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Steve Riley (KEEL, W.A.S.P., L.A. GUNS) - January 22, 1956 R.I.P.
Steven Adler (GUNS N' ROSES, ADLER'S APPETITE, ADLER) - January 22, 1965
Orianthi Panagaris (MICHAEL JACKSON, ALICE COOPER) - January 22, 1985
Fritz Hinz (HELIX) - January 23, 1960 R.I.P.
Kirk Arrington (METAL CHURCH) - January 23, 1962 R.I.P.
Nigel Glockler (SAXON) - January 24, 1953
Stumpy (ex-ALMIGHTY) - January 24, 1967
John Myung (DREAM THEATER) - January 24, 1967
Michael Kiske (GAMMA RAY, HELLOWEEN, UNISONIC) - January 24, 1968
Ricardo Confessori (ANGRA) - January 25, 1969

January 22, 1989: KISS' Gene Simmons and former Playboy model Shannon Tweed have a son.
January 22, 1990: GUNS N' ROSES guitarist Slash swore numerous times on live television while accepting an American Music Award. Viewers swamped the ABC-TV switchboard with irate calls and the network apologized.
January 22, 1994: Former RIOT lead singer Rhett Forrester dies in Atlanta as the victim of a carjacking.
January 22, 2007: DESTRUCTION release Thrash Anthems.
January 22, 2016: MEGADETH release Dystopia.

January 23, 1981: JOAN JETT releases Bad Reputation.
January 23, 2009: NAPALM DEATH release Time Waits For No Slave and SEPULTURA release A-Lex.
January 23, 2016: R.I.P. Jimmy Bain (RAINBOW, THIN LIZZY, GARY MOORE, DIO, LAST IN LINE)

January 24, 1976: the live version of KISS' 'Rock & Roll All Nite' (from Alive I), peaks at #12 on the chart.
January 24, 1981: AEROSMITH's Steven Tyler is hospitalized after being involved in an accident on his motorcycle.
January 24, 1989: DARK ANGEL release Leave Scars and SKID ROW release Skid Row.
January 24, 1990: A fire at the New York rehearsal studios of ANTHRAX destroys more than $100,000 worth of equipment.
January 24, 1995: VAN HALEN releases Balance, their last album with Sammy Hagar.
January 24, 2005: DARK TRANQUILLITY release Character.
January 24, 2014: PRIMAL FEAR release Delivering The Black.
January 24, 2020: ANNIHILATOR releases Ballistic, Sadistic, and JORN releases Heavy Rock Radio II - Executing The Classics.

January 25, 1978: TED NUGENT autographs a man's arm with a bowie knife at the request of a fan.
January 25, 1986: SACRIFICE releases Torment In Fire.
January 25, 1989: GARY MOORE releases After The War.
January 25, 1994: ALICE IN CHAINS release Jar Of Flies EP and PRONG release Cleansing.
January 25, 1995: SAVATAGE releases Japan Live '94.
January 25, 2008: BRAINSTORM release Downburst.
January 25, 2010: DREAM EVIL release In The Night.
January 25, 2012: Mark Reale of RIOT passes away from complications related to Crohn's disease.
January 25, 2013: JORN LANDE release Symphonic, PINK CREAM 69 release Ceremonial and STRATOVARIUS release Unbreakable.
January 25, 2019: JETBOY releases Born To Fly, KING DIAMOND releases Songs For The Dead Live, QUIET RIOT release One Night In Milan, KANE ROBERTS releases The New Normal, and STARBREAKER release Dysphoria.

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