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12/4/25

Mark Boals (YNGWIE MALMSTEEN, ROYAL HUNT, RING OF FIRE) - December 5, 1958
Jack Russell (GREAT WHITE) - December 5, 1960 R.I.P.
Van Williams (NEVERMORE) - December 5, 1966
Todd Kerns (SLASH, SIN CITY SINNERS) - December 5, 1969
Randy Rhoads - December 6, 1956 R.I.P.
Uwe Lulis (GRAVE DIGGER, REBELLION) - December 6, 1964

December 4, 1971: Switzerland's Montreaux Casino burns to the ground during a gig by Frank Zappa. DEEP PURPLE, in town at the time recording an album, commemorate the incident in the song 'Smoke On The Water'.
December 4, 1976: R.I.P. DEEP PURPLE's Tommy Bolin.
December 4, 1977: SCORPIONS release Taken By Force.
December 4, 1980: LED ZEPPELIN disband.
December 4, 1993: R.I.P. FRANK ZAPPA.
December 4/5, 1997: BLACK SABBATH perform two reunion shows at Birmingham UK's National Exhibition Center.
December 4, 2020: IRON SAVIOR release Skycrest.

December 5, 1983: ACCEPT release Balls To The Wall.
December 5, 2012: YNGWIE MALMSTEEN releases Spellbound.

December 6, 1979: AC/DC's fifth album Highway to Hell goes gold in the US. It is the last album recorded with original vocalist Bon Scott who dies two months later.
December 6, 1991: CATHEDRAL release Forest Of Equilibrium.
December 6, 2000: BRUCE DICKINSON and QUEENSRYCHE's Geoff Tate join ROB HALFORD onstage in London for a rendition of 'The One You Love To Hate'.
December 6, 2019: BLITZKRIEG release Loud and Proud (EP) and RUNNING WILD release Crossing the Blades (EP).

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