The Metal Cop

08/24/2026

August 24
Birthdays:
Ken Hensley (singer/guitar Uriah Heep)
John Bush (singer Armored Saint/Anthrax)
Michael Derosier (drums Heart)
Mike Dean (bass Corrosion Of Conformity)
David Freibert (bass/guitar Jefferson Airplane/Jefferson Starship)
Andreas Kissar (guitar Sepultura)
Danny Joe Brown (singer Molly Hatchet)
Jim Fox (drums James Gang)

Albums:
1989 - Icon 4th "Right Between the Eyes".
1993 - Annihilator 3rd "Set the World on Fire".
1981 - The Rolling Stones 18th "Tattoo You".
1999 - Sevendust 2nd "Home".
1983 - Rainbow 7th "Bent Out of Shape".
2018 - Alice In Chains 6th "Rainier Fog".

08/24/2026

August 23
Birthdays:
Keith Moon (drums The Who)
Dean DeLeo (guitar Stone Temple Pilots)
Bella Perron (guitar Plush)
Rick Springfield (guitar/singer/songwriter)
Jim Jamison (singer Survivor)

History Bi***es!!!
From the "I'm Keith Moon and I do Keith Moon s**t" file:
1967 - On his birthday, Keith Moon drove a Lincoln Continental into the swimming pool of a Holiday Inn in Flint, MI.

Albums:
2008 - Hallow's Eve 5th "The Neverending Sleep".
1980 - Tygers Of Pan Tang debut "Wild Cat".
1985 - Stryper debut "Soldiers Under Command".
1983 - RATT EP "RATT".
2005 - Fear Factory 6th "Transgression".
1994 - Tesla 4th "Bust A Nut".
1988 - Bad Company 8th "Dangerous Age".
2019 - Sacred Reich 5th "Awakening".

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08/24/2026

August 22
Birthdays:
Vernon Reed (guitar Living Colour)
Juan Croucier (bass RATT/Dokken)
Layne Staley (singer/songwriter Alice In Chains)
Debbi Peterson (drums The Bangles)
Dale Hawkins (singer/guitar/songwriter "Suzie Q")
David Marks (guitar The Beach Boys)
John Lee Ho**er (blues legend)

Albums:
1984 - Krokus 8th "The Blitz".
2000 - Dee Snider solo debut "Never Let the Bastards Wear You Down".
1989 - Onslaught 3rd "In Search of Sanity".
2005 - Destruction 9th "Inventor of Evil".
2008 - Ross the Boss debut "New Metal Leader".
2000 - Mudvayne debut "L.D. 50".
1989 - Enuff Z'Nuff debut "Enuff Z'Nuff".
1989 - Fates Warning 5th "Perfect Symmetry".
1989 - L.A. Guns 2nd "Cocked and Loaded".
2006 - Lamb of God "Sacrament".
Singles:
1991 - KISS "God Gave Rock 'n' Roll to You II"

08/24/2026

August 21
Birthdays:
Joe Strummer (singer/guitar The Clash)
Glenn Hughes (bass/singer Deep Purple/Trapeze/The Dead Daises)
Steve Smith (drums Journey)
Serj Tankian (singer System of a Down)
James Burton (guitar legend/Elvis/Ricky Nelson/Suzi Quatro)

Albums:
2009 - U.D.O. 12th "Dominator".
1995 - Rainbow 8th "Stranger In Us All".
2007 - S.O.D. 3rd "Rise of the Infidels".
2007 - Blue Cheer 10th "What Doesn't Kill You".
2015 - Praying Mantis 10th "Legacy".
1977 - Motorhead debut "Motorhead".
2012 - Lynyrd Skynyrd 14th "Last of a Dyin' Breed".
2020 - Unleash The Archers 5th "Abyss".
2015 - Butcher Babies 2nd "Take It Like A Man".
2001 - Mastodon 2nd EP "Lifesblood".
2015 - Ghost 3rd "Meliora".
1990 - Alice in Chains debut "Facelift".
1990 - RATT 5th "Detonator".
2007 - Sixx A.M. debut "The He**in Diaries Soundtrack".
2015 - Pop Evil 4th "Up".
1989 - King Diamond 4th "Conspiracy".
2015 - Disturbed 6th "Immortalized".
1990 - Stryper 5th "Against the Law".
2015 - Buckcherry 7th "Rock 'n' Roll".
1987 - Metallica EP "The $5.98 E.P. Garage Days Re-Revisited".
1986 - Warlock 3rd "True As Steel".
Singles:
2020 - Tygers of Pan Tang "Cruel Hands of Time".
2000 - HammerFall "Renegade".

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08/24/2026

August 20
Birthdays:
Dime (guitar Pantera/Damageplan)
Phil Lynott (bass/singer/songwriter Thin Lizzy)
Robert Plant (singer/songwriter Led Zepplin/solo)
Dave Brock (singer/guitar/songwriter Hawkwind)
Doug Fieger (singer/guitar The Knack)
Benjamin Harrison (23rd POTUS)

Albums:
1990 - Queensrÿche 4th "Empire".
2002 - Murderdolls debut "Beyond the Valley of the Murderdolls".
1990 - Black Sabbath 15th "TYR".
2010 - ACCEPT 12th "Blood of the Nations".
1996 - Type O Negative 4th "October Rust".
2008 - Dragonforce 4th "Beatdown".
1996 - Mercyful Fate 5th "Into the Unknown".
2008 - Slipknot 4th "All Hope Is Gone".
2002 - Black Sabbath 5th live "Past Lives".
Singles:
1973 - The Rolling Stones "Angie".

