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Christopher Guest (SPINAL TAP) - February 5, 1948
Tommy Skeoch (TESLA) - February 5, 1962
Duff McKagan (GUNS N' ROSES, VELVET REVOLVER) - February 5, 1964
Ralf Scheepers (GAMMA RAY, PRIMAL FEAR) - February 5, 1965
Punky Meadows (ANGEL) - February 6, 1950
W. Axl Rose (GUNS N' ROSES) - February 6, 1962
Mark St. John (KISS) - February 7, 1956 R.I.P.
David Bryan (BON JOVI) - February 7, 1962
Jim Durkin (DARK ANGEL, DREAMS OF DAMNATION) - February 7, 1965 R.I.P.
Vince Neil (MOTLEY CRUE) - February 8, 1961

February 5, 1969: CREAM release Goodbye.
February 5, 1998: SLAUGHTER guitarist Tim Kelly dies at 35 from injuries suffered in a collision.
February 5, 2006: WARBRINGER release One By One, The Wicked Fall EP.
February 5, 2008: WARBRINGER release War Without End.
February 5, 2016: THE CULT release Hidden City.
February 5, 2021: TODD LA TORRE releases Rejoice In The Suffering.

February 6, 1983: YNGWIE MALMSTEEN arrives in North America.
February 6, 2002: RATT guitarist Warren DeMartini and drummer Bobby Blotzer win the battle over ownership of the name "RATT" in a victory in the Lost Angeles Superior Court.
February 6, 2011: Guitar legend GARY MOORE (THIN LIZZY) dies in his sleep from a heart attack.

February 7, 1964: The BEATLES arrive In New York.
February 7, 1970: LED ZEPPELIN score their first UK Number One album with Led Zeppelin II. It goes on to sell 6 million copies.
February 7, 1989: METAL CHURCH release Blessing In Disguise.
February 7, 1995: EXTREME release Waiting For The Punchline.
February 7, 2000: FOGHAT founding member 'Lonesome' Dave Peverett dies due to complications of cancer at age 56.
February 7, 2006: WHITESNAKE release The Definitive Collection.
February 7, 2012: VAN HALEN release A Different Kind Of Truth.
February 7, 2020: NAPALM DEATH release Logic Ravaged By Brute Force and SEPULTURA release Quadra.

February 8, 1993: POISON release Native Tongue.
February 8, 2019: HERMAN FRANK releases Fight The Fear.

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