Van Halen

Soundtracks of the 1990s were big business, helping to promote films. But how many hit soundtrack songs can you still tie to the movies they were featured in?

Do you know your ABCs of Rock? We hope so as there are well known rock bands for every single letter of the alphabet.

It's Van Halen's '1984' vs. AC/DC's 'Back in Black' for all the marbles.

With '1984' and 'Appetite for Destruction' just 61 votes apart with 12 hours left, the UCR staff weighs in on this close battle.

Only Guns N' Roses, AC/DC, Van Halen and U2 remain in contention.

Producer Ted Templeman originally thought the song's intro was "lame," but a much better replacement was soon found.

After scoring some impressive round-one victories, 16 albums move on to even tougher battles.

Despite his own successful career, he still hears constant calls to play his dad's material.

Keeping the big game rocking!

Many of these albums marked important endings - or exciting new beginnings.

Singer says he painted himself into a corner with 1995 hit that his bandmates wanted to be darker than he aimed for.

Grunge was going strong, but it wasn't the only game in town in 1995. How many of these albums from 30 years ago do you remember?