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6/25/26

Ian Paice (DEEP PURPLE) - June 29, 1948
Don Dokken (DOKKEN) - June 29, 1953
Rob Rock (ROB ROCK, IMPELLITTERI, DRIVER) - June 29, 1959
Andy Scott (SWEET) - June 30, 1949
Brian Vollmer (HELIX) - June 30, 1955
Doug Sampson (IRON MAIDEN) - June 30, 1957
Russ "Dwarf" Graham (KILLER DWARFS) - June 30, 1960
Yngwie Malmsteen - June 30, 1963
Phil Anselmo (PANTERA, DOWN, SUPERJOINT RITUAL) - June 30, 1968
Vito Bratta (WHITE LION) - July 1, 1961
Roddy Bottum (FAITH NO MORE) - July 1, 1963
Rick Hunolt (EXODUS) - July 1, 1963
Dhani Mansworth (THE TREATMENT) - July 1, 1993

June 29, 1969: the JIMI HENDRIX EXPERIENCE play it's last concert together on the final day of the three-day Denver Pop Festival, from the stage Hendrix made the infamous announcement: "This is the last gig we'll be playing together".
June 29, 1974: Neil Peart joins RUSH.
June 29, 1982: IRON MAIDEN perform their first headline show in the U.S. New York's Palladium is sold out.
June 29, 1987: GREAT WHITE release Once Bitten.
June 29, 1988: VOIVOD release Dimension Hatross.
June 29, 1991: BATHORY release Twilight Of The Gods.
June 29, 1992: IRON MAIDEN's 'From Here To Eternity' single is released.
June 29, 1994: WIDOWMAKER release Stand By for Pain.
June 29, 1999: IN FLAMES release Colony, MERCYFUL FATE release 9, MOTLEY CRUE release Supersonic And Demonic Relics, and SLAUGHTER release Back To Reality.
June 29, 2004: RUSH release Feedback.
June 29, 2018: CRYSTAL VIPER release At the Edge of Time (EP) and FATES WARNING release Live Over Europe.
June 29, 2021: R.I.P. John Lawton (URIAH HEEP, LUCIFER'S FRIEND).

June 30, 1973: Ian Gillan leaves DEEP PURPLE.
June 30, 1977: KISS' Love Gun ships platinum on the same day as the Marvel Comics KISS Special.
June 30, 1980: GIRLSCHOOL release Demolition and KROKUS release Metal Rendezvous.
June 30, 1986: SAVATAGE release Fight For The Rock.
June 30, 1990: BIOHAZARD release Biohazard.
June 30, 1992: BLIND GUARDIAN release Somewhere Far Beyond, KYUSS release Blues For The Red Sun, and SUICIDAL TENDENCIES release The Art Of Rebellion.
June 30, 1997: IRON SAVIOR release Iron Savior.
June 30, 2023: RAVEN release All Hell's Breaking Loose and VIRGIN STEELE release The Passion Of Dionysus.

July 1, 1970: CACTUS release Cactus.
July 1, 1981: BITCH release Be My Slave and MANOWAR release Into Glory Ride.
July 1, 1981: R.I.P. Rushton Moreve (STEPPENWOLF).
July 1, 1983: BITCH release Be My Slave and MANOWAR release Into Glory Ride.
July 1, 1984: LOUDNESS release Disillusion and SODOM release In The Sign Of Evil (EP).
July 1, 1985: LIZZY BORDEN releases Love You To Pieces.
July 1, 2008: R.I.P. Mel Galley (TRAPEZE, WHITESNAKE).
July 1, 2016: FATES WARNING releases Theories of Flight and WOLF HOFFMAN releases Headbangers Symphony.

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