HEAVY HISTORY

40 years today (January 20th, 1982), OZZY OSBOURNE bit the head off a bat at the Veterans Memorial Auditorium in Des Moines, Iowa
when a member of the audience threw it on stage. After the show Ozzy was immediately rushed to the nearest hospital for rabies shots.

HEAVY BIRTHDAYS 

Happy 70th  
Paul Stanley (KISS) − January 20th, 1952
Ian Hill (JUDAS PRIEST) − January 20th, 1952 (photo credit: Joe Kleon)

Happy 69th  
Robin McAuley (MSG) − January 20th, 1953



Happy 63rd
Herman Frank Jr. (ACCEPT, VICTORY) - January 20th, 1959

Happy 56th  
Tracii Guns (L. A. GUNS) −  January 20th, 1966

Happy 51st 
Derrick Green (SEPULTURA) − January 20th, 1971

Happy 50th  
Oscar Dronjak (HAMMERFALL) - January 20th, 1972 

Happy 42nd  
Mattie Valentine (BULLET FOR MY VALENTINE) - January 20th, 1980
 
Happy 41st  
Martin Skaroupka (CRADLE OF FILTH, MASTERPLAN) - January 20th, 1981 

HEAVY RELEASES

Happy 44th  
JOURNEY's Infinity - January 20th, 1978 

Happy 39th  
DEF LEPPARD's Pyromania - January 20th, 1983

Happy 38th  
METALLICA’s “Jump In The Fire” single - January 20th, 1984

Happy 24th  
ACE FREHLEY’s Loaded Deck - January 20th, 1998
MOONSPELL's Sin/Pecado - January 20th, 1998

Happy 16th  
EDGUY’s Rocket Ride - January 20th, 2006

Happy 13th  
RUMPELSTILTSKIN GRINDER’s Living For Death, Destroying The Rest – January 20th, 2009
CATTLE DECAPITATION’s The Harvest Floor – January 20th, 2009

Happy 12th  
ROYAL HUNT’s X – January 20th, 2010

Happy 10th  
BIOHAZARD’s Reborn In Defiance – January 20th, 2012
PRIMAL FEAR’s Unbreakable – January 20th, 2012
NOTHNEGAL’s Decadence – January 20th, 2012

Happy 8th
THE HAUNTED’s Eye Of The Storm (EP) – January 20th, 2014

Happy 5th  
FIREWIND’s Immortals – January 20th, 2017
HELHEIM - LandawarijaR - January 20th, 2017
PALISADES - Palisades - January 20th, 2017

Happy 2nd  
IMPIETY’s Versus All Gods – January 20th, 2020