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Paul Taylor (WINGER, SAMMY HAGAR, ALICE COOPER) - June 4, 1960
Ray Riendeau (HALFORD) - June 4, 1966
Thomas Nack (GAMMA RAY) - June 4, 1970
Liv "Liv Sin" Jagrell (SISTER SIN, LIV SIN) - June 4, 1980
Eric Stacy (FASTER PUSSYCAT) - June 5
Jon Butcher - June 5, 1960
Nicko McBrain (TRUST, IRON MAIDEN) - June 5, 1952
Nick Bowcott (GRIM REAPER) - June 6, 1959
Steve Vai (FRANK ZAPPA, DAVID LEE ROTH, WHITESNAKE) - June 6, 1960
Tom Araya (SLAYER) - June 6, 1961
Sean Yseult (WHITE ZOMBIE) - June 6, 1966
Mark Reale (RIOT) - June 7, 1955 R.I.P.
Michael Cartellone (DAMN YANKEES) - June 7, 1962
Mats Karlssen (220 VOLT) - June 7, 1964
Eric Kretz (STONE TEMPLE PILOTS) - June 7, 1966
Dave Navarro (JANE'S ADDICTION, RED HOT CHILI PEPPERS) - June 7, 1967

June 4, 1942: Capitol Records is born.
June 4, 1983: DEMON release The Plague and MOTORHEAD release Another Perfect Day.
June 4, 1996: METALLICA releases Load.
June 4, 1999: MEGADETH film a video for 'Crush 'Em' with WCW champion Bill Goldberg and film star Jean-Claude Van Damme.
June 4, 2002: METALLICA (with producer/fill-in bassist Bob Rock) appear onstage at Club Kimo's in San Francisco under the stage-name of SPUN.
June 4, 2007: DREAM THEATER release Systematic Chaos.
June 4, 2013: MEGADETH release Super Collider.
June 4, 2014: ARCH ENEMY release War Eternal and LOUDNESS release The Sun Will Rise Again.
June 4, 2021: FLOTSAM AND JETSAM release Blood In The Water and PAUL GILBERT releases Werewolves Of Portland.

June 5, 1977: ALICE COOPER's pet boa constrictor was bitten by a rat it was trying to eat, and died. Cooper held a public audition to replace the snake, which was featured in his act.
June 5, 1984: TWISTED SISTER release their North American debut, Stay Hungry and SLAYER release their debut Show No Mercy.
June 5, 1992: IRON MAIDEN's Fear Of The Dark tour opens in Helsinki.
June 5, 1996: MOTLEY CRUE's Tommy Lee and wife Pamela Anderson have their first child, Brandon Thomas Lee.
June 5, 1999: AEROSMITH wins best song in a movie honors at the MTV Movie Awards for 'I Don't Want To Miss A Thing' from the Armageddon movie soundtrack.
June 5, 2001: BLUE OYSTER CULT release Curse Of The Hidden Mirror.
June 5, 2003: METALLICA release St. Anger.
June 5, 2007: TESLA release Real To Reel.
June 5, 2012: HELLYEAH release Band of Brothers.
June 5, 2013: OLIVA release Raise The Curtain.

June 6, 1988: BRITNY FOX release Britny Fox.
June 6, 1995: KING DIAMOND release The Spider's Lullabye.
June 6, 2000: ALICE COOPER releases Brutal Planet.
June 6, 2002: RATT guitarist Robbin Crosby passes away from a heroin overdose.
June 6, 2006: (06/06/06) The International Day Of SLAYER begins.
June 6, 2011: IRON MAIDEN release From Fear To Eternity.
June 6, 2014: TESLA release Simplicity and URIAH HEEP release Outsider.

June 7, 1980: IRON MAIDEN's 'Sanctuary' single is released.
June 7, 1982: GIRLSCHOOL release Screaming Blue Murder.
June 7, 1999: POISON are inducted into Dick Clark's Rock 'N' Roll Hall of Fame in Indianapolis, Indiana.
June 7, 2000: TWISTED SISTER reunite for the first time in 14 years in honor of industry mogul Jason Flom who signed the band.
June 7, 2011: DEF LEPPARD release Mirror Ball (live).
June 7, 2019: DIVINER release Realms of Time, THE RODS release Brotherhood Of Metal, and WARRIOR SOUL release Rock 'n' Roll Disease.

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