HEAVY HISTORY
45 years ago today (August 11th, 1979), LED ZEPPELIN performed their final UK show at the historic Knebworth Park in Hertfordshire, England. Check out this amazing footage:
25 years ago today (August 11th, 1999) KISS received their star on the Hollywood Walk Of Fame.
TALENT WE LOST
R.I.P. Jani Lane (WARRANT): February 1st, 1964 – August 11th, 2011
On August 11, 2011, the Warrant singer was found dead of acute alcohol poisoning at a Comfort Inn hotel in Woodland Hills, California at the age of 47.
R.I.P. Erik Keith Brann (born Rick Davis; IRON BUTTERFLY): August 11th, 1950 – July 25th, 2003
HEAVY BIRTHDAYS
Happy 81st
Jim Kale (THE GUESS WHO) – August 11th, 1943
Happy 52nd
KRISIUN guitarist Moyses Kolesne – August 11th, 1972
HEAVY RELEASES
Happy 15th
WINDS OF PLAGUE’s The Great Stone War – August 11th, 2009
Happy 10th
BELPHEGOR’s Conjuring The Dead – August 11th, 2014
Happy 7th
ALL OUT WAR’s Give Us Extinction – August 11th, 2017
CORMORANT’s Diaspora – August 11th, 2017
HINDER’s The Reign – August 11th, 2017
INCANTATION’s Profane Nexus – August 11th, 2017
MOTOGRATER’s Desolation – August 11th, 2017
NECROPHOBIC’s Pesta (EP) – August 11th, 2017
VENOM INC.’s Avé – August 11th, 2017
Happy 1st
GEORGE LYNCH & JEFF PILSON – Heavy Hitters II – August 11th, 2023
KATAKLYSM – Goliath – August 11th, 2023
KING KOBRA – We Are Warriors – August 11th, 2023
MEGAHERZ – In Teufels Namen – August 11th, 2023
TARJA – Rocking Heels: Live At Metal Church – August 11th, 2023