June 2:

1992 – Guns N Roses releases the single “November Rain.”

June 3:

1988 – Guns N Roses releases the single “Sweet Child ‘O Mine.”

June 4:

1997 – Vixen reforms.

2002 – Metallica’s James Hetfield, Kirk Hammett and Lars Ulrich and producer Bob Rock take the stage for a surprise gig at the Club Kimo in San Francisco, going under the name Spun.

June 5:

1977 – Alice Cooper’s pet boa constrictor was bitten by a rat it was trying to eat, and died. Cooper held a public audition to replace the snake, which was featured in his act.

1991 – Firehouse releases the single “Love Of A Lifetime.”

June 6:

1989 - Singer Ray Gillen, along with ex-Ozzy axeman Jake E. Lee release their self-titled debut collaboration called Badlands.

1996 – Motley Crue’s Tommy Lee and wife Pamela Anderson welcome their first child, Brandon Thomas Lee.

2002 – Ratt guitarist Robbin Crosby dies at the age of 42. Although the guitarist was battling HIV/AIDS for seven years, it was reported on the VH1 show “Ratt: Behind The Music,” that he actually died of a heroin overdose in his California apartment.

June 7:

1984 - Lita Ford releases Dancing On The Edge.

2000 – Twisted Sister reunite for the first time in 14 years for a triple threat of the band's biggest hits, in honor of industry mogul Jason Flom, the man instrumental in signing the band.

June 9:

1984 – Night Ranger’s “Sister Christian” peaks at number five on the Pop Singles chart.

June 10:

2003 – Metallica releases the album “St. Anger.”

June 12:

1985 – David Lee Roth confirms that he is quitting Van Halen to embark on a solo career.

June 13:

2001 – Motley Crue’s Nikki Sixx announces that the band is going on a two-year hiatus.

June 14:

1968 – Iron Butterfly releases the album “In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida.”

1991 – Van Halen’s album “For Unlawful Carnal Knowledge” is released.

June 16:

1973 – Deep Purple’s “Smoke On The Water” breaks into the Top 40.

June 17:

1983 – Twisted Sister releases the album “You Can’t Stop Rock N Roll.”

1985 – The Scorpions release the album “World Wide Live.”

1989 – Lita Ford & Ozzy Osbourne’s “Close My Eyes Forever” peaks at number eight on the Pop Singles chart.

1989 – Bon Jovi’s “Lay You Hands On Me” and Great White’s “Once Bitten, Twice Shy” break into the Top 40.

1997 – Megadeth releases the album “Cryptic Writings.”

June 18:

1967 – The Jimi Hendrix Experience makes its debut at the Monterey Pop Festival.

1985 – Fans at a Judas Priest concert at Madison Square Garden go wild, tearing up hundreds of seats.

June 21:

1985 – Motley Crue releases the album “Theatre Of Pain”

1999 – Pantera takes a ride on a float during the Dallas Stars’ Stanley Cup victory parade. The Texas-based band wrote the hockey team’s theme song.

June 22:

1993 – Ozzy Osbourne announces that he is planning a new album and a Black Sabbath reunion.

June 23:

1975 – Alice Cooper falls off the set of his “Welcome To My Nightmare” tour in Vancouver and breaks six ribs.

1984 – Van Halen releases the single “Panama.”

2004 – Velvet revolver guitarist Slash and his wife Perla Hudson celebrate the birth of their son, Cash Anthony Hudson. The couple also has another son, London.

June 24:

1972 – Alice Cooper’s “School’s Out” breaks into the Top 40.

1979 – KISS releases the album “Dynasty.”

1997 – Motley Crue releases the album “Generation Swine.”

June 25:

1979 – The Scorpions releases the album “Lovedrive.”

1990 – Poison releases the single “Unskinny Bop.”

1991 – Anthrax releases the album “Attack of the Killer B’s.”

1991 – Guns N’ Roses releases the single “You Could Be Mine.”

2003 – The term “headbanger” is officially added to the new edition of the Collegiate Dictionary from Merriam-Webster, defined as both a hard rock musician and a fan.

June 27:

1985 – Queensryche releases the album “Rage For Order.”

1992 – Guns N’ Roses’ “November Rain” breaks into the Top 40.

1995 – Bon Jovi releases the album “These Days.”

1996 – Van Halen lead singer Sammy Hagar quits as frontman due to “creative differences.” On that same day, former frontman David Lee Roth began working with Van Halen again for some tracks for the band’s upcoming greatest hits collection.

June 28:

1988 – Stryper releases the album “In God We Trust.”

2005 – The Twisted Sister DVD “Live at Wacken: The Reunion” is released.

June 29:

1985 – Heart’s “What About Love?” breaks into the Top 40.

1991 – Skid Row’s album “Slave To The Grind” debuts at number one on the Billboard album chart. It is the very first hard rock album to accomplish this feat.

June 30:

1977 – The first of two KISS comic books from Marvel Comics is released. The red ink used in the printing was said to contain small amounts of blood from each of the band members.