Today In Metal History šŸ¤˜ December 4th, 2023šŸ¤˜DEEP PURPLE, LED ZEPPELIN, LYNYRD SKYNYRD, SCORPIONS, WISHBONE ASH

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Today In Metal History šŸ¤˜ December 4th, 2023šŸ¤˜DEEP PURPLE, LED ZEPPELIN, LYNYRD SKYNYRD, SCORPIONS, WISHBONE ASH

HEAVY HISTORY

52 years ago today (December 4th, 1971) the Casino Montreux (Casino BarriĆØre de Montreux) in Montreux, Switzerland šŸ”„ had a fire during the FRANK ZAPPA AND THE MOTHERS OF INVENTION concert and DEEP PURPLE watched and wrote a song about it. It was called ā€œSmoke On The Waterā€. DEEP PURPLE still recorded Machine Head there using the Rolling Stones Mobile Studio, while the casino complex closed down for its annual winter renovations.

(Photos above courtesy of Casino Barriere Montreux.)

43 years ago today (December 4th, 1980), LED ZEPPELIN disbanded.

TALENT WE LOST

R.I.P. Thomas Richard "Tommy" Bolin (DEEP PURPLE, JAMES GANG, ZEPHYR): August 1st, 1951 ā€“ December 4th, 1976 (aged 25)

R.I.P. FRANK Vincent ZAPPA: December 21st, 1940 ā€“ December 4th, 1993 (aged 52)

R.I.P. Gary Robert Rossington ((LYNYRD SKYNYRD): December 4, 1951 ā€“ March 5, 2023 (aged 71)

HEAVY BIRTHDAYS

HEAVY RELEASES

Happy 53rd
WISHBONE ASHā€™s Wishbone AshĀ  - December 4th, 1970

Happy 46th
SCORPIONS's Taken By Force - December 4th, 1977

Happy 11th
ARSISā€™ Lepers Caress ā€“ December 4th, 2012
DOUBLE DRAGONā€™s Sons Of Asena ā€“ December 4th, 2012

Happy 8th
CORONATUSā€™ Rabem im Herz - December 4th, 2015
SUNN O)))ā€™s Kannon - December 4th, 2015

Happy 3rd
DEAFHEAVENā€™s 10 Years Gone - December 4th, 2020
GAMA BOMBā€™s Sea Savage - December 4th, 2020
HOLLYWOOD UNDEADā€™s New Empire, Vol. 2 - December 4th, 2020
IRON MASKā€™s Master of Masters - December 4th, 2020

IRON SAVIORā€™s Skycrest - December 4th, 2020
PERSUADERā€™s Necromancy - December 4th, 2020
SOILWORKā€™s A Whisp of the Atlantic - December 4th, 2020



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