JUNE 21
GUITARIST RITCHIE BLACKMORE QUIT DEEP PURPLE IN 1975 TO FORM HIS OWN BAND, ‘RAINBOW’. HE REJOINED FROM 1984 TO 1993 AND IS INDUCTED INTO THE ROCK AND ROLL HALL OF FAME WITH THE BAND IN 2016.
METALLICA HIT NO.1 IN THE U.S. WITH THEIR EIGHTH STUDIO ALBUM ‘ST. ANGER’ ON THIS DAY IN 2003. THE ALBUM WAS A BIG INTERNATIONAL HIT AND IT PEAKED AT NO.1 IN 17 OTHER COUNTRIES.
AND SIR RAY DAVIES, GUITARIST, FOUNDER AND LEADER OF ‘THE KINKS’, TURNS 81 YEARS OLD TODAY.