TALENT WE LOST
R.I.P. Brian Francis Connolly (SWEET): October 5th, 1945 – February 9th, 1997 (aged 51)
R.I.P. Steve Lee (born Stefan Alois; GOTTHARD): August 5th, 1963 – October 5th, 2010 (aged 47)
R.I.P “Fast” Eddie Clarke (MOTORHEAD, FASTWAY) – October 5th, 1950 – January 10th, 2018 (aged 67)
HEAVY BIRTHDAYS
Happy 81st
Steven “Steve” Haworth Miller (STEVE MILLER BAND) – October 5, 1943
Happy 77th
Brian Johnson (AC/DC, GEORDIE) – October 5th, 1947
Happy 65th
Troy Luccketta (TESLA) – October 5th, 1959
Happy 61st
Ronni Le Tekro (born Rolf Ågrim Tekrø; TNT) – October 5th, 1963
Happy 50th
Anders Brolycke (SACRAMENTUM) – October 5th, 1974
HEAVY RELEASES
Happy 54th
LED ZEPPELIN’s Led Zeppelin III – October 5th, 1970
Happy 51st
ELTON JOHN’s Goodbye Yellow Brick Road – October 5th, 1973
Happy 45th
RIOT’s Narita – October 5th, 1979
Happy 43rd
SAXON’s Denim And Leather – October 5th, 1981
Happy 37th
LYNYRD SKYNYRD’s Legend – October 5th, 1987
Happy 34th
DEEP PURPLE’s Slaves And Masters (October 5th, 1990)
Happy 31st
DEF LEPPARD’s Retro Active – October 5th, 1993
Happy 26th
RHAPSODY’s Symphony Of Enchanted Lands – October 5th, 1998
Happy 20th
DREAM THEATER’s Live At Budokan – October 5th, 2004
Happy 15th
MARIONETTE’s Enemies – October 5th, 2009
Happy 14th
JOE SATRIANI’s Black Swans And Wormhole Wizards – October 5th, 2010
Happy 12th
REBELLION’s The Best Of Viking History – October 5th, 2012
SYLOSIS’ Monolith – October 5th, 2012
Happy 6th
AUTHOR & PUNISHER’s Beastland – October 5th, 2018
BEHEMOTH’s I Loved You at Your Darkest – October 5th, 2018
COHEED AND CAMBRIA’s Vaxis – Act I: The Unheavenly Creatures – October 5th, 2018
HIGH ON FIRE’s Electric Messiah – October 5th, 2018
ICE NINE KILLS’ The Silver Scream – October 5th, 2018
MONUMENTS’ Phronesis – October 5th, 2018
SYLAR’s Seasons – October 5th, 2018
WINDHAND’s Eternal Return – October 5th, 2018
WRATH’s Rage – October 5th, 2018