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6/26/25

'Ventor' Reil (KREATOR) - June 26, 1966
Olve "Abbath" Eikemo (ABBATH, IMMORTAL) - June 27, 1973
Kurdt Vanderhoof (METAL CHURCH) - June 28, 1961
Danny West (VAIN) - June 28, 1966
Ian Paice (DEEP PURPLE) - June 29, 1948
Don Dokken (DOKKEN) - June 29, 1953
Rob Rock (ROB ROCK, IMPELLITTERI, DRIVER) - June 29, 1959

June 26, 1970: FREE release Fire And Water.
June 26, 1990: DANZIG release Danzig II: Lucifuge.
June 26, 2000: GAMMA RAY's career spanning retrospective Blast From The Past is released.
June 26, 2001: ANTHRAX release Madhouse: The Very Best Of Anthrax.
June 26, 2007: KING DIAMOND releases Give Me Your Soul... Please, and SYMPHONY X release Paradise Lost.
June 26, 2009: U.D.O. release Infected.

June 27, 1981: IRON MAIDEN release the single 'Purgatory' and MOTORHEAD release No Sleep 'Til Hammersmith.
June 27, 1985: LEE AARON releases Call Of The Wild.
June 27, 1986: QUEENSRYCHE release Rage For Order.
June 27, 1989: DANGER DANGER release Danger Danger, KING'S X release Gretchen Goes To Nebraska, and KIM MITCHELL releases Rockland.
June 27, 1997: HAMMERFALL release Glory To The Brave.
June 27, 2002: OVERKILL singer Bobby 'Blitz' Ellsworth stumbles off stage and collapses, with what was later diagnosed as a small stroke.
June 27, 2006: METAL CHURCH release A Light In The Dark.
June 27, 2007: TWISTED SISTER release The Video Years.
June 27, 2014: QUIET RIOT release Quiet Riot 10.

June 28, 1976: Ian Paice leaves DEEP PURPLE.
June 28, 1982: JON LORD releases Before I Forget and ROBERT PLANT releases Pictures At Eleven.
June 28, 1984: KIM MITCHELL releases Akimbo Alogo.
June 28, 1985: AC/DC release Fly On The Wall.
June 28, 1988: STRYPER release In God We Trust.
June 28, 1993: OZZY OSBOURNE releases Live And Loud.
June 28, 1994: KYUSS' Welcome to Sky Valley.
June 28, 2010: R.I.P. Bill Aucoin (KISS Manager).
June 28, 2011: QUEENSRYCHE release Dedicated To Chaos.

June 29, 1969: the JIMI HENDRIX EXPERIENCE play it's last concert together on the final day of the three-day Denver Pop Festival, from the stage Hendrix made the infamous announcement: "This is the last gig we'll be playing together".
June 29, 1974: Neil Peart joins RUSH.
June 29, 1982: IRON MAIDEN perform their first headline show in the U.S. New York's Palladium is sold out.
June 29, 1987: GREAT WHITE release Once Bitten.
June 29, 1988: VOIVOD release Dimension Hatross.
June 29, 1991: BATHORY release Twilight Of The Gods.
June 29, 1992: IRON MAIDEN's 'From Here To Eternity' single is released.
June 29, 1994: WIDOWMAKER release Stand By for Pain.
June 29, 1999: IN FLAMES release Colony, MERCYFUL FATE release 9, MOTLEY CRUE release Supersonic And Demonic Relics, and SLAUGHTER release Back To Reality.
June 29, 2004: RUSH release Feedback.
June 29, 2018: CRYSTAL VIPER release At the Edge of Time (EP) and FATES WARNING release Live Over Europe.
June 29, 2021: R.I.P. John Lawton (URIAH HEEP, LUCIFER'S FRIEND).

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