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Aldo Nova - November 13, 1956
Tony Montana (GREAT WHITE) - November 13, 1965
Frankie Banali (QUIET RIOT) - November 14, 1951 R.I.P.
Alec John Such (BON JOVI) - November 14, 1951
Paul Hackman (HELIX) - November 14, 1953 R.I.P.
Josh Silver (TYPE O NEGATIVE) - November 14, 1962
Olaf Grosser (SARGEANT FURY) - November 14, 1968
Ronnie Atkins (PRETTY MAIDS) - November 16, 1964
Dave Kushner (VELVET REVOLVER, LOADED) - November 16, 1966

November 13, 1974: An imposter posing as DEEP PURPLE guitarist Ritchie Blackmore smashes up a borrowed Porsche in Iowa City. The real Blackmore was playing a concert in San Francisco.
November 13, 1981: SLADE release Till Deaf Do Us Part.
November 13, 1982: KIM MITCHELL releases Kim Mitchell.
November 13, 2001: RHAPSODY release Rain Of A Thousand Flames.
November 13, 2001: TRANS-SIBERIAN ORCHESTRA release their first home video, The Ghosts Of Christmas Eve on both VHS and DVD.
November 13, 2009: MOB RULES release Radical Peace.
November 13, 2010: HELIX release Smash Hits...Unplugged.
November 13, 2015: GIRLSCHOOL release Guilty As Sin.
November 13, 2020: AC/DC release Power Up, L.A. GUNS release Renegades, and PHIL CAMPBELL AND THE BASTARD SONS release We're the Bastards.

November 14, 1980: SAXON release Strong Arm of the Law.
November 14, 1998: MOTLEY CRUE release Greatest Hits.

November 15, 1971: GRAND FUNK RAILROAD release E Pluribus Funk.
November 15, 1981: THIN LIZZY release Renegade.
November 15, 1981: New IRON MAIDEN singer Bruce Dickinson is introduced to UK audiences at the Rainbow.
November 15, 1982: WHITESNAKE release Saints & Sinners.
November 15, 1983: OZZY OSBOURNE releases Bark At The Moon.
November 15, 1984: KISS Animalize U.S. tour opens.
November 15, 1988: KISS release Smashes, Thrashes & Hits.
November 15, 1992: OZZY OSBOURNE performs what he said would be his last concert, in Costa Mesa on the final leg of the No More Tours Tour. BLACK SABBATH with frontman Rob Halford opened the show. The show turned into a Sabbath reunion when Tony Iommi, Geezer Butler and Bill Ward joined Ozzy on stage for a four-song encore.
November 15, 2000: TESLA reunite.

November 16, 1968: JIMI HENDRIX's Electric Ladyland reaches #1.
November 16, 1984: SLAYER release Live Undead.
November 16, 1988: DOKKEN release Beast From The East.
November 16, 1999: STRATOVARIUS release The Chosen Ones.
November 16, 2007: GAMMA RAY release Land Of The Free II.
November 16, 2018: ARTILLERY release The Face Of Fear and NITA STRAUSS releases Controlled Chaos.

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