TALENT WE LOST

R.I.P Donald Scott Smith (LOVERBOY): February 13th, 1955 - November 30th, 2000

21 years ago today (November 30th, 2000), LOVERBOY bassist Donald Scott Smith died aged 45 when he was sailing off the coast of San Francisco near the Golden Gate Bridge, when a 36-foot wave swept him overboard. His body was never found. 

HEAVY BIRTHDAYS

Happy 76th
Roger Glover (DEEP PURPLE) - November 30th, 1945 (photo credit above: Jennifer Bartram-Schmitt)

Happy 66th
BILLY IDOL - November 30th, 1955

Happy 64th
Richard Barbieri (PORCUPINE TREE) - November 30th, 1957

Happy 62nd
Cherie Ann Currie (THE RUNAWAYS) - November 30th, 1959

Happy 57th
Mike Matijevic (STEELHEART) - November 30th, 1964

Happy 54th
Gus Pynn (SACRIFICE) - November 30th, 1967

Happy 48th
John Moyer (DISTURBED, OPERATION: MINDCRIME, ART OF ANARCHY) - November 30th, 1973

HEAVY RELEASES

Happy 42nd
PINK FLOYD’s The Wall - November 30th, 1979

Happy 40th
YES’s Classic Yes - November 30th, 1981

Happy 39th
SAMMY HAGAR’s Three Lock Box - November 30, 1982

Happy 24th
SHADOWS FALL’s Somber Eyes To The Sky - November 30th 1997

Happy 23rd
CHILDREN OF BODOM’s Something Wild – November 30th, 1998

Happy 12th
METALLICA's Orgullo, Pasion Y Gloria - Tres Noches En La Ciudad De Mexico - November 30th, 2009

Happy 11th
CHAPTER 14’s Like Trees In November (EP) – November 30th, 2010

Happy 10th
NIGHTWISH’s Imaginaerum – November 30th, 2011

THE UNGUIDED’s Hell Frost – November 30th, 2011

Happy 9th Birthday
FRAGMENTS OF UNBECOMING’s The Art of Coming Apart - November 30th, 2012
GAMMA RAY’s Skeletons & Majesties Live - November 30th, 2012
HAMMERFALL’s Gates Of Dalhalla (DVD) - November 30th, 2012

SATURNUS’ Saturn In Ascension - November 30th, 2012

Happy 4th
SILENT DESCENT’s Turn to Grey - November 30th, 2017

Happy 3rd
CHROME DIVISION’s One Last Ride - November 30th, 2018
EMIGRATE’s A Million Degrees - November 30th, 2018
NACHTMYSTIUM’s Resilient (EP) - November 30th, 2018