TALENT WE LOST
R.I.P. Gerald “Gerry” McGhee (BRIGHTON ROCK): August 15th, 1962 – August 25th, 2020 (aged 58)
HEAVY BIRTHDAYS
Happy 75th
Gene Simmons (real name Chaim Witz; KISS) – August 25th, 1949
Happy 73rd
Robert John Arthur “Rob” Halford (JUDAS PRIEST) August 25th, 1951
Happy 72nd
Geoff Downes (YES, ASIA) – August 25th, 1952
Happy 62nd
Vivian Patrick Campbell (DEF LEPPARD, DIO) August 25th, 1962
Happy 60th
Patrick Mulock (PHEAR, EIDOLON) – August 25th, 1964
Happy 59th
Nigel Durham (SAXON) – August 25th, 1965
Happy 58th
Derek Sherinian (DREAM THEATER, BLACK COUNTRY COMMUNION, ALICE COOPER, KISS, YNGWIE MALMSTEEN, BLACK LABEL SOCIETY) – August 25th, 1966
Happy 51st
Olavi Mikkonen (AMON AMARTH) – August 25th, 1973
Happy 41st
David Kinkade (SOULFLY, ARSIS) – August 25th, 1983
HEAVY RELEASES
Happy 48th
BOSTON’s Boston – August 25th, 1976
Happy 42nd
ALICE COOPER’s Zipper Catches Skin – August 25th, 1982
Happy 37th
AEROSMITH’s Permanent Vacation – August 25th, 1987
Happy 32nd
WARRANT’s Dog Eat Dog – August 25th, 1992
Happy 27th
GAMMA RAY’s Somewhere Out In Space – August 25th, 1997
Happy 26th
ROB ZOMBIE’s Hellbilly Deluxe – August 25th, 1998
Happy 18th
CATAMENIA’s Location: COLD – August 25th, 2006
Happy 16th
INTO ETERNITY’s The Incurable Tragedy – August 25th, 2008
ACID DRINKERS’ Verses Of Steel – August 25th, 2008
Happy 15th
AZAGHAL’s Teraphim – August 25th, 2009
OH, SLEEPER’s Son Of The Morning – August 25th, 2009
Happy 14th
TRISTANIA’s Rubicon – August 25th, 2010
SONIC SYNDICATE’s We Rule The Night – August 25th, 2010
Happy 10th
THE HAUNTED’s Exit Wounds – August 25th, 2014
WOLF’s Devil Seed – August 25th, 2014
Happy 7th
AKERCOCKE’s Renaissance in Extremis – August 25th, 2017
BRENDON SMALL’s Brendon Small’s Galaktikon II: Become the Storm – August 25th, 2017
DAGOBA’s Black Nova – August 25th, 2017
DIE APOKALYPTISCHEN REITER’s Der Rote Reiter – August 25th, 2017
ESKIMO CALLBOY’s The Scene – August 25th, 2017
THE HAUNTED’s Strength In Numbers – August 25th, 2017
KORPIKLAANI’s Live At Masters Of Rock – August 25th, 2017
LACRIMOSA’s Testimonium – August 25th, 2017
LENG TCH’E’s Razorgrind – August 25th, 2017
LEPROUS’ Malina – August 25th, 2017
LIONHEART’s Second Nature – August 25th, 2017
SANNHET’s So Numb – August 25th, 2017
QUEENS OF THE STONE AGE’s Villains – August 25th, 2017
Happy 1st
Alice Cooper – Road – August 25th, 2023
The Armed – Perfect Saviors – August 25th, 2023
Asking Alexandria – Where Do We Go from Here? – August 25th, 2023
Blut Aus Nord – Disharmonium – Nahab – August 25th, 2023
Dethklok – Metalocalypse: Army Of The Doomstar – August 25th, 2023
Endstille – Detonation – August 25th, 2023
Exmortus – Necrophony – August 25th, 2023
Filter – The Algorithm – August 25th, 2023
Hurricane – Reconnected – August 25th, 2023
Incantation – Unholy Deification – August 25th, 2023
Lions at the Gate – The Excuses We Cannot Make – August 25th, 2023
U.D.O. – Touchdown – August 25th, 2023
The Word Alive – Hard Reset – August 25th, 2023