Michael Christopher

This series of events in early 1982 was, by turns, humorous, tragic and downright bizarre.

Here's a track-by-track look inside the band's blockbuster album.

Legal problems and studio red tape have kept both the 'Friday the 13th' and 'A Nightmare on Elm Street' franchises off the big screen.

Nine Inch Nails and Metallica helped the festival push past bad weather and lineup changes.

A post-Grammys surge helped Adele's '21' block Van Halen's 'A Different Kind of Truth' from the top spot.

Band reconnected with David Lee Roth for the single, but things did not sail along smoothly.

Band's 1991 breakthrough LP linked Black Sabbath and the upcoming grunge revolution.

Shock-rock legend mounted '80s comeback with ninth solo LP.

Izzy Stradlin and Gilby Clarke had trouble performing the song live.

Maybe the company never thought their memo would gain such wide traction, or maybe it never existed in the first place.