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Chris DeGarmo (QUEENSRYCHE) - May 14
Jack Bruce (CREAM) - May 14, 1943 R.I.P.
Paul Shortino (ROUGH CUTT, QUIET RIOT, KING KOBRA) - May 14, 1953
Steve Hogarth (MARILLION) - May 14, 1956
Ian Astbury (THE CULT) - May 14, 1962
C.C. Deville (POISON) - May 14, 1962
Eric Peterson (TESTAMENT) - May 14, 1964
Mike Inez (ALICE IN CHAINS, OZZY OSBOURNE) - May 14, 1966
Mike Embro (RAZOR) - May 15, 1962
Rob Thorne (SACRED OATH) - May 15, 1969
Peter Iwers (IN FLAMES) - May 15, 1975
Roger Earl (FOGHAT) - May 16, 1946
Darrell Antony Sweet (NAZARETH) - May 16, 1947 R.I.P.
Blake Eberhard (AXE) - May 16, 1964
Chuck Garric (L.A. GUNS, DIO, ALICE COOPER) - May 16, 1967
Toni Kakko (SONATA ARCTICA) - May 16, 1975
Claude Schnell (DIO) - May 17, 1955
Audie Desbrow (GREAT WHITE) - May 17, 1957
Paul Di'Anno (IRON MAIDEN, KILLERS, BATTLEZONE, WARHORSE)- May 17, 1958 R.I.P.
Josh Homme (QUEENS OF THE STONE AGE, KYUSS)- May 17, 1973

May 14, 1976: AEROSMITH release Rocks.
May 14, 1988: LED ZEPPELIN reunite for the Atlantic Records 50th Birthday Bash in New York City.
May 14, 1991: TUFF release What Comes Around Goes Around.
May 14, 1996: DEF LEPPARD release Slang and PRONG release Rude Awakening.
May 14, 2001: SCORPIONS release Acoustica.
May 14, 2002: RUSH release Vapour Trails.
May 14, 2007: SCORPIONS release Humanity: Hour I.
May 14, 2021: CHARLIE BENANTE releases Silver Linings.

May 15, 1976: RAINBOW release Rising.
May 15, 1981: SAMSON release Shock Tactics.
May 15, 1982: IRON MAIDEN release the single for 'The Number Of The Beast'.
May 15, 1984: KICK AXE release Vices.
May 15, 1985: STRYPER release Soldiers Under Command.
May 15, 1987: MOTLEY CRUE release Girls, Girls, Girls.
May 15, 1990: DIO release Lock Up The Wolves, LITA FORD releases Stiletto, and SCARED REICH release The American Way.
May 15, 1992: TESTAMENT release The Ritual.
May 15, 2000: MOTORHEAD release We Are Motorhead.
May 15, 2001: MEGADETH release The World Needs A Hero.
May 15, 2009: TIM "RIPPER" OWENS releases Play My Game.
May 15, 2012: SHADOWS FALL release Fire From The Sky and TENACIOUS D releases Rize Of The Fenix.
May 15, 2015: WHITESNAKE releases The Purple Album.
May 15, 2020: FIREWIND release Firewind and TOKYO BLADE release Dark Revolution.

May 16, 1975: KISS have their first major venue sell out in Detroit Rock City at Cobo Hall.
May 16, 1977: MAX WEBSTER release High Class In Borrowed Shoes.
May 16, 1983: BARON ROJO release Metalmorfosis and IRON MAIDEN release Piece Of Mind.
May 16, 2010: R.I.P. Ronnie James Dio (ELF, RAINBOW, BLACK SABBATH, DIO, HEAVEN & HELL).

May 17, 1973: BACHMAN-TURNER OVERDRIVE release Bachman-Turner Overdrive.
May 17, 1974: BUDGIE release In For The Kill!.
May 17, 1976: RAINBOW release Rising.
May 17, 1980: Peter Criss leaves KISS.
May 17, 1985: CELTIC FROST perform first show in St. Gallen, Switzerland.
May 17, 1988: JUDAS PRIEST release Ram It Down and VINNIE VINCENT INVASION release All Systems Go.
May 17, 1999: R.I.P. producer Bruce Fairbairn (AC/DC, AEROSMITH, BON JOVI).
May 17, 2010: ANNIHILATOR release Annihilator.
May 17, 2011: BLACK 'N BLUE release Hell Yeah and WARRANT release Rockaholic.
May 17, 2017: R.I.P. Chris Cornell (SOUNDGARDEN, TEMPLE OF THE DOG, AUDIOSLAVE).
May 17, 2019: CRAZY LIXX release Forever Wild, SAINT VITUS release Saint Vitus, and SAVAGE MESSIAH release Demons.

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