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5/18/26

"Bad Ronbo Dwarf" Mayer (KILLER DWARFS) - May 18, 1960
Stig Pedersen (D.A.D.) - May 18, 1965
Courtney Cox (FEMME FATALE, THE IRON MAIDENS) - May 18, 1989
Phil Rudd (AC/DC) - May 19, 1954
Allan Johnson (EXCITER) - May 20, 1959
Jay Schellen (HURRICANE) - May 20, 1960
Mikael Stanne (DARK TRANQUILLITY) - May 20, 1974

May 18, 1988: BLIND GUARDIAN release Battalions Of Fear.
May 18, 1993: JUDAS PRIEST release Metal Works, KISS release Alive III and WINGER release Pull.
May 18, 1996: SOUNDGARDEN make their first TV appearance on Saturday Night Live.
May 18, 1998: GRAVE DIGGER release Knights Of The Cross.
May 18, 1999: W.A.S.P. release Helldorado.
May 18, 2000: MOTLEY CRUE debut a pair of songs off their upcoming New Tattoo album from atop the Sunset Strip at the Wyndam Bel-Age Hotel in West Hollywood, Calif.
May 18, 2007: U.D.O. release Mastercutor.
May 18, 2009: STRATOVARIUS release Polaris.
May 18, 2010: SOULFLY release Omen.
May 18, 2012: SONATA ARCTICA release Stones Grow Her Name.
May 18, 2017: R.I.P. SOUNDGARDEN singer Chris Cornell.
May 18, 2018: OVERKILL release Live in Overhausen (DVD).

May 19, 1972: URIAH HEEP release Demons & Wizards.
May 19, 1992: KISS release Revenge.
May 19, 1998: SEPULTURA record a song, 'Hatred Inside', with METALLICA bassist Jason Newsted at his house in San Francisco.
May 19, 2005: COMMUNIC release Waves Of Visual Decay.
May 19, 2009: WARBRINGER release Walking Into Nightmares.
May 19, 2010: LOUDNESS release King Of Pain.
May 19, 2015: FAITH NO MORE release Sol Invictus.
May 19, 2017: ROCK GODDESS release It's More Than Rock and Roll (EP).
May 19, 2020: R.I.P. Sally Cato (SMASHED GLADYS).
May 19, 2023: ALCATRAZZ release Take No Prisoners, DEF LEPPARD WITH THE ROYAL PHILHARMONIC ORCHESTRA release Drastic Symphonies, MYSTIC PROPHECY release Hellriot and SWEET & LYNCH release Heart & Sacrifice.

May 20, 1967: JIMI HENDRIX signs his first American record contract with Reprise Records.
May 20, 1980: KISS release Unmasked.
May 20, 1985: SAVATAGE release Power Of The Night.
May 20, 1988: FLOTSAM AND JETSAM release No Place For Disgrace and PANTERA release Power Metal.
May 20, 1992: AEROSMITH donate $10,000 to support "Corporal Politics," a controversial art exhibition at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
May 20, 1996: 'Until It Sleeps', the first single from METALLICA's Load hits radio.
May 20, 1997: SLAUGHTER release Revolution.
May 20, 1998: Tommy Lee starts serving a 6 month sentence for felony spousal abuse.
May 20, 2001: KISS guitarist ACE FREHLEY is inducted into The Bronx Walk Of Fame as part of the 30th Annual Bronx Week Celebration.
May 20, 2002: SLASH joined MOTORHEAD onstage at Hollywood's House of Blues on May 20th to perform 'Born To Raise Hell'.
May 20, 2009: MYSTIC PROPHECY release Fireangel.
May 20, 2011: HAMMERFALL release Infected.
May 20, 2014: CALIFORNIA BREED release California Breed.
May 20, 2016: FLOTSAM AND JETSAM release Flotsam And Jetsam and IRON SAVIOR release Titancraft.
May 20, 2022:ANVIL release Impact Is Imminent.

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