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Piggy (VOIVOD) - September 24, 1959 R.I.P.
Helge Engelke (FAIR WARNING) - September 24, 1961 R.I.P.
Sean McNabb (DOKKEN, GREAT WHITE, QUIET RIOT) - September 24, 1965
Steve Blaze (LILLIAN AXE) - September 25, 1961
Chris Impellitteri (IMPELLITTERI, ANIMETAL USA) - September 25, 1964
Ron "Bumblefoot" Thal (GUNS N' ROSES) - September 25, 1969
Lorraine Lewis (FEMME FATALE) - September 26, 1958
Al Pitrelli (ALICE COOPER, VERTEX, SAVATAGE, MEGADETH, TRANS-SIBERIAN ORCHESTRA) - September 26, 1962
Kosta Zafiriou (PINK CREAM 69) - September 26, 1966
James Michael (SIXX:A.M.) - September 26, 1968
Randy Bachman (BACHMAN TURNER OVERDRIVE, GUESS WHO) - September 27, 1943

September 24, 1975: RUSH release Caress of Steel .
September 24, 1990: MEGADETH release Rust In Peace.
September 24, 1991: PRONG release Prove You Wrong and NIRVANA release Nevermind.
September 24, 1993: former GUNS N' ROSES drummer Steven Adler reaches a $2.5 million dollar settlement with GN'R after they threw him out due to his heroin habit.
September 24, 1993: LED ZEPPELIN release The Complete Studio Recordings.
September 24, 2002: BLUE OYSTER CULT release A Long Day's Night.
September 24, 2007: ARCH ENEMY release Rise Of The Tyrant and DOWN release DOWN III: Over The Under.
September 24, 2010: CIRCLE II CIRCLE release Consequence Of Power and EXCITER release Death Machine.
September 24, 2012: STEVE HARRIS' British Lion is released and TYGERS OF PAN TANG release Ambush.
September 24, 2013: DREAM THEATER release Dream Theater, MEGADETH release Countdown To Extinction: Live, and METALLICA release Through The Never.
September 24, 2021: DORO releases Triumph And Agony Live and URIAH HEEP release Choices.

September 25, 1972: BLACK SABBATH release Vol. 4.
September 25, 1976: BLACK SABBATH release their Technical Ecstasy album.
September 25, 1980: R.I.P. John Bonham of LED ZEPPELIN.
September 25, 1981: SAXON release Denim And Leather.
September 25, 1985: TRIUMPH release Stages.
September 25, 1995: IRON MAIDEN release the single for 'Man On The Edge'.
September 25, 1997: THE JASON BONHAM BAND kicks off a tour at The House Of Blues in Los Angeles in support of his Zep tribute, In The Name Of My Father - The Zepset.
September 25, 1998: DEEP PURPLE headlined a special date at the Royal Albert Hall with The London Symphony Orchestra.
September 25, 2000: DAVID COVERDALE releases Into The Light.
September 25, 2001: SAXON release Killing Ground.
September 25, 2006: RHAPSODY OF FIRE release Triumph Or Agony.
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September 25, 2009: DESTRUCTION release The Curse Of The Antichrist, IMMORTAL release All Shall Fall and PARADISE LOST release Faith Divides Us - Death Unites Us.
September 25, 2015: A SOUND OF THUNDER release Tales From The Deadside.

September 26, 1983: MOTLEY CRUE release Shout At The Devil.
September 26, 1995: AC/DC release BallBreaker.
September 26, 1998: the Philips Monsters of Rock festival takes place in Brazil with SLAYER, MEGADETH, MANOWAR, DREAM THEATER, SAVATAGE, SAXON, GLENN HUGHES and more.
September 26, 1999: DEEP PURPLE play a one off show with the London Symphony Orchestra at Londons Royal Albert Hall.
September 26, 2000: CORROSION OF CONFORMITY release America's Volume Dealer and SOULFLY release Primitive.
September 26, 2011: AXEL RUDI PELL releases The Ballads IV.
September 26, 2021: CHRIS HOLMES releases Unbearable Influence.

September 27, 1971: BLACK SABBATH's Masters Of Reality album is certified gold.
September 27, 1984: Bruce Kulick performs his first concert with KISS.
September 27, 1986: METALLICA's Cliff Burton is killed when the band's tour bus crashes in Ljungby, Sweden during the Master Of Puppets European tour.
September 27, 1994: CORROSION OF CONFORMITY release Deliverance and SLAYER release Divine Intervention.
September 27, 2010: HALFORD releases Halford IV: Made Of Metal.
September 27, 2011: SEBASTIAN BACH releases Kicking & Screaming and WARBRINGER release Worlds Torn Asunder.
September 27, 2019: HELLYEAH release Welcome Home.

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