Anniversaries

World Cup soccer inspired the band to make a bold move into new territory.

Their fourth album finally unlocked an often-overlooked core influence: country music.

Fifty years after a band of relative unknowns hit the road using the established group’s name, most motivations remain unclear.

"I should've said, 'No, I will not go on. I will not do this,'" the singer involved later admitted.

Uneven album foreshadowed the end of the duo's classic era.

Gene Simmons and Paul Stanley do their best Cousin Itt impressions while maintaining the band's mystique.

The King offered unlikely inspiration for the group's controversial 1989 hit.

Their reunion with 'Permanent Vacation' producer Bruce Fairbairn picked up almost literally where the previous album left off.

Mike Portnoy, Nita Strauss and Blaze Bayley analyze Iron Maiden's massive 1984 album in an exclusive book excerpt.

The band's 1974 debut offered tantalizing glimpses of their bright future.