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Jeff Olson (TROUBLE) - July 14, 1962
Joe Satriani - July 15, 1956
Bobby Gustafson (OVERKILL) - July 15, 1965
Jason Bonham (AIRRACE, BONHAM, UFO, BLACK COUNTRY COMMUNION, CALIFORNIA BREED, LED ZEPPELIN EXPERIENCE, SAMMY HAGAR AND THE CIRCLE) - July 15, 1966
Carlo Regadas (CARCASS, BLACKSTAR) - July 15, 1974
Alan Fitzgerald (NIGHT RANGER, SAMMY HAGAR, MONTROSE, GAMMA) - July 16, 1949

July 14, 1992: DANZIG release III: How The Gods Kill and MEGADETH release Countdown To Extinction.
July 14, 1995: TYPE O NEGATIVE frontman Pete Steele is voted one of the ten sexiest men in rock by Playgirl Magazine and appears on the cover and in the centrefold for the August 1995 'Rock-Stravaganza' issue.
July 14, 1997: ROB HALFORD begins work with producer/NINE INCH NAILS mainman Trent Reznor on his industrial project TWO.
July 14, 1997: MOTLEY CRUE's Generation Swine debuts at #4 on the Billboard top 200 with first-week sales of over 80,000 copies.
July 14, 1997: Slash states that the reason he split with Axl and GUNS N' ROSES is that the pair didn't agree on the musical direction of the band.
July 14, 1998: RATT signs with Sony.
July 14, 1999: Original MEGADETH drummer Gar Samuelson dies at his home in Orange City, Florida.
July 14, 2017: KISSIN' DYNAMITE release Generation Goodbye.

July 15, 1973: GRAND FUNK RAILROAD release We're An American Band.
July 15, 1987: TROUBLE release Run To The Light.
July 15, 1994: OVERKILL release W.F.O.
July 15, 1998: SENTENCED release Frozen
July 15, 2007: R.I.P. Kelly Johnson (GIRLSCHOOL).
July 15, 2011: MANILLA ROAD release Playground Of The Damned.
July 15, 2022: JACK STARR'S BURNING STARR release Souls of the Innocent and SINNER release Brotherhood.

July 16, 1966: CREAM are formed.
July 16, 1984: YNGWIE MALMSTEEN leaves ALCATRAZZ.
July 16, 1990: IAN GILLAN releases Naked Thunder.
July 16, 1996: The temporarily reformed VAN HALEN with David Lee Roth hit the studio to record some new tracks for an upcoming greatest hits package.
July 16, 2001: JUDAS PRIEST release Demolition
July 16, 2012: R.I.P. Jon Lord (DEEP PURPLE, WHITESNAKE)
July 16, 2013: TROUBLE release The Distortion Field.
July 16, 2014: R.I.P. Johnny Winter.

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