Big 4

As in most things with this pop-rock juggernaut of a band, Steve Perry looms large.

Rock star sex tapes generated big business, salacious headlines and numerous court battles in the '90s.

Here are the essentials from a brief but record-smashing run of seven studio projects.

The cream of the crop from rock's golden age.

Musicianship and technique matter, of course - but so does attitude.

The absolute essentials pulled from nearly 20 studio albums.

We're talking both solo and with the Heartbreakers here.

These bands are loud, anthemic and can electrify the masses.

There's over 30 albums to choose from, but these are the essentials as far as we're concerned.

These artists rock your world and haunt your dreams.