Rock and Culture Anniversaries

The tragedy cast a long shadow on the rock world and, in the days that followed, that shadow only lengthened.

Turnover behind and in front of the camera led to an unusual finale.

‘Ride the Lightning’ track was inspired by vision of the Biblical 10th plague on Egypt.

Anthrax's Scott Ian also joined for the VH1 Classic special 'Matzo and Metal.'

Historic collaboration had a winding path to record store shelves.

Personality conflicts were suddenly made public on live national television.

No one was reported to have suffered any long-term ill effects, though several people went to a hospital.

Will Ferrell's skit was so surreal that it ended up being aired toward the end of an episode.

He was a guitar god with one of rock's fastest-rising young bands and she was a sitcom star with a squeaky-clean image.

Richard Ramirez spent a portion of 1984 and '85 committing a string of unspeakable crimes under cover of darkness.

He'd been out drinking with friends when the casual evening took a terrible turn.

Crazy or not, Van Halen's cofounding frontman was bound for a solo career.