This Day In ... September 14th, 2014 - NEVERMORE, NAZARETH, LYNYRD SKYNYRD, FREE, ANGRA, IRON MAIDEN, JUDGMENT NIGHT, MEGADETH, AGE OF SILENCE, QUEENSRYCHE
September 14, 2014, 9 years ago
Happy 42nd Birthday Jeff Loomis (NEVERMORE, CONQUERING DYSTOPIA) - September 14th, 1971
Happy 67th Birthday Pete Agnew (NAZARETH) - September 14th, 1946
R.I.P. Steven Earl Gaines (LYNYRD SKYNYRD): September 14th, 1949 – October 20th 1977
According to Wikipedia, on October 20, 1977, three days after the legendary Street Survivors album was released, a plane carrying the band between shows from Greenville, South Carolina to Baton Rouge, Louisiana, crashed outside of Gillsburg, Mississippi. The plane landed in a swampy area and crashed into trees. Gaines died from blunt-force trauma to the head; he was 28 years old and likely was killed on impact. The crash also killed Ronnie Van Zant, Steve's sister Cassie Gaines, assistant road manager Dean Kilpatrick, pilot Walter McCreary, and co-pilot William Gray.
R.I.P. Paul Francis Kossoff (FREE): September 14th, 1950 – March 19th, 1976
On a flight from Los Angeles to New York on March 19th, 1976, Kossoff died from drug-related heart problems. He was 25.
Happy 42nd Birthday André Coelho Matos (ANGRA, SYMFONIA, VIPER, SHAAMAN) - September 14th, 1971
Happy 33rd Birthday IRON MAIDEN’s Maiden Japan - September 14th, 1981
Happy 21st Birthday Judgment Night soundtrack - September 14th, 1993
Happy 10th Birthday MEGADETH’s The System Has Failed - September 14th 2004
Happy 10th Birthday AGE OF SILENCE’s Acceleration - September 14th, 2004
Happy 15th Birthday QUEENSRYCHE’s Q2K - September 14th, 1999