On This Day In METAL History – January 4th…
1984 – The thunderous Judas Priest released their ninth studio album: Defenders Of The Faith. Along with the timeless Metal ahem that is the title track, this album includes such song favorites as: Some Heads Are Gonna Roll, Freewheel Burning and Love Bites.
Top: front cover, Bottom: CD back cover
1988 – L.A. GUNS release their full-length and self-titled studio album. On this memorable L.A. GUNS album, Phil Lewis is the vocalist and Tracii Guns is the lead guitarist. A significant album of Hard Rock from the 80’s, indeed.
2015 – Journey Greatest Hits sits at #94 on the Billboard Top 200 Albums Chart. This album has spent a whopping 336 non-consecutive weeks on Billboard’s Top 200! Whoa! Um… maybe Journey should be inducted into the Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame, one of these days?
Above: Metal Hammer cover feature (Feb. 2011)
Below: My Rock cover feature (Dec. 2011)
TILL LINDEMANN
On January 4th, 1963, Till Lindemann was born in Germany. Happy birthday, Till! Whoa, yeah! Till is world-famously known as the lead vocalist and co-founding member for the German Industrial Metal band: Rammstein. Six critically acclaimed studio album have been released by Rammstein. Long live Till Lindemann!
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LONG LIVE METAL.
REST IN PEACE, PETER STEELE.
LONG LIVE THE ROOTS & FAMILY TREE OF METAL.
Stone.
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January 5, 2015 at 6:49 am
I still have that Journey CD I bought back in the Eighties and it is still on rotation in my car. They should be in the shameful Hall of Fame.
January 5, 2015 at 3:57 pm
VERY NICE! Yeah, there are those bands whose greatest hits are like traveling body parts! Aerosmith and The Who ‘Greatest Hits’ are that way for me… LOL! \m/\m/