TALENT WE LOST
R.I.P. Steve Lee (born Stefan Alois; GOTTHARD) – August 5th, 1963 – October 5th, 2010 (aged 47)
On October 5th, 2010, from one second to the next, history turned upside down when singer Steve Lee died in a motorcycle accident, leaving the rock world gasping for breath, far beyond Switzerland’s borders.
HEAVY BIRTHDAYS
Happy 69th
Eddie “Fingers” Ojeda (TWISTED SISTER) – August 5th, 1955
Happy 77th
RICK DERRINGER (born Ricky Dean Zehringer) – August 5th, 1947
Happy 61st
Craig Wells (METAL CHURCH) – August 5th, 1963
Happy 52nd
Christian Olde Wolbers (FEAR FACTORY) – August 5th, 1972
Heavy Releases
Happy 58th
THE BEATLES’ Revolver – August 5th, 1966
Happy 57th
PINK FLOYD’s The Piper at the Gates of Dawn – August 5th, 1967
Happy 55th
THE STOOGES’ The Stooges – August 5th, 1969
Happy 44th
PAT BENATAR’s Crimes Of Passion – August 5, 1980
Happy 16th
CHROME DIVISION’s Booze, Broads And Beelzebub – August 5th, 2008
NORMA JEAN’s The Anti Mother – August 5th, 2008
Happy 13th
SABATON’s World War Live: Battle Of The Baltic Sea – August 5th, 2011
Happy 10th
KIX’ Rock Your Face Off – August 5th, 2014
DARKEST HOUR’s Darkest Hour – August 5th, 2014
GODSMACK’s 1000hp – August 5th, 2014
PATHOLOGY’s Throne of Reign – August 5th, 2014
Happy 8th
BLOODY HAMMERS – Lovely Sort of Death – August 5th, 2016
CARNIFEX – Slow Death – August 5th, 2016
ISLANDER – Power Under Control – August 5th, 2016
JACKYL – Rowyco – August 5th, 2016
SKILLET – Unleashed – August 5th, 2016
TARJA – The Shadow Self – August 5th, 2016
Happy 4th
CRYSTAL LAKE – The Voyages – August 5th, 2020
Happy 2nd
ABADDON INCARNATE’s The Wretched Sermon – August 5th, 2022
AMON AMARTH’s The Great Heathen Army – August 5th, 2022
EINHERJER’s Norse and Dangerous (Live… from the Land of Legends) – August 5th, 2022)
H.E.A.T’s Force Majeure – August 5th, 2022
PSYCROPTIC’s Divine Council – August 5th, 2022
SOULFLY’s Totem – August 5th, 2022
TOXIK’s Dis Morta – August 5th, 2022
VANDEN PLAS’ Live & Immortal – August 5th, 2022