Jon Wiederhorn

On April 27, 1979, after various attempts to get Ozzy back on the team, Black Sabbath fired their lead singer.

On Jan. 8, 1991, Def Leppard's Steve Clark died from an overdose.

Mötley Crüe were unapologetically obsessed with crafting the kind of sticky, sleazy hard rock that defined MTV hair metal.

"This is for people who are literate," Lou Reed insists about 'Lulu,' his widely criticized collaboration album with Metallica. "This isn’t 'I cry in my beer cos you f---ed him and ran your truck through my bar."