Today in metal history 🤘 July 20, 2024🤘 TWISTED SISTER, CHRIS CORNELL, CARLOS SANTANA, ZZ TOP, VAN HALEN

TALENT WE LOST

RIP Christopher “Chris” John Boyle Cornell (SOUNDGARDEN, AUDIOSLAVE) – July 20, 1964 – May 18, 2017 (aged 52)
Chris Cornell was found dead in his hotel room in the early hours of May 18, 2017, after performing at a Soundgarden concert at the Fox Theater in Detroit an hour earlier.

DIFFICULT BIRTHDAYS

Happy 77th
CARLOS Augusto Alves SANTANA – July 20, 1947

Happy 72nd
John “Jay Jay French” Segall (TWISTED SISTER) – July 20, 1952

Happy 68th
Paul Thomas Cook (SEX PISTOLS) – July 20, 1956

Happy 58th
Stone Gossard (PEARL JAM, BRAD, TEMPLE OF THE DOG) – July 19, 1966

Heavy publications

Happy 45th
REO SPEEDWAGON’s “Nine Lives” – July 20, 1979

Happy 43rd
El Loco by ZZ TOP – July 20, 1981

Happy 33rd
STRYPER’s Can’t Stop The Rock – July 20, 1991

Happy 25th
ESP’s ESP – July 20, 1999

Happy 20th
VAN HALEN’s Best Of Both Worlds – July 20, 2004

Happy 15th
ONSLAUGHT’s Live Damnation – July 20, 2009

Happy 14th
CHIMAIRA comes to life – July 20, 2010
Deep Red Shadows by LILLIAN AX – July 20, 2010
Wormwood by THE ACACIA STRAIN – July 20, 2010
The death potion of the early man
THREATENING DOOM’s There will be violence
MOSE GIGANTICUS’ gifted horse
VALDUR’s Raven God among us

Happy 12th
Stargazer by BLACK MAJESTY – July 20, 2012
ANTAGONIST ADs Nothing From No One – July 20, 2012

Happy 6th
THE TORMENT SCENE – Tormentor – July 20, 2018
DARON MALAKIAN AND SCARS ON BROADWAY – Dictator – July 20, 2018
FINNR’S CANE – Elegy – July 20, 2018
JUNGLE ROT – Jungle Rot – July 20, 2018
POWERWOLF – The Sacrament of Sin – July 20, 2018
SKELETONWITCH – Devouring Radiant Light – July 20, 2018
TOKYO BLADE – Unbroken – July 20, 2018
WISDOM IN CHAINS – Nothing in nature respects weakness – July 20, 2018