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Alice Cooper - February 4, 1948
Tommy Skeoch (TESLA) - February 5
Duff McKagan (VELVET REVOLVER/ex- GUNS N' ROSES) - February 5, 1964
Ralf Scheepers (PRIMAL FEAR) - February 5, 1965

February 3, 1959: BUDDY HOLLY, BIG BOPPER and RITCHIE VALENS are killed in a plane crash.
February 3, 1978: VAN HALEN signs with Warner Bros.
February 3, 2000: DREAM THEATER's concert at the Palace Theater in L.A. is shut down by the fire marshalls an hour into the band's performance. Apparently, the Palace Theater had over-sold the venue and the fire marshalls insisted that the show would be stopped. The band, however, refused to leave the stage and continued to do 'The Spirit Carries On', with Mike Portnoy and the audience singing. They continued to play as the electricity on stage was cut off, and the police squad was brought in to force the audience out of the venue.
February 3, 2002: ZAKK WYLDE plays the National Anthem at the LA Kings game
February 3, 1998: SLAUGHTER guitarist Tim Kelly dies from injuries suffered in a collision on State Route 96 in Arizona. Kelly was 34.
February 3, 2004: the long-running RATT/ Stephen Pearcy litigation came to a merciful closure on this day in 2004. A United States judge orders that WBS Inc.'s motion for summary judgment be denied. WBS is the corporation name for band members Warren DeMartini (guitar), Bobby Blotzer (drums) and Stephen Pearcy (vocals) and was at the center of all the litigation.

February 4, 2000: DREAM THEATER's concert at the Palace Theater in L.A. is shut down by the fire marshalls an hour into the band's performance.
February 4, 2002: ZAKK WYLDE plays the National Anthem at the LA Kings game.

February 5, 1998: SLAUGHTER guitarist Tim Kelly dies from injuries suffered in a collision on State Route 96 in Arizona. Kelly was 34.

1996: OZZY OSBOURNE loses bassist Geezer Butler again due to weariness from the road. Butler is replaced by ALICE IN CHAIN's Michael Inez.
1996: JUDAS PRIEST rejoin forces with drummer Scott Travis.
1996: YNGWIE MALMSTEEN's cover-tune opus, Inspiration, is rereleased in Europe with a special bonus CD - Malmsteen's management buys up the entire run of 4,000 units for Sweden only.
1996: DEE SNIDER releases Twisted Forever, a live CD from one of the shows with his Twisted Sister tribute project, Dee Snider's S.M.F.'s.

1997: GUNS N' ROSES leader Axl Rose buys the rights to the name "Guns N' Roses, and can put out any music he wants under that moniker, played by anyone he chooses," according to (ex) G'NR guitarist Slash.

1998: ROB HALFORD discusses his sexuality for the first time. "I think that most people know that I've been a gay man all of my life, and that it's only been in recent times that it's an issue that I feel comfortable to address and an issue that has been with me ever since recognizing my own sexuality," Halford told MTV News.
1998: OZZY OSBOURNE tours Australia and announces that guitarist Zakk Wylde has returned to the line up.
1998: YNGWIE JOHANN MALMSTEEN's Concerto Suite For Electric Guitar And Orchestra In E Flat Minor Op. 1 ì- Millennium is released in Japan.

1999: OZZY OSBOURNE teams up with Spawn creator Todd McFarlane to unveil a new action figure in the metal godfather's image.

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