TALENT WE LOST
Vincent “Vinnie” Paul Abbott (PANTERA, DAMAGEPLAN): March 11th, 1964 – June 22th, 2018 (aged 54)
HEAVY BIRTHDAYS
Happy 77th
Todd Rundgren – June 22nd, 1948
Happy 76th
Gary Moffet (APRIL WINE) – June 22nd, 1949
Moffet can be heard on everything from 1973’s Electric Jewels to 1984’s Animal Grace.
Lawrence E. Larry Junstrom (LYNYRD SKYNYRD, .38 SPECIAL) – June 22nd, 1949
HEAVY RELEASES
Happy 46th
QUEEN’s Live Killers – June 22nd, 1979
Recorded live during the European leg of Queen’s Jazz Tour in 1979.
Happy 44th
BLUE ÖYSTER CULT’s Fire Of Unknown Origin – June 22nd, 1981
Happy 38th
WHITE LION’s Pride – June 22nd, 1987
MARILLION’s – Clutching At Straws – June 22nd, 1987
The last album with lead singer Fish, who left the band in 1988.
Happy 37th
ANATHEMA’s Alternative 4 – June 22nd, 1998
Happy 33rd
BLACK SABBATH’s Dehumanizer – June 22nd, 1992
Happy 32nd
DEATH’s Individual Thought Patterns – June 22nd, 1993
The only album by the band to feature KING DIAMOND guitarist Andy LaRocque.
MORBID ANGEL’s Covenant – June 22, 1993
Happy 27th
ICED EARTH’s Something Wicked This Way Comes – June 22nd, 1998
Happy 26th
HYPOCRISY’s Hypocrisy – June 22nd, 1999
Happy 21st
MOTÖRHEAD’s Inferno – June 22nd, 2004
GARY MOORE’s Power Of The Blues – June 22nd, 2004
Happy 18th
CANDLEMASS’ King Of The Grey Islands – June 22nd, 2007
Happy 16th
ASPHYX’s Death…The Brutal Way – June 22nd, 2009
DRUDKH’s Microcosmos – June 22nd, 2009
NIGHTRAGE’s Wearing A Martyr’s Crown – June 22nd, 2009
SPINAL TAP’s Back From The Dead – June 22nd, 2009
Happy 15th
DANZIG’s Deth Red Sabaoth – June 22nd, 2010
EARLY GRAVES’ Goner
YAKUZA’s Of Seismic Consequence
Happy 14th
PROTEST THE HERO Scurrilous – June 22nd, 2011
BORN OF OSIRIS’ The Discovery
EYEHATEGOD’s Live
TESSERACT’s One
STREAM OF PASSION’s Darker Days
Happy 13th
LUCA TURILLI’S RHAPSODY Ascending To Infinity – June 22nd, 2012
DEATHSPELL OMEGA’s Drought – June 22nd, 2012
Happy 7th
CRAFT’s White Noise And Black Metal – June 22nd, 2018
IMPENDING DOOM’s The Sin And Doom, Vol. II – June 22nd, 2018
KHEMMIS’ Desolation – June 22nd, 2018
MARDUK’s Viktoria – June 22nd, 2018
NINE INCH NAILS’ Bad Witch – June 22nd, 2018
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