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Can you believe all these rockers are turning 60 this year?

Happy Birthday today (Jan. 31) to John Lydon aka Johnny Rotten of the Sex Pistols. He’s 62. Also celebrating is former Whitesnake guitarist Adrian Vandenberg (64) and in remembrance today, Slayer’s Jeff Hanneman would have been 54.

A detailed look back at the death of Slayer's Jeff Hannemann, one of metal's most legendary musicians.

Happy Birthday today (Jan. 31) to John Lydon aka Johnny Rotten of the Sex Pistols. He’s 61. Also celebrating is former Whitesnake guitarist Adrian Vandenberg (63) and in remembrance today, Slayer’s Jeff Hanneman would have been 53.

Today (Jan. 31) we remember Slayer guitarist Jeff Hanneman. He would have been 53.

Today we remember Slayer guitarist Jeff Hanneman. We lost him on this day 3 years ago (May 2, 2013) of liver failure at the age of 49.

Happy Birthday today (Jan. 31) to John Lydon aka Johnny Rotten of the Sex Pistols. He's 60. Also celebrating is former Whitesnake guitarist Adrian Vandenberg (62) and in remembrance today, Slayer's Jeff Hanneman would have been 52.

Slayer shredder Kerry King reveals that one of Jeff Hanneman's final decisions was to bring drumming phenom Paul Bostaph back into the band.

Contrary to what has been reported by various sites, Slayer's upcoming full-length will not feature any parts physically played by late guitarist Jeff Hanneman.

Thanks to all the fans who watched our video, shared our video and made their own video yelling "SLAYER!," Loudwire's #ScreamForJeff campaign was a huge success. To celebrate your participation, we're proud to share just a small percentage of the many Jeff Hanneman memorial videos posted online by Slayer superfans (watch below).

We recently published an open letter to the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, asking them to consider some of the greatest hard rock + metal acts ever for induction. But now we point our dissatisfaction at the 2014 Grammy Awards, which took place Sunday night, Jan. 26, and featured one rock and metal snub after another.

As it does every year, the Grammy Awards paid tribute to the musicians who passed away over the past 12 months with an 'In Memoriam' segment toward the end of Sunday night's ceremony. However, there was at least one glaring omission, as there was no mention of late Slayer guitarist Jeff Hanneman.