The Tig Files

Happy Birthday today (Sept. 25) to former Guns N’ Roses guitarist Bumblefoot. He’s 48. Also celebrating is guitarist Steve Blaze of 80’s metal band Lilian Axe (56).

Happy Birthday today (Sept. 24) to Tod Howarth. The singer for the band Four By Fate (Ex Frehely’s Comet) is 60. Also celebrating is Burning Rain and ex Quiet Riot, Dokken bassist Sean McNabb (52).

Happy Birthday today (Sept. 23) to Neal Smith. The former drummer for the original Alice Cooper Group is 70. Also celebrating is Bruce Springsteen (68).

Tune in for the WPDH Album of the Week this Sunday at 11PM. We’ll be bringing you Yes '90125', in its entirety, start to finish.

Happy Birthday today (Sept. 22) to Whitesnake frontman David Coverdale. He’s 66. Other rockers celebrating include Joan Jett (59), Bulletboys singer Marq Torien (56), and singer Jesse James Dupree of Jackyl (55).

The Metal Box is a weekly web series posted each Friday where we discuss all things hard rock and heavy metal: news, videos, interviews, live concerts and more.

Today (Sept. 21) we remember Motorhead drummer Phil “Philthy Animal” Taylor who would have been 63.

Happy Birthday today (Sept. 21) to Don Felder. The former lead guitarist for The Eagles is 70. He played with The Eagles from 1974-2001.

We lost Bobby "The Brain" Heenan this past Sunday at the age of 73.

Happy Birthday today (Sept. 20) to Soundgarden bassist Ben Shepherd. He’s 49. Other rockers celebrating include Extreme guitarist Nuno Bettencourt (51) and Styx bassist Chuck Panozzo (69).