TALENT WE LOST

R.I.P. John Graham Mellor (aka Joe Strummer - THE CLASH): August 21st, 1952 – December 22nd, 2002 (aged 50)

HEAVY BIRTHDAYS

Happy 73rd
GLENN HUGHES (DEEP PURPLE, BLACK SABBATH, TRAPEZE) - August 21st, 1951

Happy 70th
Steve Smith (JOURNEY, TONY MACALPINE) - August 21st, 1954

Happy 56th
Dirk Bruinenberg (ELEGY) – August 21st, 1968

HEAVY RELEASES

Happy 47th
MOTÖRHEAD's Motörhead - August 21st, 1977

Happy 37th
METALLICA's Garage Days Re-Revisited - August 21st, 1987

Happy 35th
KING DIAMOND's Conspiracy - August 21st, 1989



JETHRO TULL’s Rock Island - August 21st, 1989

Happy 34th
ALICE IN CHAINS' Facelift - August 21st, 1990
ANTHRAX' Persistence Of Time - August 21st, 1990

RATT's Detonator - August 21st, 1990
HOUSE OF LORDS’ Sahara - August 21st, 1990
JANE'S ADDICTION’S Ritual De Lo Habitual - August 21st, 1990

Happy 29th
RAINBOW’s Stranger in Us All - August 21st, 1995

Happy 28th
JAKE E. LEE’s A Fine Pink Mist - August 21st, 1996

Happy 23rd
MASTODON's Lifesblood - August 21, 2001

Happy 18th
MERCENARY's The Hours That Remain - August 21, 2006

Happy 17th
AS I LAY DYING's An Ocean Between Us - August 21st, 2007
BLUE CHEER's What Doesn't Kill You... - August 21st, 2007
ARSONISTS GET ALL THE GIRLS’ The Game Of Life - August 21st, 2007
I DECLARE WAR’s Amidst The Bloodshed - August 21st, 2007
THE DEVIL WEARS PRADA’s Plagues - August 21st, 2007
THROUGH THE EYES OF THE DEAD’s Malice - August 21st, 2007

Happy 15th
U.D.O.'s Dominator - August 21st, 2009

VADER's Necropolis - August 21st, 2009

Happy 12th
LYNYRD SKYNYRD’s Last Of A Dyin' Breed - August 21st, 2012
BLACK MOOR’s Lethal Waters - August 21st, 2012

Happy 11th
TURISAS’ Turisas2013 – August 21st, 2013

Happy 9th
ACT OF DEFIANCE’s Birth And The Burial – August 21st, 2015
BATTLECROSS’ Rise To Power – August 21st, 2015
BUTCHER BABIES’ Take It Like A Man – August 21st, 2015
DISTURBED’s Immortalized – August 21st, 2015
GHOST’s Meliora – August 21st, 2015

PRAYING MANTIS’ Legacy – August 21st, 2015
ROTTING CHRIST’s Lucifer Over Athens – August 21st, 2015
ROYAL HUNT’s Devil’s Dozen – August 21st, 2015
THE SWORD’s High Country – August 21st, 2015