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Kirk Hammet formed the Exodus with vocalist Paul Baloff, guitarist Gary Holt, bassist Geoff Andrews, and drummer Tom Hunting. As of today only Holt is left.

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Ozzy grew up in Birmingham. I went to visit his childhood home, which is now owned by a single old lady. I got to talk to a neighbor who remembered Ozzy as a child and sad he was a real pain in the ass as a kid.

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Warren DiMartini (guitarist for Ratt) and Matt Barlow (Iced Earth singer) share a birthday... Today Warren is 46 and Barlow is 39.

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Black Sabbath has had more singers than fit on one hand, but for 2 fabulous nights Rob Halford fronted the legends on Nov. 14th & 15th in 1992.  Rumor was Dio refused to open if Ozzy sang with them.

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In the spirit of Destruction, todays fact is on Teutonic thrash metal. Basically this is the term given to old school German thrash metal. Germany has always been considered the European home to thrash (with "The Big Three" being Destruction, Kreator and Sodom). Pretty similiar to how the USA has the Bay Area & East Coast as thrash hot spots (with "The Big Three" being Metallica, Megadeth, Anthrax & Slayer).

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Metallica inducted into the Rock N Roll Hall of Fame today.  Jason Newsted is playing with them at the ceremony.  Lucky bastards who get to see that one!

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My fucking HERO, Tony Iommi popped out of his mothers crotch 61 years ago today!

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It was a 39 years ago today that Black Sabbath released their self titled debut album.  It was a Friday the 13th because they try to be creepy.