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Wayne Kramer (MC5) - April 30, 1948 R.I.P.
Paulo Jr. (SEPULTURA) - April 30, 1968
Felix Hanemann (ZEBRA) - May 1, 1953
Bruno Ravel (DANGER DANGER) - May 1, 1964
Gus Scott (TRIXTER) - May 1, 1968
Joe Comeau (LIEGE LORD, OVERKILL, ANNIHILATOR, DUSKMACHINE) - May 2, 1964
Darrell "Dwarf" Millar (KILLER DWARFS, AUTOMAN.CA) - May 2, 1965
Bobby Blitz (OVERKILL) - May 3, 1959
David Michael Philips (KING KOBRA, KEEL, LIZZY BORDEN) - May 3, 1961
Marco Mendoza (BLUE MURDER, THIN LIZZY, WHITESNAKE, BLACK STAR RIDERS, THE DEAD DAISIES) - May 3, 1963
Jon Drenning (CRIMSON GLORY) - May 3, 1965
Andre Olbrich (BLIND GUARDIAN) - May 3, 1967

April 30, 1971: THIN LIZZY release Thin Lizzy.
April 30, 1976: AC/DC release High Voltage in Australia.
April 30, 1983: Both THIN LIZZY and UFO break up.
April 30, 1986: KEEL release The Final Frontier.
April 30, 1999: all five members of AEROSMITH visit shooting victim Lance Kirklin in a Colorado hospital before their show in Denver that evening. The band dedicates 'Living On The Edge' to the student, who was one of 28 wounded and 13 killed by two classmates at Columbine High School in Littleton, Colorado on April 20.
April 30, 1999: R.I.P. NAZARETH drummer and founding member Darrel Sweet.
April 30, 2021: ELECTRIC BOYS release Ups!de Down.

May 1, 1972: JEFF BECK GROUP release The Jeff Beck Group.
May 1, 1973: DEEP PURPLE release the Smoke On The Water single.
May 1, 1976: JEFF BECK releases Wired and SAMMY HAGAR releases Nine On A Ten Scale.
May 1, 1976: LED ZEPPELIN's Presence hits #1 in the US.
May 1, 1983: LITA FORD releases Out For Blood.
May 1, 1987: HEATHEN release Breaking The Silence.
May 1, 1990: FLOTSAM AND JETSAM release When The Storm Comes Down.
May 1, 2007: BLACK SABBATH release Live at Hammersmith Odeon and RUSH release Snakes & Arrows
May 1, 2020: HAVOK release V.

May 2, 1983: IRON MAIDEN's World Piece Tour begins.
May 2, 1988: LIVING COLOUR release Vivid.
May 2, 1991: MORBID ANGEL release Blessed Are The Sick.
May 2, 1995: SLAUGHTER release Fear No Evil.
May 2, 2013: R.I.P. SLAYER's Jeff Hanneman.
May 2, 2014: STRATOVARIUS release Nemesis Days.

May 3, 1969: JIMI HENDRIX is stopped by Canadian Mounties at Toronto's International Airport for possession of narcotics. He is released on $10,000 bail.
May 3, 1976: AEROSMITH release Rocks.
May 3, 1988: POISON release Open Up And Say... Ahh! and QUEENSRYCHE release Operation: Mindcrime.
May 3, 2004: SCORPIONS release Unbreakable.
May 3, 2011: BLACK LABEL SOCIETY release The Song Remains Not The Same, POISON release Double Dose: Ultimate Hits, SIXX:A.M. release This Is Gonna Hurt, and URIAH HEEP release Into The Wild.
May 3, 2014: R.I.P. famed US rock radio personality and longtime HardRadio friend Wild Bill Scott. May 3, 2021: R.I.P. Phil Naro (TALAS, CONEY HATCH).

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