Today In Metal History 🤘 April 23rd, 2023 🤘 DEATH ANGEL, CARCASS, DEF LEPPARD, ROLLING STONES, DOKKEN

TALENT WE LOST

R.I.P. Johnny Thunders (John Anthony Genzale, Jr; NEW YORK DOLLS): July 15th, 1952 – April 23rd, 1991

R.I.P. Stephen (Steve) Maynard Clark (DEF LEPPARD) – April 23rd, 1960 – January 8th, 1991

HEAVY BIRTHDAYS

Happy 56th  

Brent Muscat (SIN CITY SINNERS, FASTER PUSSYCAT) – April 23rd, 1967

Happy 57th  

J.D. (SOUL DOCTOR) – April 23rd, 1966

Happy 53rd 

Kenneth (Ken) Owen (CARCASS, BLACKSTAR) – April 23rd, 1970

Happy 45th  

Lorentz Aspen (THEATRE OF TRAGEDY) – April 23rd, 1978

Happy 52nd  

Mike Riggs (SCUM OF THE EARTH, ROB ZOMBIE) – April 23rd, 1971 

HEAVY RELEASES

Happy 52nd  

THE ROLLING STONES’ Sticky Fingers – April 23rd, 1971

Happy 36th  

DEATH ANGEL’s The Ultra-Violence – April 23rd, 1987


FAITH NO MORE’s Introduce Yourself – April 23rd, 1987

Happy 21st  

DOKKEN’s Long Way Home – April 23rd, 2002

RHAPSODY’s Power Of The Dragonflame – April 23rd, 2002

Happy 16th

AFTER FOREVER’s After Forever – April 23rd, 2007


ROOT’s Daemon Viam Invenient – 2007

Happy 15th  

KALMAH’s For The Revolution – April 23rd, 2008

Happy 12th  

SYBREED’s Challenger (EP) – 2011

Happy 11th  

ARJEN LUCASSEN’s Lost In The New Real – April 23rd, 2012

 

Happy 10th  

ROB ZOMBIE’s Venomous Rat Regeneration Vendor – April 23rd, 2013

QUEENSRŸCHE WITH GEOFF TATE’s Frequency Unknown – April 23rd, 2013

AMPLIFIER’s Echo Stree – April 23rd, 2013

KALEDON’s Altor: The King’s Blacksmith – April 23rd, 2013

Happy 9th  

WINGER’s Better Days Comin’ – April 23rd, 2014

Happy 2nd

BODOM AFTER MIDNIGHT’s Paint The Sky With Blood (EP) – April 23rd, 2021

FROZEN CROWN’s Winterbane – April 23rd, 2021

GILBY CLARKE’s The Gospel Truth – April 23rd, 2021

MOTÖRHEAD’s Louder Than Noise… Live In Berlin (live album) – April 23rd, 2021

SOLSTICE’s Casting The Die – April 23rd, 2021