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Brian Connolly (SWEET) - October 5, 1945 R.I.P.
Brian Johnson (GEORDIE, AC/DC) - October 5, 1947
Fast Eddie Clarke (MOTORHEAD, FASTWAY) - October 5, 1950 R.I.P.
Troy Luccketta (TESLA) - October 5, 1959
Ronnie Le Tekro (TNT) - October 5, 1963
Kenny Powell (OMEN) - October 5
Robert Sarzo (HURRICANE, OPERATION: MINDCRIME) - October 6, 1958
Tommy Stinson (GUNS N' ROSES) - October 6, 1966
Marc Storace (KROKUS) - October 7, 1951
Tico Torres (BON JOVI) - October 7, 1953

October 5, 1970: LED ZEPPELIN releases III.
October 5, 1979: RIOT release Narita.
October 5, 1981: SAXON release Denim And Leather.
October 5, 1985: IRON MAIDEN release the single for 'Running Free Live'.
October 5, 1990: DEEP PURPLE release Slaves And Masters.
October 5, 1991: GUNS N' ROSES' Use Your Illusion II and Use Your Illusion I debut on the Billboard chart at #1 and #2 respectively.
October 5, 1993: DEF LEPPARD release Retro Active.
October 5, 2004: DREAM THEATER release Live At Budokan.
October 5, 2010: R.I.P. Steve Lee (GOTTHARD).
October 5, 2010: JOE SATRIANI releases Black Swans And Wormhole Wizards.

October 6, 1979: VAN HALEN's Beautiful Girls peaks at #84 on the Billboard singles chart.
October 6, 1986: METAL CHURCH release The Dark.
October 6, 1996: MOTLEY CRUE drummer TOMMY LEE is charged with attacking a cameraman who was trying to take pictures of Lee and his wife Pamela Anderson outside a club in L.A.
October 6, 1998: SEPULTURA release Against.
October 6, 2009: HIRAX release El Rostro De La Muerte and KISS release Sonic Boom.
October 6, 2014: SANCTUARY release The Year The Sun Died.
October 6, 2017: AUTOGRAPH release Get Off Your Ass and THE DARKNESS release Pinewood Smile.
October 6, 2020: R.I.P. Eddie Van Halen.

October 7, 1982: LED ZEPPELIN guitarist Jimmy Page receives a 12 month conditional discharge after being found guilty of cocaine possession.
October 7, 1986: SLAYER release Reign In Blood.
October 7, 1987: EXODUS release Pleasures Of The Flesh.
October 7, 1993: METAL CHURCH release Hanging In The Balance.
October 7, 2003: LIVING COLOUR release Collideoscope.
October 7, 2014: RIGOR MORTIS release Slaves To The Grave, SIXX:A.M. release Modern Vintage and TEXAS HIPPIE COALITON release Ride On.
October 7, 2016: SONATA ARCTICA release The Ninth Hour and WATCHTOWER release Concepts of Math: Book One (EP).

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