Today In Metal History 🤘 August 15th, 2024🤘AC/DC, TOMMY ALDRIDGE, LED ZEPPELIN, SCORPIONS
August 15, 2024, 3 months ago
HEAVY EVENTS
The Woodstock Music & Art Fair kicked off 53 years ago today (August 15th–18th, 1969), on Max Yasgur's dairy farm in Bethel, New York. 400,000 people showed up to watch 32 bands perform including JIMI HENDRIX, THE WHO, CROSBY STILLS NASH & YOUNG, SANTANA, CREEDENCE CLEARWATER REVIVAL, GRATEFUL DEAD, JANIS JOPLIN, THE BAND, TEN YEARS AFTER, SLY AND THE FAMILY STONE, JOHNNY WINTER, JEFFERSON AIRPLANE and JOE COCKER.
TALENT WE LOST
RIP Gerald “Gerry” McGhee (BRIGHTON ROCK): August 15th 1962 – August 25th, 2020 (aged 59)
Heavy Birthdays
Happy 74th
Tommy Aldridge (WHITESNAKE, OZZY OSBOURNE, PAT TRAVERS, BLACK OAK ARKANSAS) - August 15th, 1950
Happy 57th
Hena Habegger (GOTTHARD) - August 15th, 1967
Heavy Releases
Happy 46th
SCORPIONS’ Tokyo Tapes - August 15th, 1978
Happy 45th
LED ZEPPELIN's In Through The Out Door - August 15th, 1979
Happy 41st
AC/DC's Flick Of The Switch – August 15th, 1983
Happy 30th
SAVATAGE’s Handful Of Rain - August 16th, 1994
Happy 16th
AMORAL's Reptile Ride - August 15th, 2008
Happy 10th
ACCEPT’s Blind Rage – August 15th, 2014
DEADLOCK’s The Re-Arrival – August 15th, 2014
