HEAVY HISTORY
 

From NIGHT RANGER guitarist Brad Gillis:

“Yes, today and tomorrow (September 26th/27, 1982) will be the 41st anniversary recording of the Speak Of The Devil live record at the Ritz in NYC consisting of all Black Sabbath material. The album was released one month later on Jet Records and certified Gold soon afterwards! The band consisted of Ozzy Osbourne, Rudy Sarzo on bass guitar, Tommy Aldridge on drums and me on guitar.”



 

TALENT WE LOST

R.I.P. Alan Lancaster (STATUS QUO): February 7th, 1949 - September 26, 2021 (aged 78)

HEAVY BIRTHDAYS 

Happy 65th 
Lorraine Lewis (FEMME FATALE) - September 26th, 1958

Happy 61st
Al Pitrelli (TRANS-SIBERIAN ORCHESTRA, MEGADETH, SAVATAGE, ALICE COOPER) - September 26th, 1962

Happy 55th 
James Michael (SIXX:A.M.) September 26th, 1968 (Photo credit Dustin Jack)

HEAVY RELEASES

Happy 54th
THE BEATLES’ Abbey Road - September 26th, 1969

 

Happy 40th 
MÖTLEY CRÜE's Shout At The Devil - September 26th, 1983



Happy 38th 
TRIUMPH's Stages - September 26th, 1985

Happy 37th
MAGNUM’s Vigilante - September 26th, 1986

Happy 28th 
AC/DC's BallBreaker - September 26th, 1995



Happy 23rd
COC’s (CORROSION OF CONFORMITY) America's Volume Dealer  - September 26th, 2000


SOULFLY's Primitive - September 26th, 2000

Happy 16th 
NIGHTWISH's Dark Passion Play - September 26th, 2007

Happy 14th
TYRANTS BLOOD's Crushing Onward To Oblivion - September 26th, 2009

Happy 12th Birthday 
PINK FLOYD’s Discovery - September 26th, 2011
EVILE - Five Serpent’s Teeth - September 26th, 2011 
MYRATH - Tales Of The Sands - September 26th, 2011 
NIGHTRAGE - Insidious - September 26th, 2011  
PAIN OF SALVATION - Road Salt Two - September 26th, 2011  
REDEMPTION - This Mortal Coil - September 26th, 2011  
AXEL RUDI PELL - The Ballads IV - September 26th, 2011  

Happy 9th 
EVERGREY’s Hymns For The Broken - September 26th, 2014

Happy 5th
DIR EN GREY - The Insulated World - September 26th, 2018

Happy 4th
BEHEMOTH - O Pentagram Ignis - September 26th, 2019

Happy 2nd
CHRIS HOLMES - Unbearable Influence - September 26, 2021