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Michael Bruce (ALICE COOPER) - March 16, 1948
Ritchie Teeter (DICTATORS, TWISTED SISTER) - March 16, 1951 R.I.P.
Jimmy DeGrasso (Y&T, MEGADETH, DOKKEN, ALICE COOPER, BLACK STAR RIDERS) - March 16, 1963
Wolfgang Van Halen (VAN HALEN) - March 16, 1991
Scott Gorham (THIN LIZZY, BLACK STAR RIDERS) - March 17, 1951
Jizzy Pearl (LOVE/HATE, L.A. GUNS, QUIET RIOT) - March 17, 1958
Paul Black (L.A. GUNS) - March 17, 1959
Janet Gardner (VIXEN) - March 17, 1962
Roxy Petrucci (VIXEN) - March 17, 1962
Bernie Torme' (OZZY OSBOURNE, GILLAN, DESPERADO) - March 18, 1952 R.I.P.
Jeff LeBar (CINDERELLA) - March 18, 1963 R.I.P.
Jason McMaster (WATCHTOWER, DANGEROUS TOYS, BROKEN TEETH, IGNITOR) - March 18, 1965
Jerry Cantrell (ALICE IN CHAINS) - March 18, 1966
Jon Levin (WARLOCK, DORO, DOKKEN) - March 18, 1966

March 16, 1979: TWISTED SISTER is the first to headline and sell out New York City's 3,000 seat Palladium without a record or record deal.
March 16, 1981: ACCEPT release Breaker.
March 16, 2015: R.I.P. FREE bassist Andy Fraser.
March 16, 2018: LITTLE CAESAR release Eight.

March 17, 1979: BAD COMPANY release Desolation Angels.
March 17, 1990: OZZY OSBOURNE releases Just Say Ozzy.
March 17, 1992: TWISTED SISTER release Big Hits And Nasty Cuts.
March 17, 1998: VAN HALEN release Van Halen 3 with lead singer Gary Cherone.
March 17, 1999: MOTLEY CRUE's Vince Neil fights with Tommy Lee leading to the drummer getting his own tour bus for the rest of the current tour.
March 17, 2014: GUS G releases I Am The Fire.
March 17, 2019: R.I.P. Bernie Torme' (OZZY OSBOURNE, GILLAN, DESPERADO).

March 18, 1974: RUSH release Rush.
March 18, 1981: IRON MAIDEN's Killers world tour opens.
March 18, 1982: RANDY RHOADS' final performance at the Knoxville Civic Coliseum in Knoxville, Tennessee.
March 18, 1997: AEROSMITH release Nine Lives and AUTOGRAPH release Missing Pieces.
March 18, 2000: AC/DC perform on Saturday Night Live.
March 18, 2011: TOKYO BLADE release Thousand Men Strong and U.D.O. release Rev Raptor.
March 18, 2016: BLAZE BAYLEY releases Infinite Entanglement, MOB RULES release Tales From Beyond, and SPIRITUAL BEGGARS release Sunrise To Sundown.

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