2007 Death Kevin DuBrow, singer, lead vocalist, Quiet Riot, heavy metal band 1973 - 2007, dies in Las Vegas, Nevada at age 52 1988 Event Danny Spitz, heavy metal artist (Anthrax), weds Valerie 1986 Death Cliff Burton, bass player for Metallica, a thrash metal band, dies in Sweden at age 24, when tour bus for the band skidded and crashed, inducted posthumously into Rock and Roll Hall of Fame with Metallica 1981 Event Almost 1 million West German metal workers in strike 1974 Birthday Matt Bongiovi, heavy metal rocker, cousin of Jon Bon Jovi 1970 Birthday Donald Tardy, U.S., death metal drummer, Obituary, Cause of Death 1969 Birthday Butch Walker, Rome, Georgia, heavy metal guitarist, Southgang-Tainted Angel 1969 Birthday Trevor Peres, U.S., metal guitarist, Obituary-The End Complete 1969 Birthday Douglas Lee Mitchell, born in Miles, Michigan, heavy metal artist, Southgang 1969 Birthday Jesse Harte, Rome, Georgia, heavy metal vocalist, Southgang-Tainted Angel 1968 Birthday Larry Laronde, U.S. funk metal bassist, Primus-Frizzle Fry 1968 Birthday Andreas Kisser, Brazilian heavy metal guitarist, Sepultura 1968 Event Iron Butterfly's "In-a-gadda-da-vida" becomes 1st heavy metal song to hit charts, it comes in at #117 1968 Birthday 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 Birthday Allen West, U.S. metal guitarist, Obituary, Cause of Death 1967 Birthday Jerry Dixon, heavy metal bassist, Warrant-Cherry Pie 1967 Birthday Pat Badger, heavy metal bassist, Extreme-More Than Words 1967 Birthday Jayce Fincher, Jr., heavy metal bassist, Southgang-Tainted Angel 1966 Birthday Mark Michaels, heavy metal guitarist, Teach Yourself Rhythm Guitar 1965 Birthday Eddie Vedder, heavy metal singer, Pearl Jam-Justine 1965 Birthday Steven Sweet, Wadsworth Ohio, heavy metal artist, Warrant-Cherry Pie 1965 Birthday Tim "Herb" Alexander, U.S. funk metal drummer, Primus-Prok soda 1964 Birthday Dave Ellefson, born in Jackson, Minnesota, bass guitar player, founder and member, thrash metal band, Megadeth 1964 Birthday Ian Haughland, heavy metal rocker, Europe-The Final Countdown 1964 Birthday Johnny Dee, heavy metal drummer, Britny Fox-Boys in Heat, King Kobra 1964 Birthday Rachel Bolan, born in Perth Amboy, New Jersey, born James Southworth, bass player, songwriter and co-founder of metal band, Skid Row 1963 Birthday Scott Ian, U.S. heavy metal guitarist, Anthrax-I'm the Man 1963 Birthday Lars Ulrich, Danish/US heavy metal drummer, Metallica-Kill 'em All 1963 Birthday Les Claypool, U.S. funk metal singer/bassist, Primus-Suck on This 1963 Birthday John Bush, U.S. heavy metal singer, Anthrax-Armed and Dangerous 1963 Birthday James Hetfield, heavy metal rocker, Metallica-Helpless 1963 Birthday Paul Geary, born in Boston, Massachusetts, heavy metal drummer, Extreme-More Than Words 1963 Birthday Frank Bello, U.S. heavy metal bassist, Anthrax-Soldiers of Metal 1963 Birthday Joey Vera, heavy metal rocker, Armored Saint-Aftermath 1963 Birthday Brett Edward Garsed, born in Victoria Australia, heavy metal artist, Nelson 1963 Birthday Warren DeMartini, heavy metal rocker, Dokken-Alone Again, Ratt 1963 Birthday Jason Newsted, born in Battle Creek, Michigan, bassist, Metallica, heavy metal band member, founder of Chophouse Records studio 1963 Birthday Jani Lane, heavy metal drummer, Warrant-Cherry Pie 1963 Birthday Danny Spitz, heavy metal guitarist, Anthrax-Protest and Survive 1962 Birthday 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 Birthday Vivian Campbell, heavy metal rocker, White Snake-Here I Go Again 1962 Birthday Mick Sweda, heavy metal, Bulletboys, King Kobra-Ready to Strike 1962 Birthday Adam Baldwin, actor, Full Metal Jacket, My Bodyguard 1962 Birthday Michael Wilton, born in San Francisco, California, guitarist, singer, member of Queensryche, progressive metal musician, influenced by Judas Priest, Van Halen, Iron Maiden, UFO 1962 Birthday Cliff Burton, born in Castro Valley, California, bass player for Metallica, a thrash metal band 1961 Birthday Mike Tramp, Denmark, heavy metal rocker, White