Some artists recorded cover tracks that turned something good into something great, helping immortalize their legacy by outperforming the originals.
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Jimi Hendrix, Courtney Love, Ozzy Osbourne, and these other artists got the last laugh after their early rock bands showed them the door.
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When famous rock bands broke up, fans erroneously blamed these woman, ignoring the complex fractures caused by egos, finances, and the pressure of fame.
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Some hit songs initially didn't thrill the music industry's gatekeepers, and artists had to fight tooth and nail to have them released.
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Sometimes, the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame snubs perfectly eligible and deserving rockers, leaving them in the dust, year after year.
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There were some '70s groups that for various reasons — internal tensions, poor sales, lousy representation, exhaustion, drugs, or death — just couldn't last.
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Concert encores are often the cherry on top of a great concert. Bands like Fleetwood Mac, the Cure, Pink Floyd, and Black Sabbath gave some of the best ever.
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While rock heroes need their fans, they also aren't necessarily always happy with fan behavior. These artists aren't afraid to call fans out.
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From an iconic gangster film to dancing gremlins, these musicians had their own reasons for saying no to Hollywood, and it wasn't always about the money.
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Some '70s singers left the spotlight too soon, whether from death or exiting the industry, leaving questions about how much more they could have achieved.
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No rock band has ever reached a place of popularity and blockbuster sales and stayed there forever — and some drop off at the worst times and never climb back.
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From future blues-rock superstars to heavy-metal virtuosos, these rock bands saw talented guitarists leave for greener pastures, and sometimes more than once.
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From punk pioneers to rock 'n' roll legends, these musicians found out that producing an album is much harder than it looks, especially if you want success.
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Whether they were compelled to join up or did so by choice, a surprising number of iconic musicians served in the military. Some even saw battle.
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Some rock songs from 1981 turned out to define the genre, with artists like Ozzy Osbourne, Joan Jett, Rush, Journey, and AC/DC all releasing timeless bangers.
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Some of these artists had built fanbases over not just years, but decades, only to suddenly switch to seemingly incompatible genres later on.
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The classic rock of the '70s is filled with stellar songs. Some take some time to develop into masterpieces, while others grip listeners from the start.
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Music industry contracts can be some of the worst deals ever for musicians, and losing hard-earned money isn't the worst that labels have done to artists.
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Sure, Bon Jovi's history makes for a fine biopic, but we'd prefer the rollercoaster stories of treachery, tragedy, and pure grit that these rock bands faced.
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With disco and classic rock's golden era almost tapped out and the '80s knocking, these 1979 rock hits straddled the transition and kept rock music alive.
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Sometimes, albums reward listeners with a cinematic climax — a closer on which the artist goes all out and rounds things off with a sense of occasion.
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Black Sabbath, The Clash, Van Halen, The Police, and Wham! band members saw their careers go downhill after their lead singers abandoned them to go solo.
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Some classic rock artists segued from making epic songs you can still hear on the radio today to creating movie tunes that won them the Oscar.
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What's sadder than a breakup song? Try these songs about grief, exile, murder, isolation, and terminal illness, by the likes of Led Zeppelin, Nirvana, and more.
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Sometimes brilliant musical artists enjoy such a freewheeling lifestyle afforded by fame, money, and adulation that they forget they aren't above the law.
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A brief lull that was sandwiched between two defining periods and swamped with schmaltz, 1974 was just about the most mediocre year in classic rock's history.
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For much of the 1980s, Whitesnake trod water until it recorded a new version of a 1982 song, which took the big-haired hard rock band to No. 1 in 1987.
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