TALENT WE LOST

R.I.P. John Lawton (URIAH HEEP, LUCIFER'S FRIEND): July 11th, 1946 - June 29th, 2021 (aged 74)

John Lawton, who sang on three URIAH HEEP studio albums: Firefly (1977), Innocent Victim (1977), and Fallen Angel (1978), passed away unexpectedly two years ago today (June 29th, 2021) at 74.

HEAVY BIRTHDAYS

Happy 71st
Don Dokken (DOKKEN) - June 29th, 1953

Happy 76th
Ian Paice (DEEP PURPLE) - June 29th, 1948

Happy 65th
Robert “Rob” Rock (ROB ROCK, IMPELLITTERI, DRIVER) - June 29th, 1959

Happy 50th
Flo Mounier (CRYPTOPSY) - June 29th, 1974

HEAVY RELEASES

Happy 56th
PINK FLOYD's A Saucerful Of Secrets - June 29th, 1968

Happy 37th
GREAT WHITE's Once Bitten - June 29th, 1987

Happy 36th
VOIVOD's Dimension Hatröss - June 29th, 1988

Happy 33rd
BATHORY's Twilight Of The Gods - June 29th, 1991

Happy 32nd
MALEVOLENT CREATION’s Retribution (June 29th, 1992).
SUICIDAL TENDENCIES’ F.N.G. - June 29th, 1992

Happy 25th
MÖTLEY CRÜE’s Supersonic And Demonic Relics - June 29th, 1999
SLIPKNOT's Slipknot - June 29th, 1999
DRAIN STH’s Freaks Of Nature - June 29, 1999
SLAUGHTER’s Back To Reality - June 29th, 1999

Happy 25th
ALICE IN CHAINS’ Nothing Safe: Best of the Box - June 29th, 1999
STYX’ Brave New World - June 29th, 1999

Happy 20th
RUSH’s Feedback - June 29th, 2004

Happy 18th
CONFIDE's Introduction - June 29th, 2006

Happy 17th
AT VANCE's VII - June 29th, 2007

Happy 15th
AMBERIAN DAWN's The Clouds Of Northland Thunder - June 29th, 2009
ANAAL NATHRAKH's In The Constellation Of The Black Widow - June 29th, 2009

Happy 14th
MASTODON’s Jonah Hex: Revenge Gets Ugly - June 29th, 2010
HASTE THE DAY’s Attack Of The Wolf King - June 29th, 2010
KNUT’s Wonder - June 29th, 2010
PARKWAY DRIVE’s Deep Blue - June 29th, 2010

Happy 12th
MISERATION’s Tragedy Has Spoken – June 29th, 2012

Happy 9th
THY ART IS MURDER’s Holy War – June 29th, 2015

Happy 6th
BULLET FOR MY VALENTINE’s Gravity - June 29th, 2018
CONVERGE’s Beautiful Ruin - June 29th, 2018
CRYSTAL VIPER’s At the Edge of Time  - June 29th, 2018
DEATH REQUISITE’s Threnody - June 29th, 2018
FATES WARNING’s Live Over Europe (live album) - June 29th, 2018
NIGHT VERSES’ From the Gallery of Sleep - June 29th, 2018
NONEXIST’s In Praise of Death - June 29th, 2018
STORMWITCH’s Bound to the Witch - June 29th, 2018
THOU’s Inconsolable - June 29th, 2018