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7/6/26

hard birthdays
Michael Shrieve (HSAS) - July 6, 1949
Jesse Harms (SAMMY HAGAR) - July 6, 1952
Graham Oliver (SAXON) - July 6, 1952
Rhino Reinhardt (IRON BUTTERFLY, CAPTAIN BEYOND) - July 7, 1948 R.I.P.
Perry Richardson (FIREHOUSE) - July 7, 1963
Jason Rullo (SYMPHONY X) - July 7, 1972
Carlos Cavazo (QUIET RIOT) - July 8, 1957
Steve Ramsey (SKYCLAD, SATAN) - July 8, 1964
Tommy Vetterli (CORONER) - July 8, 1967
George "Corpsegrinder" Fisher (CANNIBAL CORPSE, MONSTROSITY) - July 8, 1969

this day in hard history
July 6, 1980: 36 TED NUGENT fans were arrested at Hollywood, FL show for bottle throwing, pot smoking, and other offenses.
July 6, 1981: DEF LEPPARD release High 'N' Dry.
July 6, 1986: QUIET RIOT release QR III.
July 6, 1994: Brave Words & Bloody Knuckles Magazine debuts.
July 6, 1996: DANZIG splits with American Recordings.
July 6, 1996: former KINGDOM COME/WARRANT drummer James Kottak joins the SCORPIONS, replacing Herman Rarebell.
July 6, 1996: JACK RUSSELL's first solo album Shelter Me is released.
July 6, 1999: DOKKEN release The Very Best Of Dokken, GREAT WHITE release Can't Get There From Here, and RATT release Ratt.
July 6, 2007: OZZY OSBOURNE was the first star to be honored by the Birmingham, UK Broad Street Walk of Stars.
July 6, 2010: HELSTAR release Rising From The Grave.

July 7, 1977: ALICE COOPER gets the keys to Phoenix, AZ from the mayor.
July 7, 1977: RAINBOW release On Stage.
July 7, 1980: LED ZEPPELIN performs their final concert in Berlin.
July 7, 1984: HELIX' Walkin' The Razor's Edge and ICON's Icon are released.
July 7, 1986: DAVID LEE ROTH releases Eat 'Em And Smile.
July 7, 1987: FASTER PUSSYCAT release Faster Pussycat.
July 7, 1992: DREAM THEATER release Images And Words.
July 7, 1996: OZZY OSBOURNE received three Cuban cigars and a letter from David Letterman saying that he is welcome on the show anytime - that Ozzy has Carte Blanche and doesn't even have to call.
July 7, 1997: QUIET RIOT reunites with singer Kevin DuBrow, bassist Rudy Sarzo, guitarist Carlos Cavazo and drummer Frankie Banali.
July 7, 1998: RUSH drummer Neil Peart loses his wife Jacqueline due to cancer one year after losing his 19-year-old daughter in a single-car crash.
July 7, 1998: BRUCE DICKINSON tells London's Rock Radio Network the key to making his forthcoming album, A Chemical Wedding, heavy: ordinary guitars were converted to accept thin strings off the bass guitar.
July 7, 1998: STRATOVARIUS release Vision Of Europe.
July 7, 1999: Jeff Scott Soto leaves TAKARA.
July 7, 1999: the members of KISS have grown milk moustaches all in the aid of osteoporosis. Paul Stanley, Gene Simmons, Peter Criss and Ace Frehley are seen fronting the famous ad campaign for milk.
July 7, 2008: BLAZE BAYLEY releases The Man Who Would Not Die.
July 7, 2017: MR. BIG release Defying Gravity.

July 8, 1994: HELLOWEEN release Master Of The Rings with new singer Andi Deris and new drummer Uli Kusch.
July 8, 1997: EXODUS release Another Lesson In Violence (the brief return of singer Paul Baloff).
July 8, 2000: IRON MAIDEN guitarist Janick Gers is involved in a serious accident while the band perform in Mannheim. During his guitar solo, halfway through the first encore, Janick loses his footing at the front of the stage and falls more than 10 feet into the photographers pit.
July 8, 2003: DAVID LEE ROTH releases Diamond Dave.
July 8, 2009: R.I.P. Midnight from CRIMSON GLORY
July 8, 2014: JUDAS PRIEST release Redeemer Of Souls with guitarist Richie Faulkner replacing K.K. Downing, and STEEL PROPHET release Omniscient.

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