TALENT WE LOST

R.I.P. Roger Keith "Syd" Barrett (PINK FLOYD): January 6th, 1946 – July 7th, 2006 (aged 60)

R.I.P. Larry "Rhino" Reinhardt (IRON BUTTERFLY, CAPTAIN BEYOND): July 7th, 1948 – January 2nd, 2012 (aged 63)
 

HEAVY BIRTHDAYS

Happy 84th
RINGO STARR (real name Richard Starkey; THE BEATLES, RINGO STARR AND HIS ALL-STARR BAND) - July 7th, 1940

Happy 61st
Perry Richardson (STRYPER, FIREHOUSE) - July 7th, 1963

Happy 52nd
Jason Rullo (SYMPHONY X) - July 7th, 1972

Heavy Releases

Happy 54th
THE STOOGES’ Funhouse - July 7, 1970

Happy 47th
STYX’ The Grand Illusion - July 7th, 1977



RAINBOW's On Stage - July 7th, 1977

Happy 40th
HELIX - Walkin' The Razor's Edge - July 7th, 1984
ICON's Icon - July 7th, 1984

Happy 38th
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 37th
TOXIK's World Circus - July 7th, 1987
FASTER PUSSYCAT's Faster Pussycat - July 7th, 1987

Happy 32nd
DREAM THEATER's Images And Words - July 7th, 1992

Happy 26th
STRATOVARIUS’ Vision Of Europe – July 7th, 1998

Happy 16th
BLAZE BAYLEY’s The Man Who Would Not Die - July 7th, 2008

Happy 15th
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 9th
BETWEEN THE BURIED AND ME's Coma Ecliptic - July 7th, 2015

Happy 7th
ABORTED’s Bathos - 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