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Frank DiMino (ANGEL) - October 15, 1951
'Dizzy' Dean Davidson (BRITNY FOX) - October 15, 1960
Fred Turner (BACHMAN TURNER OVERDRIVE) - October 16, 1943
Tony Carey (RAINBOW, PLANET P) - October 16, 1953
Flea (RED HOT CHILI PEPPERS) - October 16, 1962
Mat Sinner (SINNER, PRIMAL FEAR) - October 16, 1963
Chad Gray (HELLYEAH, MUDVAYNE) - October 16, 1971
Casey Grillo (KAMELOT) - October 16, 1976
Michael McKean (SPINAL TAP) - October 17, 1947
Allen West (OBITUARY, SIX FEET UNDER) - October 17, 1967
Danny Lilker (S.O.D., NUCLEAR ASSAULT, ANTHRAX) - October 18, 1964

October 15, 1968: LED ZEPPELIN perform their first UK gig.
October 15, 1974: ALICE COOPER' s Greatest Hits goes gold.
October 15, 1983: ALCATRAZZ release No Parole From Rock 'N' Roll.
October 15, 1984: AC/DC release '74 Jailbreak and MANOWAR release Sign Of The Hammer.
October 15, 1985: OVERKILL release Feel The Fire.
October 15, 1988: MOTORHEAD release No Sleep At All.
October 15, 1990: LED ZEPPELIN release Remasters.
October 15, 1996: MOTLEY CRUE drummer Tommy Lee is charged with attacking a cameraman who was trying to take pictures of him and his wife Pamela Anderson Lee outside an L.A. club.
October 15, 1996: DIO releases Angry Machines, CORROSION OF CONFORMITY release Wiseblood, and MOTORHEAD release Overnight Sensation.
October 15, 2013: MONSTER MAGNET release Last Patrol.
October 15, 2021: ALCATRAZZ release V.

October 16, 1968: DEEP PURPLE perform for the first time in the U.S. at The Forum in L.A. and THE NEW YARDBIRDS play their first gig at a club in London. They later change their name to LED ZEPPELIN.
October 16, 1968: THE JIMI HENDRIX EXPERIENCE release Electric Ladyland.
October 16, 1976: THIN LIZZY release Johnny The Fox.
October 16, 1983: THIN LIZZY release Life:Live.
October 16, 1985: POSSESSED release Seven Churches.
October 16, 1997: JUDAS PRIEST release Jugulator.
October 16, 2000: VIRGIN STEELE release The House Of Atreus Act II: The Wings Of Vengeance.
October 16, 2001: OZZY OSBOURNE releases Down To Earth.
October 16, 2009: BRAINSTORM release Memorial Roots and WINGER release Karma.
October 16, 2015: SAXON release Battering Ram.
October 16, 2020: TOMMY LEE releases Andro.

October 17, 1969: LED ZEPPELIN begin their third U.S. tour at New York's Carnegie Hall.
October 17, 1973: MONTROSE release Montrose.
October 17, 1989: KISS release Hot In The Shade.
October 17, 1993: SAVATAGE guitarist Criss Oliva is killed by a drunk driver in Florida.
October 17, 1995: YNGWIE MALMSTEEN releases Magnum Opus.
October 17, 1998: AEROSMITH hold an interactive cybercast of their concert in Holmdel, NJ. Each member is equipped with a viewpoint microwave camera.
October 17, 2000: NEVERMORE release Dead Heart In A Dead World.
October 17, 2006: AEROSMITH release Devil's Got A New Disguise.
October 17, 2008: AC/DC release Black Ice.

October 18, 1966: THE JIMI HENDRIX EXPERIENCE plays their first major concert at The Olympia Theatre in Paris, France in front of over 14,000 people. The British press characterizes Hendrix as "the wild man of pop."
October 18, 1985: THE CULT release Love.
October 18, 1987: BONFIRE release Fireworks.
October 18, 1989: during a gig in L.A., GUNS N' ROSES frontman Axl Rose announces to the crowd that he is quitting the band.
October 18, 1993: CARCASS release Heartwork and IRON MAIDEN release A Real Dead One.
October 18, 1994: QUEENSRYCHE release Promised Land.
October 18, 2006: HAMMERFALL release Threshold.
October 18, 2018: R.I.P. Frank Watkins (OBITUARY).
October 18, 2019: RAY ALDER releaes What The Water Wants, MICHAEL MONROE releases One Man Gang, and SANTA CRUZ release Katharsis.

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