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James McCarty (CACTUS, MITCH RYDER) - June 1, 1945
Mike Levine (TRIUMPH) - June 1, 1949
Ian Hunter (MOTT THE HOOPLE) - June 3, 1946
Doro Pesch (WARLOCK, DORO) - June 3, 1964
Kerry King (SLAYER) - June 3, 1964

June 1, 1976: THE RUNAWAYS release The Runaways.
June 1, 1987: CELTIC FROST release Into The Pandemonium and CORONER release R.I.P.
June 1, 1989: SODOM release Agent Orange.
June 1, 1990: DESTRUCTION release Cracked Brain.
June 1, 1993: SENTENCED release North From Here.
June 1, 1999: ANNIHILATOR release Criteria For A Black Widow and L.A. GUNS release Shrinking Violet.
June 1, 2012: JORN releases Bring Heavy Rock To The Land, KREATOR release Phantom Antichrist, and NUCLEAR ASSAULT release Pounder.
June 1, 2016: YNGWIE MALMSTEEN releases World On Fire.

June 2, 1973: LED ZEPPELIN drummer John Bonham dumps a bucket of water on legendary concert promoter Bill Graham following an argument at a show in San Francisco, CA.
June 2, 1978: THIN LIZZY release Live And Dangerous.
June 2, 1980: ACCEPT release I'm A Rebel.
June 2, 1993: IRON MAIDEN perform the first of three nights in Moscow on their first trip to Russia.
June 2, 1998: DEEP PURPLE release Abandon.
June 2, 2010: PRIMAL FEAR release 16.6- All Over The World DVD.
June 2, 2015: ARMORED SAINT release Win Hands Down and PARADISE LOST release The Plague Within.
June 2, 2017: GREAT WHITE release Full Circle and JORN release Life on Death Road.

June 3, 1970: DEEP PURPLE release In Rock.
June 3, 1981: IRON MAIDEN perform their first US concert in support of JUDAS PRIEST in Las Vegas.
June 3, 1982: RAVEN release Wiped Out.
June 3, 1994: BRUCE DICKINSON releases Balls To Picasso.
June 3, 1997: BRUCE DICKINSON releases Accident Of Birth, FAITH NO MORE release Album Of The Year, FLOTSAM AND JETSAM release High, RUSH release Retrospective II: 1981 to 1987, SEPULTURA release Blood Rooted, and SUICIDAL TENDENCIES release Prime Cuts.

June 3, 1999: guitar legend STEVE VAI is inducted into the Rock Walk outside Guitar Center in Hollywood, CA.
June 3, 2004: R.I.P. Ace Forsberg (Quorthon from BATHORY).
June 3, 2011: SAXON release Call to Arms and SEVEN WITCHES release Call Upon The Wicked.
June 3, 2013: WHITE WIZZARD release The Devil's Cut.
June 3, 2014: LOUDNESS release The Sun Will Rise Again.
June 3, 2016: CANDLEMASS release Death Thy Lover (EP) and HELLYEAH release Unden!able.

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