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12/22/25

Cozy Powell (JEFF BECK GROUP, RAINBOW, MSG, WHITESNAKE, BLACK SABBATH) - December 29, 1947 R.I.P.
Evan Seinfeld (BIOHAZARD) - December 29, 1967
Chris Barnes (SIX FEET UNDER, CANNIBAL CORPSE) - December 29, 1967
Joe Hasselvander (RAVEN, PENTAGRAM) - December 30, 1960
Tommy Clufetos (OZZY OSBOURNE, ALICE COOPER, TED NUGENT) - December 30, 1979
Tom Hamilton (AEROSMITH) - December 31, 1951
Sean Kelly (LEE AARON, CRASH KELLY, GILBY CLARKE) - December 31, 1962
Scott Ian (ANTHRAX) - December 31, 1963
Richie Faulkner (JUDAS PRIEST) - January 1, 1980
Paul Sabu (SABU) - January 2, 1957
Chris Boltendahl (GRAVE DIGGER) - January 2, 1962
John Paul Jones (LED ZEPPELIN) - January 3, 1946
Ross The Boss (THE DICTATORS, MANOWAR, MANITOBA'S WILD KINGDOM) - January 3, 1954
Tracy G (WWIII, DIO) - January 3, 1959 David DeFeis (VIRGIN STEELE) - January 4, 1962
Peter Steele (TYPE O NEGATIVE) - January 4, 1962 R.I.P.
Michael Fast (PRETTY MAIDS) - January 4, 1964
Michael Olivieri (LEATHERWOLF) - January 4, 1964

December 29, 1969: GRAND FUNK RAILROAD release Grand Funk.

December 30/31, 1978: IRON MAIDEN record a four track demo at Spacewood Studios, including the tracks: 'Iron Maiden', 'Prowler', 'Invasion' and 'Strange World'.
December 31, 1973: AC/DC play their very first live gig at Chequers Nightclub in Sydney, Australia.
December 31, 1979: Guitarist Dennis Stratton and drummer Clive Burr join IRON MAIDEN.
December 31, 1984: DEF LEPPARD drummer Rick Allen loses his left arm in an auto accident in England.

January 1, 1987: ANTHRAX release the I'm The Man EP.
January 1, 1989: DESTRUCTION release Live Without Sense.
January 1, 1994: SODOM release Get What You Deserve.

January 2, 2001: MOTLEY CRUE's Nikki Sixx' wife Donna gives birth to a baby girl, Frankie Jean Sixx.
January 2, 2012: R.I.P. Larry "Rhino" Reinhardt (IRON BUTTERFLY, CAPTAIN BEYOND).

January 3, 1995: SENTENCED release Amok. January 4, 1978: OZZY OSBOURNE rejoins BLACK SABBATH, replacing Dave Walker.
January 4, 1984: JUDAS PRIEST release Defenders Of The Faith.
January 4, 1986: THIN LIZZY legend Phil Lynott dies of heart failure and pneumonia after a drug overdose.
January 4, 1988: LA GUNS release L.A. Guns.

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