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Lee Kerslake (URIAH HEEP, OZZY OSBOURNE) - April 16, 1947 R.I.P.
Michael Bruce (ALICE COOPER) - April 16, 1948
Mark Zonder (FATES WARNING, WARLORD, DRAMATICA) - April 16, 1958
Mats Olausson (YNGWIE MALMSTEEN, KAMELOT, ARK) - April 17, 1961 R.I.P.
Maynard James Keenan (TOOL) - April 17, 1964
Mick Sweda (BULLETBOYS, KING KOBRA) - April 18, 1960
Kelly Hansen (HURRICANE, FOREIGNER) - April 18, 1961
Dan Beehler (EXCITER) - April 18, 1962
Mike Mangini (DREAM THEATER, ANNIHILATOR, EXTREME) - April 18, 1963
Bonny Bilski (HEAVEN'S GATE) - April 18, 1964
Stuart Dowie (MELIAH RAGE) - April 18, 1964
Rod Morgenstein (DIXIE DREGS, WINGER) - April 19, 1953
Bob Rock (METALLICA, MOTLEY CRUE, BLUE MURDER, KINGDOM COME producer) - April 19, 1954
Paul Day (IRON MAIDEN) - April 19, 1956
Tony Martin (BLACK SABBATH) - April 19, 1957
Pamela Moore (QUEENSRYCHE) - April 19, 1957
Jon Dette (SLAYER, TESTAMENT, ANTHRAX) - April 19, 1970

April 16, 1984: SAXON release Crusader and VENOM release At War With Satan.
April 16, 1987: DEEP PURPLE's House Of Blue Light tour opens.
April 16, 1988: SCORPIONS release Savage Amusement.
April 16, 1990: BATHORY release Hammerheart.
April 16, 2007: ANNIHILATOR release Metal and W.A.S.P. release Dominator.
April 16, 2013: SKID ROW release United World Rebellion: Chapter One.
April 16, 2016: AC/DC announce Axl Rose would replace Brian Johnson.
April 16, 2021: MARTY FRIEDMAN releases Tokyo Jukebox 3.

April 17, 1982: MOTORHEAD release Iron Fist.
April 17, 1983: R.I.P. MOUNTAIN's Felix Pappalardi.
April 17, 1989: ANNIHILATOR release Alice In Hell.
April 17, 1990: WARRIOR SOUL release Last Decade Dead Century.
April 17, 2006: DIO release Holy Diver - Live.
April 17, 2007: DARK TRANQUILLITY release Fiction.
April 17, 2015: IMPELLITTERI release Venom.
April 17, 2020: DANZIG releases Danzig Sings Elvis.

April 18, 1975: ALICE COOPER's Welcome To My Nightmare TV special airs.
April 18, 1995: FIGHT release A Small Deadly Space and SCORPIONS release Live Bites.
April 18, 1996: BLIND GUARDIAN release The Forgotten Tales.
April 18, 2000: BLACK LABEL SOCIETY release Stronger Than Death.
April 18, 2008: WHITESNAKE release Good To Be Bad.
April 18, 2012: PARADISE LOST release Tragic Idol.

April 19, 1980: Brian Johnson joins AC/DC.
April 19, 2007: DARK TRANQUILLITY release Fiction.
April 19, 2019: GRAND MAGUS release Wolf God and JORDAN RUDESS releases Wired For Madness.

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