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12/22/25

Marcel Schirmer (DESTRUCTION) - December 22, 1966
Ron Bushy (IRON BUTTERFLY) - December 23, 1941 R.I.P.
Graham Bonnet (ALCATRAZZ, MSG, RAINBOW, IMPELLITTERI) - December 23, 1947
Dave Murray (IRON MAIDEN) - December 23, 1956
Brent Doerner (HELIX) - December 24
Lemmy Kilmister (MOTORHEAD) - December 24, 1945 R.I.P.
Munetaka Higuchi (LOUDNESS) - December 24, 1958 R.I.P.
Neil Turbin (ANTHRAX) - December 24, 1963
Mike Campagnolo (RAZOR) - December 24, 1964
Noel Redding (JIMI HENDRIX EXPERIENCE) - December 25, 1945 R.I.P.
Josh Freese (A PERFECT CIRCLE, GUNS N' ROSES, NINE INCH NAILS) - December 25, 1972
Paul Quinn (SAXON)- December 26, 1951
James Kottak (SCORPIONS, KINGDOM COME, KOTTAK)- December 26, 1962 R.I.P.
Lars Ulrich (METALLICA) - December 26, 1963
Jay Yuenger (WHITE ZOMBIE) - December 26, 1966
Jerry Gaskill (KING'S X) - December 27, 1957
Glen Sobel (ALICE COOPER, IMPELLITTERI, TONY MACALPINE, GARY HOEY) - December 27, 1970
Edgar Winter - December 28, 1946
Rick Fox (W.A.S.P., STEELER) - December 28, 1955
Parker Lundgren (QUEENSRYCHE) - December 28, 1986
Cozy Powell (JEFF BECK GROUP, RAINBOW, MSG, WHITESNAKE, BLACK SABBATH) - December 29, 1947 R.I.P.
Evan Seinfeld (BIOHAZARD) - December 29, 1967
Chris Barnes (SIX FEET UNDER, CANNIBAL CORPSE) - December 29, 1967

December 22, 2017: VENOM release 100 Miles To Hell (EP).

December 23, 1967: the JIMI HENDRIX EXPERIENCE's 'Foxy Lady' is released.
December 23, 1993: IRON MAIDEN announce that Blaze Bayley will be their new singer.
December 23, 2009: HEATHEN release The Evolution Of Chaos and HELLOWEEN release Unarmed - Best Of 25th Anniversary.

December 24, 1990: IRON MAIDEN's 'Bring Your Daughter...' single is released and goes straight to #1.

December 25, 1975: IRON MAIDEN is formed.

December 26, 1968: LED ZEPPELIN begins its first U.S. tour.
December 26, 1983: KISS' Lick It Up tour begins in Atlanta.
December 26, 2000: KREATOR release Past Life Trauma.

December 27, 1983: VAN HALEN releases 'Jump'.

December 28, 2015: Metal legend LEMMY KILMISTER of MOTORHEAD passes away.

December 29, 1969: GRAND FUNK RAILROAD release Grand Funk.

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