Anniversaries

The end of Dave Mustaine's stay in Metallica came on April 11, 1983, and it came without warning.

There's never really any true way to know whether a 'Saturday Night Live' sketch will become an instant classic or quickly fade from memory.

The Beatles were on a roll in 1967.

The phrase “Adult Contemporary” might as well be an epithet to rock fans.

During the decades since Lynyrd Skynyrd's horrific 1977 plane crash, some initial survivors have passed away, while others did their best to endure.

It was an epic night for Van Halen fans who had been longing for the band's original singer to reaffirm his position at the mic.

As the Rolling Stones' contentious post-'Dirty Work' hiatus got underway, Mick Jagger appeared to be moving on.

Robert Fleischman might have made a perfectly serviceable frontman for Journey. Then came Steve Perry.

Elton John, who had been a friend of Princess Diana, was asked by the Royal Family to sing at her funeral.

Joe Perry recalls how 'Permanent Vacation' proved a pivotal shift in the way Aerosmith made albums going forward in an exclusive interview.

At the time, it must have seemed like an otherwise nondescript show. Instead, history was made as the Beatles played the nearly half-empty Candlestick Park.

For many musicians, playing live is the best part of the job — but touring, on the other hand, is a necessary evil.