HEAVY HISTORY

Brave Words & Bloody Knuckles magazine was born 30 years ago today! The name “stolen” from AGONY COLUMN’s second album from 1991 (with band approval!). 

BraveWords founder/CEO “Metal” Tim Henderson reminisces: 

“Not sure why we dated it March 1994, but cool metal history nonetheless. Martin Popoff and I pieced together BraveWords & Bloody Knuckles Vol. 1 No. 1. 30 years ago today (July 6th, 1994). I took it to a local printer in North York, and ran off 100 copies for $261.25 Canadian. 🎂 $2.61 cost per mag and sold them for $1.95. I didn’t want to sell any ads either, cuz I wanted to show people we could actually come up with an issue first. A “brave” move, but that business model would soon change. Who knows how much these copies are worth now? I only have 4 (four) left."



Seven years ago today (July 6th, 2007), OZZY OSBOURNE was the first star to be honored by the Broad Street Walk of Stars which celebrates notable people from the Birmingham area or with significant connections with it.  

TALENT WE LOST

The guy that told us to “Rock Around The Clock” was born 99 years ago today (July 6th, 1925). 🎂 BILL HALEY sold 60 million records worldwide and died in 1981 at the age of 55. 

HEAVY BIRTHDAYS

Happy 72nd
Graham Oliver (SAXON) - July 6th, 1952
Founding guitarist for SAXON from 1979 (Saxon) until 1995 (Dogs Of War)

Happy 75th
Michael Shrieve - (SANTANA, HSAS) - July 6th, 1949

Happy 72nd
Jesse Harms (SAMMY HAGAR, REO SPEEDWAGON) - July 6th, 1952

Happy 56th
Kingsley “King” Eldon Fowley III (DECEASED, OCTOBER 31st) - July 6th, 1968

Heavy Releases

Happy 52nd
EMERSON, LAKE & PALMER’S Trilogy - July 6th, 1972

Happy 43rd 
DEF LEPPARD's High ’N’ Dry - July 6th, 1981

Happy 39th
HEART's Heart - July 6th, 1985
The band's only #1 album in the US and only #1 single with "These Dreams". 

Happy 38th
QUIET RIOT's QR III - July 6th, 1986
The last time QUIET RIOT hit the Billboard charts in the US.

Happy 25th 
DOKKEN’s The Very Best Of Dokken - July 6th, 1999 
GREAT WHITE’s Can’t Get There From Here - July 6th, 1999
RATT's Ratt - July 6th, 1999
AGALLOCH’s Pale Folklore – July 6th, 1999

Happy 15th
THE PROJECT HATE’s The Lustrate Process - July 6th, 2009
THE TONY DANZA TAPDANCE EXPERIENCE’s Danza III: The Series Of Unfortunate Events - July 6th, 2009

Happy 14th
HELSTAR’s Rising From The Grave - July 6th, 2010
VALKYRIE’s Man Of Two Visions - July 6th, 2010
A PLEA FOR PURGING’s The Marriage Of Heaven And Hell - July 6th, 2010

Happy 13th
CHTHONIC’s Takasago Army – July 6th, 2011