Talent We Lost

R.I.P. Roger Keith "Syd" Barrett (PINK FLOYD): January 6th, 1946 – July 7th, 2006

R.I.P. Larry "Rhino" Reinhardt (IRON BUTTERFLY, CAPTAIN BEYOND): July 7th, 1948 – January 2nd, 2012

Heavy Birthdays

Happy 81st
RINGO STARR (real name Richard Starkey; THE BEATLES, RINGO STARR AND HIS ALL-STARR BAND) - July 7th, 1940

And Ringo wants you to be part of the party!

“I’m inviting everyone who wants to join the peace and love celebration for my birthday at noon your time wherever you are, 7-7-21 – you can post it, you can say it, you can even think it – but it would be really cool if you go "Peace and Love" at noon on my birthday – so let’s spread peace and love on my birthday – c’mon everybody! #PeaceAndLove 😎✌️🌟❤️💖🎵🎶☮️“

Happy 58th
Perry Richardson (STRYPER, FIREHOUSE) - July 7th, 1963

Happy 49th
Jason Rullo (SYMPHONY X) - July 7th, 1972

Heavy Releases

Happy 51st
THE STOOGES’ Funhouse - July 7, 1970

Happy 44th
STYX’ The Grand Illusion - July 7th, 1977
RAINBOW's On Stage - July 7th, 1977

Happy 37th
HELIX - Walkin' The Razor's Edge - July 7th, 1984
ICON's Icon - July 7th, 1984

Happy 35th
DAVID LEE ROTH's Eat ‘Em And Smile - July 7th, 1986
After parting ways with VAN HALEN, DAVID LEE ROTH released his solo debut, Eat ‘Em And Smile, 35 years ago today. Peaked at #4 on Billboard in the US.

Happy 34th
TOXIK's World Circus - July 7th, 1987
FASTER PUSSYCAT's Faster Pussycat - July 7th, 1987

Happy 29th
DREAM THEATER's Images And Words - July 7th, 1992

Happy 23rd
STRATOVARIUS’ Vision Of Europe – July 7th, 1998

Happy 13th
BLAZE BAYLEY’s The Man Who Would Not Die - July 7th, 2008

Happy 12th
SUFFOCATION’s Blood Oath - July 7th, 2009
CHURCH OF MISERY’s House Of The Unholy – July 7th, 2009
JOB FOR A COWBOY’s Ruination – July 7th, 2009
BORN OF OSIRIS’ A Higher Place - July 7th, 2009
GRIEF OF WAR’s Worship - July 7th, 2009
NOVEMBERS DOOM’s Into Night’s Requiem Infernal - July 7th, 2009

Happy 6th
BETWEEN THE BURIED AND ME's Coma Ecliptic - July 7th, 2015

Happy 4th
ABORTED’s Bathos (EP) - July 7th, 2017
DECAPITATED’s Anticult - July 7th, 2017
M.O.D.’s Busted, Broke & American - July 7th, 2017
MELVINS’ A Walk with Love & Death - July 7th, 2017
MR. BIG’s Defying Gravity - July 7th, 2017
ORDEN OGAN’s Gunmen - July 7th, 2017