Today In Metal History đ¤ September 7th, 2024đ¤ MERCYFUL FATE, METALLICA, THE WHO, QUEENSRŸCHE, PINK FLOYD, LED ZEPPELIN
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TALENT WE LOST
R.I.P. BUDDY HOLLY â September 7th, 1936 â February 3rd, 1959 (aged 22)
R.I.P. Leonard Haze (Y&T) - September 7th, 1958 - September 11th, 2016 (aged 61)
R.I.P. Keith John Moon (THE WHO): August 23rd, 1946 - September 7th, 1978 (aged 32)
RUSH legend Neil Peart: âI think (Gene Krupaâs) rock ânâ roll heir was probably Keith Moon. In fact, I see a lot of direct similarities between their playing styles. Even though Keith Moon showed even more abandon and was more sloppy. But he was a drummer who really captured my imagination because he was so free and so exciting because of his freedom. It opened me up.â
HEAVY BIRTHDAYS
Happy 58th
Barry Donaghy (HAREM SCAREM) - September 7th, 1966
Happy 56th
Kyle Stevens (BANG TANGO) - September 7th, 1968
Happy 53rd
Keri Kelli (born Kenneth Fear Jr.) - September 7, 1971
Happy 51st
Paul + Andrew Haug (CONTRIVE) - September 7th, 1973
HEAVY RELEASES
Happy 40th
MERCYFUL FATEâs Don't Break The Oath - September 7th, 1984
Happy 36th
METALLICAâs âŚAnd Justice For All â September 7th, 1988
Happy 40th
QUEENSRŸCHEâs The Warning - September 7th, 1984
JETHRO TULLâs Under Wraps - September 7th, 1984
Happy 36th
PINK FLOYD's A Momentary Lapse Of Reason - September 7th, 1987
Drum legend Carmine Appice was asked to play on âThe Dogs Of Warâ. He told BraveWords about it:
âIt was just a session that Bob Ezrin called me and said, 'there's a band screaming for Carmine drum fills' and I called him back and asked, 'Who's the band?' And he said, 'Pink Floyd', and I said, 'Whoa! Where's Nick (Mason)?'. We used to tour with them in the old days of Vanilla Fudge in the 60's. He said, 'Nick's driving his Ferraris, and his callouses are soft, and he wants some new blood. I see your drum fills all over this track.' So I said, 'Ok', and I went down to the studio, and I knew all those guys and spent the whole day with them. I loved doing that. I filled up maybe 24 tracks, and Bob just edited all the drum parts together. I never heard the finished product until it came out. I kept asking, 'What's it sound like?', and he kept saying, 'Fantastic! Call me next week.' I was doing a movie called Black Roses, it was a heavy metal horror movie, like one of those B movies, and I was in Canada, in Hamilton. Underneath the streets they have the malls, underground malls because it's so friggin cold up there. So it was summertime, September kind of thing, and I heard on the radio in Canada that A Momentary Lapse Of Reason just came out. In stores now. So, I immediately went down from the hotel into the mall and looked for a record store and I bought a cassette. The first thing I did, I went to that track and listened to that song, âThe Dogs Of Warâ, on my Sony Walkman, and I was blown away by the fact that number one, I was on a Pink Floyd record. Even though we started out with them, they got so big. But I was on that record and I was on that record sounding like me, and kicking ass.âÂ
Happy 34thÂ
LED ZEPPELINâs Led Zeppelin Boxed Set - September 7th, 1990
Happy 25th
STEVE VAIâs The Ultra Zone - September 7th, 1999
AGNOSTIC FRONTâs Riot, Riot Upstart - September 7th, 1999
Happy 14th
MEGADETHâs Rust In Peace Live â September 7th, 2010
STONE SOURâs Audio Secrecy â September 7th, 2010
SUICIDAL TENDENCIESâ No Mercy Fool!/The Suicidal Family â September 7th, 2010
Happy 11th
MICHAEL ANGELO BATIOâs Intermezzo â September 7th, 2013
LACRIMOSAâs Revolution â September 7th, 2012
Happy 6th
CAULDRONâs New Gods - September 7th, 2018
CLUTCHâs Book of Bad Decisions - September 7th, 2018
COUNTERPARTSâ Private Room (EP) - September 7th, 2018
KORPIKLAANIâs Kulkija - September 7th, 2018
KRISIUNâs Scourge of the Enthroned - September 7th, 2018
MANIMALâs Purgatorio - September 7th, 2018
METAL ALLEGIANCEâs Volume II â Power Drunk Majesty - September 7th, 2018
MONSTROSITYâs The Passage of Existence - September 7th, 2018
NASHVILLE PUSSYâs Pleased to Eat You - September 7th, 2018
PIG DESROYERâs Head Cage - September 7th, 2018
SATANâs Cruel Magic - September 7th, 2018
THE SKULLâs The Endless Road Turns Dark - September 7th, 2018
SKYHARBORâs Sunshine Dust - September 7th, 2018
SUICIDAL TENDENCIESâ Still Cyco Punk After All These Years - September 7th, 2018