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1988 Danny Spitz, heavy metal artist (Anthrax), weds Valerie
1982 Randy Rhoads, heavy metal guitarist (Ozzy Osbourne), air crash at 25 1981 Almost 1 million West German metal workers in strike 1974 Matt Bongiovi, heavy metal rocker, cousin of Jon Bon Jovi 1970 Donald Tardy, U.S., death metal drummer, Obituary, Cause of Death 1969 Butch Walker, Rome, Georgia, heavy metal guitarist, Southgang-Tainted Angel 1969 Trevor Peres, U.S., metal guitarist, Obituary-The End Complete 1969 Douglas Lee Mitchell, born in Miles, Michigan, heavy metal artist, Southgang 1969 Jesse Harte, Rome, Georgia, heavy metal vocalist, Southgang-Tainted Angel 1968 Larry Laronde, U.S. funk metal bassist, Primus-Frizzle Fry 1968 Andreas Kisser, Brazilian heavy metal guitarist, Sepultura 1968 Iron Butterfly's "In-a-gadda-da-vida" becomes 1st heavy metal song to hit charts, it comes in at #117 1967 Allen West, U.S. metal guitarist, Obituary, Cause of Death 1967 Jerry Dixon, heavy metal bassist, Warrant-Cherry Pie 1967 Pat Badger, heavy metal bassist, Extreme-More Than Words 1967 Jayce Fincher, Jr., heavy metal bassist, Southgang-Tainted Angel 1966 Mark Michaels, heavy metal guitarist, Teach Yourself Rhythm Guitar 1965 Eddie Vedder, heavy metal singer, Pearl Jam-Justine 1965 Steven Sweet, Wadsworth Ohio, heavy metal artist, Warrant-Cherry Pie 1965 Tim "Herb" Alexander, U.S. funk metal drummer, Primus-Prok soda 1964 Ian Haughland, heavy metal rocker, Europe-The Final Countdown 1964 Bill D'Angelo, heavy metal rocker 1964 Johnny Dee, heavy metal drummer, Britny Fox-Boys in Heat, King Kobra 1963 Scott Ian, U.S. heavy metal guitarist, Anthrax-I'm the Man 1963 Lars Ulrich, Danish/US heavy metal drummer, Metallica-Kill 'em All 1963 Les Claypool, U.S. funk metal singer/bassist, Primus-Suck on This 1963 Reb Beach, heavy metal rocker, Winger-17 1963 John Bush, U.S. heavy metal singer, Anthrax-Armed and Dangerous 1963 James Hetfield, heavy metal rocker, Metallica-Helpless 1963 Paul Geary, born in Boston, Massachusetts, heavy metal drummer, Extreme-More Than Words 1963 Frank Bello, U.S. heavy metal bassist, Anthrax-Soldiers of Metal 1963 Joey Vera, heavy metal rocker, Armored Saint-Aftermath 1963 Brett Edward Garsed, born in Victoria Australia, heavy metal artist, Nelson 1963 Kal Swan, heavy metal rocker 1963 Warren DeMartini, heavy metal rocker, Dokken-Alone Again, Ratt 1963 Jani Lane, heavy metal drummer, Warrant-Cherry Pie 1963 Danny Spitz, heavy metal guitarist, Anthrax-Protest and Survive 1962 Mazzi Rawd, heavy metal rocker 1962 Vivian Campbell, heavy metal rocker, White Snake-Here I Go Again 1962 Mick Sweda, heavy metal, Bulletboys, King Kobra-Ready to Strike 1962 Adam Baldwin, actor, Full Metal Jacket, My Bodyguard 1962 Josh Silver, born in America, keyboardist, producer for band Type O Negative, viewed as a gothic metal band, played with Peter Steele, founding member of rock group Fallout 1961 Mike Tramp, Denmark, heavy metal rocker, White Lion-Mane Attraction 1961 David Chastain, heavy metal rocker, Chastain-Rule of Wasteland 1961 Tony MacAlpine, heavy metal rocker, Solo-Edge of Insanity 1961 Rick Rael, heavy metal rocker 1961 Gary Cherone, born in Boston, heavy metal vocalist, Extreme-More Than Words 1961 David Palmer, heavy metal drummer, ABC, AC/DC 1961 Kelly Hansen, heavy metal rocker, Hurricane-I'm on to You 1961 D. 