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Kelly Keagy (NIGHT RANGER) - September 15, 1952
Jerry Dixon (WARRANT) - September 15, 1967
John Tetley (JAG PANZER) - September 16, 1962
Katon DePena (HIRAX) - September 16, 1963
Dave 'Snake' Sabo (SKID ROW) - September 16, 1964
Steve Williams (BUDGIE) - September 17, 1953
Abaddon (VENOM) - September 17, 1960
Ty Tabor (KING'S X) - September 17, 1961

September 15, 1972: GRAND FUNK RAILROAD release Phoenix.
September 15, 1974: URIAH HEEP bassist Gary Thain is electrocuted on stage in Dallas. He survives but quits the band soon after.
September 15, 1984: MOTORHEAD release No Remorse.
September 15, 1987: KISS release Crazy Nights.
September 15, 1997: SAVATAGE release The Wake Of Magellan.
September 15, 1998: BRUCE DICKINSON releases The Chemical Wedding.
September 15, 2000: AC/DC are inducted into Hollywood's Rockwalk at the Guitar Center on Sunset Blvd.
September 15, 2009: ACE FREHLEY releases Anomaly, DREAM THEATER release the Wither EP, LIVING COLOUR release The Chair In The Doorway, MEGADETH release Endgame, MELIAH RAGE release Masquerade, MINISTRY release The Last Dubber, and SHADOWS FALL release Retribution.

September 15, 2023: ELECTRIC BOYS release Grand Explosivos and RONNIE ROMERO releases Too Many Lies, Too Many Masters.

September 16, 1967: JIMI HENDRIX' debut LP, Are You Experienced? is released.
September 16, 1970: JIMI HENDRIX makes his final public appearance, performing with Eric Burdon and War at a club in London.
September 16, 1985: KISS release Asylum.
September 16, 2001: OZZY OSBOURNE's 'Gets Me Through' video debuts on MTV.
September 16, 2014: SLASH featuring MYLES KENNEDY AND THE CONSPIRATORS release World On Fire.
September 16, 2016: IRON FIRE release Among the Dead and NARNIA release Narnia.
September 16, 2022: HOUSE OF LORDS release Saints and Sinners and MARCO MENDOZA releases New Direction.

September 17, 1931: the first 33 1/3 rpm LP's and players are introduced by RCA Victor.
September 17, 1975: SCORPIONS release In Trance.
September 17, 1979: JUDAS PRIEST release Unleashed In The East.
September 17, 1982: The PHILIP LYNOTT Album is released.
September 17, 1991: GUNS N' ROSES Use Your Illusion I and Use Your Illusion II are released at midnight - a half million copies are sold by 2am.
September 17, 1991: OZZY OSBOURNE releases No More Tears.
September 17, 1996: STEVE VAI releases Fire Garden.
September 17, 1998: JUDAS PRIEST release Meltdown.
September 17, 2002: SHADOWS FALL releases The Art Of Balance.
September 17, 2021: BRAINSTORM release Wall Of Skulls and CARCASS release Torn Arteries.

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