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08/19/2026

August 19
Birthdays:
Ian Gillian (singer Deep Purple/WhoCares/Gillian/Sabbath)
John Deacon (bass/songwriter Queen)
Steve Grimmett (singer/songwriter Grim Reaper)
Ginger Baker (drums Cream/Blind Faith/Hawkwind)
Bill Clinton (42nd POTUS)
Gene Roddenberry (screenwriter/creator "Star Trek")

Albums:
1996 - Cradle of Filth 2nd "Dusk and Her Embrace".
2022 - Empress debut "Fateweaver".
1988 - Armored Saint 1st live "Saints Will Conquer".
2022 - Five Finger Death Punch 9th "Afterlife".
1995 - Praying Mantis 4th "The Power of Ten".
2022 - Lillian Axe 10th "From Womb to Tomb".
2016 - Sabaton 8th "The Last Stand".
1997 - Anvil 8th "Absolutely No Alternative".
1985 - Malice debut "In The Beginning".
2002 - Doro 8th "Fight".
Singles:
2009 - KISS "Modern Day Delilah".
1980 - AC/DC "You Shook Me All Night Long".
1993 - Anthrax "Black Lodge".
2021 - Iron Maiden "Stratego".

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08/19/2026

August 18
Birthdays:
Jim Florentine (co-host "That Metal Show"/radio host/comedian)
Marvin Isley (bass Isley Brothers)
Dennis Elliot (drums Foreigner)
Jon Schwartz (drums Weird Al)
Brian Tichy (drums Dead Daises/Whitesnake/OzzY)
Heinrik Sandelin (bass Avatar)
Blas Elias (drums Slaughter)
Andi Deris (singer Helloween)

Albums:
2014 - Ace Frehley 4th solo "Space Invader".
1987 - Aerosmith 9th "Permanent Vacation".
1998 - Korn 3rd "Follow the Leader".
1998 - Opeth 3rd "My Arms Your Hearse".
2014 - Dragonforce 6th "Maximum Overload".
2009 - GWAR 11th "Lust In Space".
Singles:
2010 - The Pretty Reckless "Miss Nothing".
2016 - Metallica "Hardwired".
1998- Aerosmith "I Don't Want to Miss a Thing".
1987 - KISS "Crazy Crazy Nights".
1983 - Def Leppard "Foolin'".

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08/19/2026

August 17
Birthdays:
Gilby Clarke (guitar Slash's Snake Pit/GnR/Dead Daises)
Franche' Coma (guitar Misfits)
Belinda Carlisle (singer The Go-Gos/solo)
Lisa Coleman (keys/vocals Prince/Prince and The Revolution)
Dean Castronovo (drums Bad English/Journey/OzzY)
Sib Hashien (drums Boston)
Steve Gorman (drums The Black Crows)

Albums:
2018 - DORO 13th "Forever Warriors, Forever United".
1993 - Type O Negative 3rd "Bloody Kisses".
1992 - Exodus 5th "Force of Habit".
1984 - W.A.S.P. debut "W.A.S.P.".
Singles:
1988 - Guns N' Roses "Sweet Child o' Mine".

08/19/2026

August 16
Birthdays:
Barry Hay (singer Golden Earring)
Scott Asheton (drums Iggy & The Stooges)

History Bi***es!!!
1969 - Pete Townsend kicks famed hippy Abby Hoffman off the stage during their performance at Woodstock.
1974 - Ramones play CBGB for the 1st time.
1977 - Elvis dies.
1986 - Rick Allen makes his 1st live performance return with Def Leppard at the UK Monsters of Rock.
1988 - KISS play The Marquee Club in London.

Albums:
1985 - Pantera 3rd "I Am the Night".
2024 - Dark Tranquility 13th "Endtime Signals".
1994 - Savatage 8th "Handful of Rain".
2019 - Killswitch Engage 8th "Atonement".
2005 - Stryper 9th "Reborn".
2019 - HammerFall 11th "Dominion".
1968 - Blue Cheer 2nd "Outsideinside".
Singles:
2018 - Disturbed "Are You Ready".
1982 - Mötley Crüe "Live Wire".
1986 - Eddie Money "Take Me Home Tonight".

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08/19/2026

August 15
Birthdays:
Tommy Aldridge (drums OzzY/Whitesnake/Black Oak Arkansas)
Tom Johnston (guitar/co-founder The Doobie Brothers)
Pete York (drums Jon Lord/Spencer Davis Group)
Magnum (bass Lordi)

History Bi***es!!!
1965 - The Beatles play Shea Stadium to 55,000 fans. The crowd was so loud, it drowned out the band.
1969 - The Woodstock Music and Art Fair opened. (Yes THAT Woodstock).

Albums:
2005 - L.A. GUNS 9th "Tales From the Strip".
1979 - Led Zepplin 8th "In Through the Out Door".
2014 - ACCEPT 14th "Blind Rage".
1983 - AC/DC 9th "Flick of the Switch".
1982 - Y&T 4th "Black Tiger".
1985 - Celtic Frost EP "Emperor's Return".
Singles:
1989 - Aerosmith "Love in an Elevator".

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