
Jon Wiederhorn


42 Years Ago: AC/DC Finally Top Charts With ‘For Those About to Rock We Salute You’
Their first No. 1 album.

42 Years Ago: Ozzy Osbourne Flies High Again With ‘Diary of a Madman’
The last album with Randy Rhoads.

29 Years Ago: Ozzy Osbourne Releases Comeback Album ‘Ozzmosis’
So much for retirement. Ozzy Osbourne made his 'comeback' in 1995 with the 'Ozzmosis' album.

44 Years Ago: Ozzy Osbourne Comes Back to Life With ‘Blizzard of Ozz’
On Sept. 20, 1980, Ozzy Osbourne delivered his first solo album, 'Blizzard of Ozz.'


34 Years Ago: Motley Crue Release ‘Dr. Feelgood’
Mötley Crüe were unapologetically obsessed with crafting the kind of sticky, sleazy hard rock that defined MTV hair metal.

35 Years Ago: Metallica Unleash ‘…And Justice for All’
On Sept. 7, 1988, Metallica released '...And Justice For All,' their first album without Cliff Burton.

33 Years Ago: Skid Row Release ‘Slave to the Grind’
Skid Row's devastatingly heavy second album came out on June 11, 1991.

27 Years Ago: Metallica Release ‘Load’
Their follow-up to 'The Black Album.'

24 Years Ago: Iron Maiden Release ‘Brave New World’
This was the album in which two of Iron Maiden's key players, Bruce Dickinson and Adrian Smith, returned to the lineup.

45 Years Ago: Judas Priest Pound the World With ‘British Steel’
'British Steel' was a true game changer in the Judas Priest album catalog.

39 Years Ago: Guns N’ Roses Sign to Geffen Records
Here's where it started for Guns N' Roses, not long before they were introduced to the masses.