Talent We Lost

R.I.P. John Alec Entwistle (THE WHO) - October 9th, 1944 – June 27th, 2002 (aged 57)
John Entwistle died in hotel room 658 at the Hard Rock Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas on June 27th, 2002 one day before the scheduled first show of The Who's 2002 US tour. The Las Vegas medical examiner determined that death was due to a heart attack induced by an undetermined amount of cocaine.



Heavy Birthdays

Happy 55th
Craig Locicero (FORBIDDEN, SPIRALARMS) - June 27th, 1969

Happy 51st
Olve “Abbath” Eikemo (ABBATH, IMMORTAL) - June 27th, 1973 

Heavy Releases

Happy 43rd
MOTÖRHEAD's No Sleep 'Til Hammersmith - June 27th, 1981 (Photo credit: Rick Saunders)
Motörhead's only #1 in the UK was recorded at Leeds and Newcastle during their five-date Short, Sharp Pain In The Neck tour in 1981.

Happy 39th
LEE AARON's Call Of The Wild - June 27th, 1985

Happy 38th
QUEENSRŸCHE's Rage For Order - June 27th, 1986

Happy 35th
KING'S X' Gretchen Goes To Nebraska - June 27th, 1989
DANGER DANGER’s Danger Danger - June 27th, 1989
KIM MITCHELL’s Rockland - June 27, 1989

Happy 29th
BON JOVI’s These Days - June 27th, 1995

Happy 27th
HAMMERFALL’s Glory To The Brave - June 27th, 1997

Happy 23rd
ANTHRAX’ Madhouse: The Very Best Of Anthrax - June 26th, 2001

Happy 19th
HATE ETERNAL's I, Monarch - June 27th, 2005

Happy 18th
METAL CHURCH's A Light In The Dark - June 27th, 2006
THEATRE OF TRAGEDY's Storm - June 27th, 2006
CELLADOR's Enter Deception - June 27th, 2006

Happy 17th
TWISTED SISTER’s The Video Years - June 27th, 2007

Happy 16th
EQULIBRIUM's Sagas - June 27th, 2008

Happy 13th
ICED EARTH’s Festivals Of The Wicked – June 27th, 2011
SARAH JEZEBEL DEVA’s The Corruption Of Mercy - June 27, 2011

Happy 10th
ILLDISPOSED’s With The Lost Souls On Our Side - June 27th, 2014
AMBERIAN DAWN - Magic Forest - June 27th, 2014 
ILLDISPOSED’s With The Lost Souls On Our Side - June 27th, 2014 
QUIET RIOT’s Quiet Riot 10 - June 27th, 2014 
VINTERSORG’s Naturbå - June 27th, 2014