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Elvis Presley - January 8, 1935 R.I.P.
Jimmy Page (LED ZEPPELIN) - January 9, 1944
David Johansen (NEW YORK DOLLS) - January 9, 1950
Phil Lewis (GIRL, L.A. GUNS) - January 9, 1957
Rocky George (SUICIDAL TENDENCIES) - January 9, 1965
Martin Steene (IRON FIRE) - January 9, 1980
Aynsley Dunbar (FRANK ZAPPA, JOURNEY, WHITESNAKE, UFO) - January 10, 1946
Michael Schenker (SCORPIONS, UFO, MSG) - January 10, 1955
Parramore McCarty (WARRIOR) - January 10, 1963
"Johnny Dwarf" Fenton (THE KILLER DWARFS) - January 10, 1971
Jason Bittner (STIGMATA, SHADOWS FALL, FLOTSAM AND JETSAM, OVERKILL) - January 11, 1970

January 8, 1990: GWAR release Scumdogs Of The Universe.
January 8, 1991: R.I.P. Steve Clark (DEF LEPPARD).
January 8, 2013: NEWSTED releases Metal.
January 8, 2021: SAMMY HAGAR AND THE CIRCLE release Lockdown 2020.

January 9, 1984: VAN HALEN release 1984.
January 9, 1989: RUSH release A Show Of Hands.
January 9, 2006: DRAGONFORCE release Inhuman Rampage.
January 9, 2009: GRAVE DIGGER release Ballads Of A Hangman, IRON FIRE release To The Grave, and SAXON release Into The Labyrinth.
January 9, 2015: BATTLE BEAST release Unholy Savior.
January 9, 2016: The memorial service for LEMMY KILMISTER took place at Forest Lawn Memorial Park, Hollywood Hills in California.
January 9, 2024: R.I.P. James Kottak (KINGDOM COME, SCORPIONS).

January 10, 1979: TRIUMPH release Just A Game.
January 10, 1989: METALLICA's "One" was released becoming Metallica's first song to chart in the US reaching number 35 on the Billboard Hot 100.
January 10, 1989: U.D.O. release Mean Machine.
January 10, 1994: SODOM release Get What You Deserve.
January 10, 2005: KREATOR release Enemy Of God.
January 10, 2014: SKULL FIST release Chasing The Dream.
January 10, 2018: R.I.P. "Fast Eddie" Clarke (MOTORHEAD, FASTWAY).
January 10, 2020: MYSTIC PROPHECY release Metal Division.
January 10, 2022: R.I.P. John Burke Shelley (BUDGIE).

January 11, 1963: Whiskey A-Go-Go opens in Los Angeles.
January 11, 1985: IRON MAIDEN play for the first time in South America at Rock In Rio in front of an estimated 200,000 fans.
January 11, 2001: Sanctuary Records buy out Modern Music.
January 11, 2008: BENEDICTUM release Seasons Of Tragedy and KISS release Gold.
January 11, 2018: Y&T release Acoustic Classix, Vol. 1 (EP).

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