TALENT WE LOST / BIRTHDAY ANNIVERSARY
R.I.P. Thomas Ace Börje Forsberg (Quorthon from BATHORY): February 17th, 1966 – June 3rd, 2004
R.I.P. Billy Powell (LYNYRD SKYNYRD) – June 3rd, 1952 – June 28th, 2009
The keyboardist died of a heart attack at the age of 56 at his home in Orange Park, Florida.
HEAVY BIRTHDAYS
Happy 61st
Kerry Ray King (SLAYER) – June 3rd, 1964
Happy 79th
IAN HUNTER (MOTT THE HOOPLE) – June 3rd, 1946
He also worked with DAVID BOWIE and wrote the hit Once Bitten, Twice Shy which GREAT WHITE covered in 1989, hitting the Billboard Hot 100 at #6.
Happy 61st
DORO PESCH (WARLOCK) – June 3rd, 1964
Happy 55th
Alf Peter Tägtgren (HYPOCRISY, PAIN, LINDEMANN, IMMORTAL) – June 3rd, 1970
HEAVY RELEASES
Happy 55th
DEEP PURPLE’s In Rock – June 3rd, 1970
Happy 43rd
RAVEN’s Wiped Out – June 3rd, 1982
Happy 31st
BRUCE DICKINSON’s Balls To Picasso – June 3rd, 1994
Happy 28th
BOSTON’s Greatest Hits – June 3, 1997
FLOTSAM AND JETSAM’s High – June 3rd, 1997
SEPULTURA’s Blood Rooted – June 3rd, 1997
FAITH NO MORE’s Album Of The Year – June 3rd, 1997
Happy 17th
JOURNEY’s Revelation – June 3, 2008
Their first with lead singer Arnel Pineda.
Happy 14th
SAXON’s Call To Arms – June 3rd, 2011
PAIN’s You Only Live Twice – June 3rd, 2011
ALESTORM’s Back Through Time – June 3rd, 2011
FALCONER’s Armod – June 3rd, 2011
SEVEN WITCHES’ Call Upon The Wicked – June 3rd, 2011
Happy 12th
WHITE WIZZARD’s The Devil’s Cut – June 3rd, 2013
Happy 11th
LOUDNESS’ The Sun Will Rise Again – June 3rd, 2014
Happy 9th
BEARTOOTH’s Aggressive – June 3rd, 2016
CANDLEMASS’ Death Thy Lover (EP) – June 3rd, 2016
DARK FUNERAL’s Where Shadows Forever Reign – June 3rd, 2016
DARK SUNS’ Everchild – June 3rd, 2016
HELLYEAH’s Unden!able – June 3rd, 2016
PARADOX’s Pangea – June 3rd, 2016
VOLBEAT’s Seal the Deal & Let’s Boogie – June 3rd, 2016
Happy 2nd
THE ALGORITHM’s Data Renaissance – June 3rd, 2023
ASTRONOID’s Radiant Bloom – June 3rd, 2023
BATTLELORE’s The Return of the Shadow – June 3rd, 2023
BLEED FROM WITHIN’s Shrine – June 3rd, 2023
GWAR’s The New Dark Ages – June 3rd, 2023
KILLSWITCH ENGAGE’s Live at the Palladium – June 3rd, 2023
LAS CRUCES’s Cosmic Tears – June 3rd, 2023
MEMPHIS MAY FIRE’s Remade in Misery – June 3rd, 2023
ORIGIN’s Chaosmos – June 3rd, 2023
RED HANDED DENIAL’s I’d Rather Be Asleep – June 3rd, 2023
THORNHILL’s Heroine – June 3rd, 2023
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