TALENT WE LOST

R.I.P. Stephen "STEVIE" RAY VAUGHAN: October 3rd, 1954 – August 27th, 1990 (aged 35)

Happy 78th
R.I.P. John Voorhis "Tim" Bogert III (VANILLA FUDGE, CACTUS, BECK, BOGERT & APPICE): August 27th, 1944 - January 13, 2021 (aged 76)

HEAVY BIRTHDAYS

Happy 71st
Alex Lifeson (born Aleksandar Živojinović); RUSH) - August 27th, 1953 (photo above by Allan Zilkowsky)

Happy 74th
Neil Murray (BLACK SABBATH, WHITESNAKE) - August 27th, 1950

Happy 68th
SEX PISTOLS' Glen Matlock - August 27th, 1956

Happy 62nd
Coburn Pharr (ANNIHILATOR) - August 27, 1962

Happy 49th
Björn Gelotte (IN FLAMES) - August 27th, 1975

HEAVY RELEASES

Happy 42nd
AEROSMITH's Rock In A Hard Place - August 27th, 1982

Happy 33rd
PEARL JAM's Ten - August 27th, 1991
BAD ENGLISH’s Backlash - August 27th, 1991

Happy 28th
MONSTROSITY’s Millennium - August 27th, 1996
The last album to feature George "Corpsegrinder" Fisher on vocals, as he went on to join the death metal band Cannibal Corpse.

Happy 23rd
AFTER FOREVER’s Decipher - August 27th, 2001

Happy 19th
OPETH's Ghost Reveries - August 27th, 2005

Happy 17th
BENEDICTION's Killing Music - August 27th, 2007

Happy 14th
LIV KRISTINE's Skintight - August 27th, 2010

Happy 12th
ENSIFERUM’s Unsung Heroes - August 27th, 2012
GRAVE’s Endless Procession Of Souls - August 27th, 2012
KATATONIA’s Dead End Kings - August 27th, 2012

Happy 11th
AVENGED SEVENFOLD’s Hail To The King - August 27th, 2013
DEVILDRIVER’s Winter Kills - August 27th, 2013

Happy 10th
HAMMERFALL’s (r)Evolution - August 27th, 2014


Happy 3rd
EX DEO - The Thirteen Years Of Nero - August 27, 2021
HOODED MENACE - The Tritonus Bell - August 27, 2021
JINJER - Wallflowers - August 27, 2021
LEPROUS - Aphelion - August 27, 2021
OBSCURITY - Skogarmaors - August 27, 2021
PHINEHAS - The Fire Itself - August 27, 2021
TESSARACT - P O R T A L S (live album) - August 27, 2021
SCULPTURED - The Liminal Phase - August 27, 2021
SONS OF ALPHA CENTAURI - Push - August 27, 2021
SPIRIT ADRIFT - Forge Your Future - August 27, 2021
THYRFING - Vanagandr - August 27, 2021