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2007 Kevin DuBrow, singer, lead vocalist, Quiet Riot, heavy metal band 1973 - 2007, dies in Las Vegas, Nevada at age 52

1988 Danny Spitz, heavy metal artist (Anthrax), weds Valerie

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

1968 Phil Anselmo, born in New Orleans, Louisiana, musician, focuses on heavy metal, sludge metal, hardcore punk, thrash metal genres, lead for Pantera, producer, owner Housecore Records

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 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 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

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 Michael Wilton, born in San Francisco, California, guitarist, singer, member of Queensryche, progressive metal musician, influenced by Judas Priest, Van Halen, Iron Maiden, UFO

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 Gary Cherone, born in Boston, heavy metal vocalist, Extreme-More Than Words

1961 Kip Winger, born in Denver, Colorado, Charles Frederick Kip Winger, musician, songwriter, bass guitarist, hard rock, heavy metal, classical, experimental genres, lead singer, Alan Parsons Project, played with Alice Cooper, had band called, Winger, released new CD, 2008

1961 David Palmer, heavy metal drummer, ABC, AC/DC

1961 Kelly Hansen, heavy metal rocker, Hurricane-I'm on to You

1961 D. D. 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 Nikki Sixx, born in San Jose, California, musician, songwriter, member, Motley Crue, plays hard rock, heavy metal genres, wrote, most successful album 'Dr. Feelgood'

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 Kevin DuBrow, born in Hollywood, California, singer, lead vocalist, Quiet Riot, heavy metal band 1973 - 2007

1955 1st sub powered by liquid metal cooled reactor launched-Seawolf

1955 Michael Schenker, heavy metal rocker, MSG-Coming on Strong, Scorpions

1954 Michael Anthony, born in Chicago, Illinois, Michael Anthony Sobolewski, bassist, founding member, Van Halen, hard rock, heavy metal genres, plays bass, vocals, has performed with Sammy Hagar, Chickenfoot, noted for custom bass guitars, now markets Mad Anthony hot sauce

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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