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Aaron West Arkeen (GUNS N' ROSES songwriter) - June 18, 1960 R.I.P.
Oz Fox (STRYPER) - June 18, 1961
Dizzy Reed (GUNS N' ROSES) - June 18, 1963
Luke Morley (THUNDER) - June 19, 1960
Simon Wright (AC/DC, DIO, RHINO BUCKET, OPERATION: MINDCRIME, DIO DISCIPLES) - June 19, 1963
Michael Anthony (VAN HALEN, CHICKENFOOT) - June 20, 1954
Jimmy Chalfant (KIX) - June 20, 1957
Kelly Johnson (GIRLSCHOOL) - June 20, 1958 R.I.P.
Amir Derakh (ROUGH CUTT, JAILHOUSE) - June 20, 1963
Chris Efthimiades (RAGE, REFUGE) - June 20, 1965
Don Airey - (BLACK SABBATH, RAINBOW, OZZY OSBOURNE, WHITESNAKE, JUDAS PRIEST, DEEP PURPLE) - June 21, 1948
Joey Kramer (AEROSMITH) - June 21, 1950
Kip Winger - June 21, 1961

June 18, 1948: Columbia Records unveiled the first 33-RPM LP and started the first mass production. The new format could contain a maximum of 23 minutes of music per side.
June 18, 1984: ROGER GLOVER releases Mask.
June 18, 1999: R.I.P. Frank Starr of the FOUR HORSEMEN.
June 18, 2010: GRAND MAGUS release Hammer Of The North.
June 18, 2013: HIGH ON FIRE release Spitting Fire Live Vol. 1/2.
June 18, 2021: HELLOWEEN release Helloween and Timo Tolkki's AVALON release The Enigma Birth.

June 19, 1974: KISS' Paul Stanley collapses on stage from exhaustion at the Electric Ballroom in Atlanta.
June 19, 1979: BLUE OYSTER CULT release Mirrors.
June 19, 1987: MOTLEY CRUE's Girls, Girls, Girls tour kicks off in Tucson, Arizona.
June 19, 1988: JIMMY PAGE releases Outrider.
June 19, 1989: KREATOR release Extreme Aggression.
June 19, 2000: MOTLEY CRUE's animated video for 'Hell On High Heels' premieres.
June 19, 2015: VIRGIN STEELE release Nocturnes Of Hellfire & Damnation.

June 20, 1985: SCORPIONS release World Wide Live.
June 20, 1988: DEEP PURPLE release Nobody's Perfect, KING DIAMOND releases Them (in Europe) and SAXON release Destiny.
June 20, 1989: FAITH NO MORE release The Real Thing and MR. BIG release Mr. Big.
June 20, 1995: BLACK SABBATH release Forbidden.
June 20, 2000: KING DIAMOND releases House Of God.

June 21, 1969: DEEP PURPLE release Deep Purple.
June 21, 1975: Ritchie Blackmore quits DEEP PURPLE to form RAINBOW.
June 21, 1985: MOTLEY CRUE release Theatre Of Pain.
June 21, 1987: HELIX release Wild In The Streets, JUDAS PRIEST release Priest... Live!, KEEL release Keel, and WHITE LION release Pride.
June 21, 1990: EXODUS release Impact Is Imminent and POISON release Flesh & Blood.
June 21, 1991: GUNS N' ROSES release the "You Could Be Mine" single as featured in the movie Terminator 2: Judgment Day.
June 21, 2011: TONY MACALPINE releases Tony MacAlpine and QUEENSRYCHE release Dedicated To Chaos.
June 21, 2013: RAVEN release the Rock Until You Drop DVD.

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