTED SISTER release Live At Hammersmith.

October 4, 1974: THIN LIZZY play their first date with the twin guitar line-up of Scott Gorham and Brian Robertson in Wales.
October 4, 1986: VAN HALEN's 'Love Walks In' peaks at #22 on the Billboard singles chart.
October 4, 1991: SAVATAGE release Streets: A Rock Opera.
October 4, 1993: IRON MAIDEN release the single for 'Hallowed Be Thy Name'.
October 4, 1994: DREAM THEATER release Awake.
October 4, 1996: VAN HALEN announces that former EXTREME lead singer Gary Cherone replaces Sammy Hagar as lead singer.
October 4, 1996: DIO releases Angry Machines.
October 4, 2005: EXODUS release Shovel Headed Kill Machine and SOULFLY release Dark Ages.
October 4, 2013: RUNNING WILD release Resilient.
October 4, 2019: THE DARKNESS release Easter Is Cancelled and HELLOWEEN release United Alive.

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