Rock and Culture Anniversaries

Future Led Zeppelin star actually got his solo start decades before 1988's 'Outrider.'

That raspy howl may have been new to some, but he'd actually been chipping away at mainstream success for years.

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

"We’re all thankful for both of them, but especially for both of them combined."

At the time, one of his defining songs didn’t yet have its famous title.

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

There were plenty of memorable gigs throughout his too-brief career, but none was more infamous than this one.

A murder at this show effectively brought the peace-and-love ethos of the '60s to a jarring end.

He didn't roll over and play dead when the famous advice columnist criticized "Cold Ethyl."

This disaster's origins can be traced in part to the practice of general admission seating.

There's no escaping the apocalyptic nature of one of the band's best albums.

Two legends grew up around this 1974 appearance with Elton John. One was true, but the other was not.