Posts Tagged ‘this day in metal’
Monday, September 13th, 2010
1957
Vinny Appice, drummer of BLACK SABBATH and DIO is born.
1963
Dave Mustaine, guitarist of MEGADETH and METALLICA is born.
1967
Timothy Owens, singer of JUDAS PRIEST and ICED EARTH is born.
2003
US stores Wal-Mart were refusing to stock Permission To Land by THE DARKNESS because the sleeve featured a woman’s ass.
Tags: Black Sabbath, censorship, Dave Mustaine, Dio, heaven and hell, Iced Earth, Judas Priest, Megadeth, Metal Army, metal army america, metal history, Metallica, permission to land, september 13, The Darkness, this day in metal, timothy s. owens, vinny appice, wal-mart
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Sunday, September 12th, 2010
1952
Neil Peart, drummer of RUSH is born.
1956
Brian Robertson, guitarist of THIN LIZZY and MOTORHEAD is born.
1980
Gus G., guitarist of FIREWIND and DREAM EVIL is born.
Tags: brian robertson, dream evil, firewind, gus g, metal history, Motorhead, neil peart, Rush, september 12, Thin Lizzy, this day in metal
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Friday, September 10th, 2010
1898
Born on this day, Waldo Semon, invented vinyl in 1926, which was used to make LP and 45 records. Died on 26th May 1998 aged 100.
Tags: Metal Army, metal army america, metal history, september 10, this day in metal, waldo semon
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Thursday, September 9th, 2010
1976
Kristoffer Rygg, of BORKNAGAR and ARCTURUS is born.
2004
US guitar maker Ernie Ball died after a long illness. In the late 50’s Ball opened the first music store in the USA in Tarzana, California to sell guitars exclusively. He developed the guitar strings called ‘Slinkys’ specifically designed for rock and roll electric guitar.
Tags: borknagar, electric guitar, ernie ball, kristoffer rygg, Metal Army, metal army america, metal history, september 9, slinkys, this day in metal
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Wednesday, September 8th, 2010
1956
Mick Brown, drummer of DOKKEN is born.
1973
Troy Sanders, American bassist and frontman of MASTODON is born.
2002
IRON MAIDEN singer Bruce Dickinson started his new job as an airline pilot. The heavy metal singer qualified as a £35,000 – a year first officer with Gatwick based airline Astraeus who took holidaymakers to Portugal and Egypt.
Tags: bruce dickinson, Dokken, Iron Maiden, Mastodon, Metal Army, metal army america, metal history, mick brown, september 8, this day in metal, Troy Sanders
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Tuesday, September 7th, 2010
2000
Timothy Commerford (RAGE AGAINST THE MACHINE) was arrested and charged with resisting arrest and disorderly conduct. Commerford had climbed a scaffold during the MTV Music Awards delaying the show 20 minutes.
2007
A report showed that two-thirds of young people who regularly used MP3 players faced premature hearing damage. The Royal National Institute for Deaf People said its findings were alarming with research showing that 72 out of 110 MP3 users tested in the UK were listening to volumes above 85 decibels. Some MP3 players at full volume registered at 105 decibels, an aircraft taking off measured at 110 decibels.
2007
A new study revealed that rock stars were twice as likely to die early as the rest of us. Researchers said that the problem was so bad the industry should be labeled a “high risk” profession.
Tags: Metal Army, metal army america, metal history, mtv music awards, rage against the machine, september 7, this day in metal, timothy commerford
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Sunday, September 5th, 2010
1963
Juan Alderete, bassist of RACER X is born.
1988
METALLICA released And Justice For All.
2008
A study of more than 36,000 people from around the world concluded that musical tastes and personality type were closely related. The research, which was carried out by Professor Adrian North of Heriot Watt University, Edinburgh in the UK suggested classical music fans were shy, while heavy metal fans were gentle and at ease with themselves.
Tags: and justice for all, heavy metal fans, juan alderete, Metal Army, metal army america, metal history, Metallica, racer x, september 5, this day in metal
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Friday, September 3rd, 2010
1950
Doug Pinnick, bassist and singer of KING’S X is born.
1978
Valfar, vocalist of WINDIR is born.
Tags: doug pinnick, king's x, Metal Army, metal army america, metal history, september 3, this day in metal, valfar, windir
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Thursday, September 2nd, 2010
1966
Dino Cazares, guitarist of FEAR FACTORY is born.
1976
Phil Lipscomb, bassist of TAPROOT is born.
1989
Ozzy Osbourne was charged with threatening to kill his wife Sharon. Ozzy was released on the condition that he immediately went into detox, the case was later dropped when the couple decide to reconcile.
Tags: Dino Cazares, FEAR FACTORY, Metal Army, metal army america, metal history, ozzy osbourne, phil lipscomb, september 2, sharon osbourne, taproot, this day in metal
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