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Meat of the Week

Weapon Grade Ham-"March 14, 2008. Joe Scola, owner of Scola's Place, holds the ham he used to defend himself against a man who was trying to steal food from his freezer. When he confronted the man and took back the ham, the thief raised ,a 5-pound frozen stick of prosciutto to hit him, and Scola struck the man in the face with the ham, knocking him over." -Kristen Grieco, Glouceter Times

This Month in Metal History

Births

Apr 3, 1968 Sebastian Bach
Apr 3, 1955 Mick Mars
Apr 4, 1966 Mike Starr
Apr 4, 1952 Gary Moore
Apr 17, 1964 Maynard James Keenan
Apr 22, 1971 Poncho Negro
Apr 23, 1960 Steve Clark
Apr 25, 1960 Paul Baloff
Apr 26, 1975 Joey Jordison
Apr 27, 1951 Ace Frehley
Apr 26, 1968 Daisy Berkowitz

R.I.P.

Apr 5, 2002 Layne Staley
Apr 8, 1991 Dead (see below)
Apr 30, 1982 Lester Bangs

Events

Apr 8, 1991 Mayhem singer Dead was found with a shotgun wound to the head by guitarist Euronymous. Dead's suicide note is rumored to have simply read "Excuse all the blood." Euronymous took pictures of the corpse which were used for the cover of the Dawn of the Black Hearts album. Euronymous was also claimed to have eaten pieces of Dead's brain, and to have made necklaces out of fragments of his skull.
Apr 18, 1987 Headbangers Ball premiers