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Verni, heavy metal rocker, Overkill-Hello From the Gutter 1960 Kasey Smith, Queens, New York, heavy metal artist, Danger Danger-Screw It 1960 Joey Belladonna, Oswego, New York, heavy metal vocalist, Anthrax-Protest 1960 Tommy Aldridge, heavy metal rocker, Ozzy-Diary of a Mad Man 1960 Morty Black, heavy metal rocker, TNT-7 Seas 1960 Robbin Crosby, heavy metal rock guitarist/vocals, Ratt-Round and Round 1960 Simon Wright, heavy metal drummer, AC/DC 1959 Juan Croucier, heavy metal rocker, Ratt-Round and Round 1959 Steve Grimmett, heavy metal rocker 1959 Joe Elliot, heavy metal vocalist, Def Leppard-Hysteria, Rock of Ages 1959 Stephen Pearcy, born in Los Angeles, California, heavy metal vocalist, RATT-Round and Round 1959 Matthew Modine, born in Loma Linda, California, actor, Full Metal Jacket 1958 Lita Rossana Ford, born in London, England, metal guitarist, Kiss Me Deadly 1958 Greg Chaisson, heavy metal rocker, Badlands-Dreams in the Dark 1958 Bruce Dickinson, heavy metal rocker, Iron Maiden-Run to Hills 1958 Randy Piper, heavy metal rocker, Wasp-Wildchild 1957 Adrian Smith, heavy metal guitarist, Iron Maiden-Aces High 1956 Vinnie Vincent, heavy metal rocker, Solo-Ashes to Ashes 1955 1st sub powered by liquid metal cooled reactor launched-Seawolf 1955 Michael Schenker, heavy metal rocker, MSG-Coming on Strong, Scorpions 1954 Ross Friedman, born in New York City, New York, Ross Funicello, Ross The Boss, guitarist, rocker, founding member of The Dictators punk band and Manowar heavy metal band 1953 Don Dokken, heavy metal rocker, Dokken-Alone Again 1952 650,000 metal workers go on strike in U.S. 1952 Udo Dirkshneider, heavy metal rocker, Accept-Balls to the Wall, Udo 1951 Ace Frehley, born in Bronx, New York, heavy metal rocker, Kiss-Beth, Frehley's Comet 1951 Mick Mars, born in Terre Haute, Indiana, rocker, heavy metal guitarist, played for glam metal band Motley Crue 1950 1st typesetting machine to dispense with metal type exhibited 1950 Billy Squier, Massachusetts, heavy metal guitarist, Don't Say No 1948 Bill Ward, born in Birmingham, England, musician, vocalist, drummer for Black Sabbath, a British heavy metal band, sang lead vocals on Technical Ecstacy, Never Say Die! 1945 Ian Gillian, heavy metal rocker, Deep Purple-Knocking at Backdoor 1944 Tim Bogert, born in Ridgefield, New Jersey, musician, bass player, played rock, blues-rock, heavy metal, performed bass solos with Vanilla Fudge, Beck, Bogert & Appice 1944 Dave Holland, heavy metal rocker, Judas Priest-Breakin' the Law 1943 Presliced bread sale banned to reduce bakery demand for metal parts 1943 U.S. rations bread and metal 1935 1st radio tube made of metal announced, Schenectady, New York 1930 Raj Bagri, Indies/British merchant in metal 1922 Rotterdam metal strike ends 1875 Michael I Kalinin, Russian metal worker/head of state 1872 J. S. Risdon patents metal windmill 1854 Smith and Wesson patents metal bullet cartridges 1831 Henry Maudslay, inventor (metal lathe), dies 1799 Isaac Babbitt, invented babbitt's metal for bearings |
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