Today In Metal History 🤘 August 5th, 2022🤘TWISTED SISTER, GOTTHARD, METAL CHURCH, THE BEATLES, PINK FLOYD
August 5, 2022, a year ago
TALENT WE LOST
R.I.P. Steve Lee (born Stefan Alois; GOTTHARD) - August 5th, 1963 – October 5th, 2010
On October 5, 2010, from one second to the next, history turned upside down when singer Steve Lee died in a motorcycle accident, leaving the rock world gasping for breath, far beyond Switzerland’s borders.Â
HEAVY BIRTHDAYS
Happy 67thÂ
Eddie "Fingers" Ojeda (TWISTED SISTER) - August 5th, 1955
Happy 75th
RICK DERRINGER (born Ricky Dean Zehringer) - August 5th, 1947
Happy 59th
Craig Wells (METAL CHURCH) - August 5th, 1963
Happy 50thÂ
Christian Olde Wolbers (FEAR FACTORY) - August 5th, 1972
Heavy Releases
Happy 56th
THE BEATLES' Revolver - August 5th, 1966
Happy 55th
PINK FLOYD’s The Piper at the Gates of Dawn - August 5th, 1967
Happy 53rd
THE STOOGES’ The Stooges - August 5th, 1969
Happy 42nd
PAT BENATAR’s Crimes Of Passion - August 5, 1980
Happy 14thÂ
CHROME DIVISION's Booze, Broads And Beelzebub - August 5th, 2008
NORMA JEAN’s The Anti Mother – August 5th, 2008
Happy 11thÂ
SABATON's World War Live: Battle Of The Baltic Sea (live) - August 5th, 2011
Happy 8thÂ
KIX’ Rock Your Face Off - August 5th, 2014
DARKEST HOUR’s Darkest Hour - August 5th, 2014
GODSMACK’s 1000hp – August 5th, 2014
PATHOLOGY’s Throne of Reign - August 5th, 2014
Happy 6th
BLOODY HAMMERS - Lovely Sort of Death - August 5th, 2016
CARNIFEX - Slow Death - August 5th, 2016
ISLANDER - Power Under Control - August 5th, 2016
JACKYL - Rowyco - August 5th, 2016
SKILLET - Unleashed - August 5th, 2016
TARJA - The Shadow Self - August 5th, 2016
Happy 2nd
CRYSTAL LAKE - The Voyages - August 5th, 2020