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K.K. Downing (JUDAS PRIEST, KK'S PRIEST) - October 27, 1951
Scott Weiland (STONE TEMPLE PILOTS, VELVET REVOLVER) - October 27, 1967 R.I.P.
Desmond Child (KISS, AEROSMITH, ALICE COOPER, BON JOVI song writer) - October 28, 1953
Dave Wyndorf

October 26, 1981: IRON MAIDEN begin a short string of shows in Italy as a warm up for new singer Bruce Dickinson.
October 26, 1985: IRON MAIDEN release the album Live After Death and the accompanying video.
October 26, 1998: NAPALM DEATH release Words From The Exit Wound.
October 26, 1999: ALICE IN CHAINS release Music Bank, DREAM THEATER release Scenes From A Memory, OVERKILL releases Coverkill, and ROB ZOMBIE releases American Made Music To Strip By.
October 26, 2004: U.D.O. release Thunderball.
October 26, 2009: DARK TRANQUILLITY release Where Death Is Most Alive and ROB HALFORD releases Halford III - Winter Songs.
October 26, 2010: FIREWIND release Days Of Defiance and MONSTER MAGNET release Mastermind.
October 26, 2011: RIOT release Immortal Soul.
October 26, 2018: FIFTH ANGEL release The Third Secret, ICARUS WITCH release Goodbye Cruel World, SKULL FIST release Way of the Road, and WARREL DANE releases Shadow Work.

October 27, 1969: JOHNNY WINTER releases Second Winter.
October 27, 1975: ANGEL release Angel.
October 27, 1979: MOTORHEAD release Bomber.
October 27, 1982: Rudy Sarzo performs for the last time on the Blizzard Of Ozz tour.
October 27, 1985: CELTIC FROST release Mega Therion.
October 27, 1992: AC/DC Live is released and TRIUMPH release Edge Of Excess.
October 27, 1997: RHAPSODY release Legendary Tales.
October 27, 1998: DREAM THEATER release Once In A LIVEtime and MOTLEY CRUE release Greatest Hits.
October 27, 2011: MEGADETH release Th1rt3en.
October 27, 2014: SISTER SIN release Black Lotus.
October 27, 2023: DOKKEN release Heaven Comes Down, DORO releases Conqueress Forever Strong And Proud, and ICARUS WITCH release No Devil Lived On.

October 28, 1977: the SEX PISTOLS' Never Mind The Bullocks, Here's The Sex Pistols album is released in North America.
October 28, 1978: KISS Meets The Phantom Of The Park movie premiers on NBC.
October 28, 1982: KISS release Creatures Of The Night.
October 28, 1983: VANDENBERG release Heading For A Storm.
October 28, 1997: JUDAS PRIEST release Jugulator and KISS release Carnival Of Souls.
October 28, 1998: IRON MAIDEN are featured on CNN's Showbiz Today - the segment focused on the catalogue reissues and their video game, Ed-Hunter.
October 28, 2002: HAMMERFALL release Crimson Thunder.
October 28, 2014: RIOT V release Unleash The Fire.
October 28, 2016: TESTAMENT release Brotherhood Of The Snake.

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