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7/9/26

Tricky Lane (SWEET F.A.) - July 9
Bon Scott (AC/DC) - July 9, 1946 R.I.P.
Mitch Mitchell (JIMI HENDRIX EXPERIENCE) - July 9, 1947 R.I.P.
Frank Bello (ANTHRAX) - July 9, 1965
Ronnie James Dio (ELF, RAINBOW, BLACK SABBATH, DIO, HEAVEN & HELL) - July 10, 1942 R.I.P.
Kim Mitchell (MAX WEBSTER) - July 10, 1952
Rik Emmett (TRIUMPH) - July 10, 1953
Sandy West (THE RUNAWAYS) - July 10, 1959 R.I.P.
Phil Sandoval (ARMORED SAINT) - July 10, 1961
John Lawton (URIAH HEEP, LUCIFER'S FRIEND) - July 11, 1946 R.I.P.
Hank Shermann (MERCYFUL FATE) - July 11, 1958
Richie Sambora (BON JOVI) - July 11, 1959
David Carlo (RAZOR) - July 11, 1964
Ricky Warwick (THE ALMIGHTY, THIN LIZZY, BLACK STONE RIDERS) - July 11, 1966
Gerry "Dwarf" Finn (KILLER DWARFS, HELIX) - July 11, 1967
Daniel Stewart MacMaster (BONHAM) - July 11, 1968 R.I.P.
Eric Carr (KISS) - July 12, 1950 R.I.P.
John Petrucci (DREAM THEATER) - July 12, 1967

July 9, 1971: DEEP PURPLE release Fireball.
July 9, 1994: WHITESNAKE release Greatest Hits.
July 9, 1998: MEGADETH replace drummer Nick Menza with Jimmy DeGrasso. "We've had a lot of good years with Nick," Mustaine said, "but the band's relationship with him had run it's course."
July 9, 2011: R.I.P. Michael "Wurzel" Burston (MOTORHEAD).
July 9, 2013: BATTLECROSS release War Of Will, KING KOBRA release King Kobra II, and WHITESNAKE release Made In Britain.
July 9, 2021: HARDLINE release Heart, Mind And Soul and L.A. GUNS release Cocked & Loaded Live.

July 10, 1968: Eric Clapton announced that CREAM will break up following a farewell tour.
July 10, 1969: Ian Gillan joins DEEP PURPLE. Their first gig is at The Speakeasy in Margaret Street, London.
July 10, 1971: STEPPENWOLF release For Ladies Only.
July 10, 1990: POISON release Flesh & Blood.
July 10, 2020: KIKO LOUREIRO releases Open Source.

July 11, 1983: ROBERT PLANT releases The Principle Of Moments.
July 11, 1995: KYUSS release ...And The Circus Leaves Town and MOTORHEAD release Sacrifice.
July 11, 2000: MOTLEY CRUE release New Tattoo.
July 11, 2005: TONY IOMMI/GLENN HUGHES release Fused.
July 11, 2005: R.I.P. Keith Alexander (CARNIVORE).
July 11, 2014: GRAVE DIGGER release Return Of The Reaper.

July 12, 1986: DESTRUCTION release Eternal Devastation.
July 12, 1992: GUNS N' ROSES singer Axl Rose was arrested at New York's JFK airport on a warrant from St. Louis. Rose was wanted on charges stemming from a riot during a 1991 GN'R concert.
July 12, 1994: ALICE COOPER releases The Last Temptation.
July 12, 1999: FIREHOUSE are inducted into the South Carolina Hall of Fame.
July 12, 2005: IRON MAIDEN release The Essential Iron Maiden.

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