September 26 in the history of rock and metal music

Al Pitrelli

Born in the USA in 1962. Guitarist, was a member of: Alice Cooper’s band, Savatage, Blue Öyster Cult, Megadeth. At the moment the guitarist of Trans-Siberian Orchestra.

John Tempesta

Born in the USA in 1964. Drummer for the bands The Cult and Exodus. Previously was featured in Testament, White Zombie, Black Label Society and took part in the recording of Iommi, the solo album by Black Sabbath guitarist Tony Iommi.

Kosta Zafiriou

Born in Switzerland in 1966. Drummer and one of the founders of Pink Cream 69, where Andy Deris, the current lead singer of Helloween, sang. He is also a founding member of the band Unisonic. Worked with bands Krokus and Axxis. Currently music manager and one of the owners of Bottom Row promotional company, in fact the manager of Unisonic, Helloween, Axxis, Gotthard and Krokus.

David “Blackmoon” Parland

Born in Sweden in 1970. Guitarist and one of the founders of Dark Funeral, Necrophobic, Blackmoon, War and Infernal. Also managed independent record label Hellspawn Records.

He committed suicide on March 19, 2013. He was 42 years old.

Sami Vänskä

Born in Finland in 1976. Former bassist of the sympho-metal band Nightwish.

Bruce Dickinson became vocalist of Iron Maiden

It was on this day in 1981 that the best heavy metal voice, according to legend, became the vocalist of the best heavy metal band of all time, where he sings to this day, with a small break. Before that Bruce was the vocalist of the band Samson.