Talent We Lost

R.I.P. James Douglas "Jim" Morrison (THE DOORS) - December 8th, 1943 – July 3rd, 1971 (27)

50 years ago today (July 3rd, 1971) the legendary singer from THE DOORS, Jim Morrison was found dead in a bathtub in Paris, France. The cause of death was given as heart failure. He was only 27 and the fourth member of the 27 Club (behind Brian Jones, Jimi Hendrix and Janis Joplin). 

R.I.P. Lewis Brian Hopkins Jones (THE ROLLING STONES) - February 28th, 1942 – July 3rd, 1969 (27)

Brian Jones was discovered motionless at the bottom of his swimming pool at his Cotchford Farm in Hartfield, East Sussex the night of July 2/3, 1969. The coroner's report stated "death by misadventure", and noted his liver and heart were heavily enlarged by drug and alcohol abuse.

Andrew McLan "Andy" Fraser (FREE) - July 3rd, 1952 - March 16th, 2015 (62)

Heavy Birthdays

Happy 62nd
STEPHEN PEARCY (RATT) - July 3rd, 1959

Happy 69th
Andrew McLan "Andy" Fraser (FREE) - July 3rd, 1952

Happy Birthday Bernd "Bernemann" Kost (SODOM) - July 3rd

Happy Birthday Mitch Perry (TALAS, HEAVEN, STEELER, MSG, LITA FORD) - July 3rd

Heavy Releases

Happy 31st
SUICIDAL TENDENCIES - Lights... Camera... Revolution! - July 3rd, 1990

Happy 25th
CRYPTOPSY’s None So Vile – July 3rd, 1996

Happy 21st
IN FLAMES’ Clayman – July 3rd, 2000

Happy 10th
EXHUMED’s All Guts, No Glory - July 3rd, 2011

Happy 9th
NILE’s At The Gate Of Sethu - July 3rd, 2012
KATAKLYSM’s The Iron Will: 20 Years Determined - July 3rd, 2012
ICARUS WITCH’s Rise - July 3rd, 2012
PERIPHERY’s Periphery II: This Time It's Personal - July 3rd, 2012 
THE WORD ALIVE’s Life Cycles - July 3rd, 2012 

Happy 1st
BORIS’ NO - July 3rd, 2020
BURY TOMORROW’s Cannibal - July 3rd, 2020
HAUNT’s Flashback - July 3rd, 2020
HENRY DEREK ELIS’ All the Pretty Little Horses (EP) - July 3rd, 2020
JESU’s Never (EP) - July 3rd, 2020
KHEMMIS’ More Songs About Death, Vol. 1 (EP) - July 3rd, 2020
POLTERGEIST’s Feather Of Truth - July 3rd, 2020
POWERWOLF’s Best Of The Blessed (compilation album) - July 3rd, 2020