Lion-Mane Attraction 1961 Birthday Dave Mustaine, born in La Mesa, California, guitarist, singer, songwriter, Megadeth, heavy metal band member, listed in book, '100 Greatest Metal Guitarists' 1961 Birthday David Chastain, heavy metal rocker, Chastain-Rule of Wasteland 1961 Birthday Tony MacAlpine, heavy metal rocker, Solo-Edge of Insanity 1961 Birthday Gary Cherone, born in Boston, heavy metal vocalist, Extreme-More Than Words 1961 Birthday 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 Birthday David Palmer, heavy metal drummer, ABC, AC/DC 1961 Birthday Kelly Hansen, heavy metal rocker, Hurricane-I'm on to You 1961 Birthday D. D. Verni, heavy metal rocker, Overkill-Hello From the Gutter 1960 Birthday Kasey Smith, Queens, New York, heavy metal artist, Danger Danger-Screw It 1960 Birthday Joey Belladonna, Oswego, New York, heavy metal vocalist, Anthrax-Protest 1960 Birthday Tommy Aldridge, heavy metal rocker, Ozzy-Diary of a Mad Man 1960 Birthday Morty Black, heavy metal rocker, TNT-7 Seas 1960 Birthday Robbin Crosby, heavy metal rock guitarist/vocals, Ratt-Round and Round 1960 Birthday Simon Wright, heavy metal drummer, AC/DC 1959 Birthday Juan Croucier, heavy metal rocker, Ratt-Round and Round 1959 Birthday Joe Elliot, heavy metal vocalist, Def Leppard-Hysteria, Rock of Ages 1959 Birthday Stephen Pearcy, born in Los Angeles, California, heavy metal vocalist, RATT-Round and Round 1959 Birthday Matthew Modine, born in Loma Linda, California, actor, Full Metal Jacket 1958 Birthday 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 Birthday Lita Rossana Ford, born in London, England, metal guitarist, Kiss Me Deadly 1958 Birthday Greg Chaisson, heavy metal rocker, Badlands-Dreams in the Dark 1958 Birthday Bruce Dickinson, heavy metal rocker, Iron Maiden-Run to Hills 1958 Birthday Randy Piper, heavy metal rocker, Wasp-Wildchild 1957 Birthday Adrian Smith, heavy metal guitarist, Iron Maiden-Aces High 1956 Birthday Vinnie Vincent, heavy metal rocker, Solo-Ashes to Ashes 1955 Birthday Kevin DuBrow, born in Hollywood, California, singer, lead vocalist, Quiet Riot, heavy metal band 1973 - 2007 1955 Event 1st sub powered by liquid metal cooled reactor launched-Seawolf 1955 Birthday Michael Schenker, heavy metal rocker, MSG-Coming on Strong, Scorpions 1954 Birthday 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 Birthday 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 Birthday Don Dokken, heavy metal rocker, Dokken-Alone Again 1953 Birthday Rod Morgenstein, born in New York, drummer, member of '80's heavy metal band Wing, Dixie Dregs, educator, served as professor of percussion, Berklee College of Music 1952 Event 650,000 metal workers go on strike in U.S. 1952 Birthday Udo Dirkshneider, heavy metal rocker, Accept-Balls to the Wall, Udo 1951 Birthday Ace Frehley, born in Bronx, New York, heavy metal rocker, Kiss-Beth, Frehley's Comet 1951 Birthday Mick Mars, born in Terre Haute, Indiana, rocker, heavy metal guitarist, played for glam metal band Motley Crue 1950 Event 1st typesetting machine to dispense with metal type exhibited 1950 Birthday Billy Squier, Massachusetts, heavy metal guitarist, Don't Say No 1948 Birthday 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 Birthday Ian Gillian, heavy metal rocker, Deep Purple-Knocking at Backdoor 1944 Birthday 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 Birthday Dave Holland, heavy metal rocker, Judas Priest-Breakin' the Law 1943 Event Presliced bread sale banned to reduce bakery demand for metal parts 1943 Event U.S. rations bread and metal 1935 Event 1st radio tube made of metal announced, Schenectady, New York 1930 Birthday Raj Bagri, Indies/British merchant in metal 1922 Event Rotterdam metal strike ends 1875 Birthday Michael I Kalinin, Russian metal worker/head of state 1872 Event J. S. Risdon patents metal windmill 1854 Event Smith and Wesson patents metal bullet cartridges 1831 Death Henry Maudslay, inventor (metal lathe), dies 1799 Birthday Isaac Babbitt, invented babbitt's metal for bearings
