History

In August 1983, the Stray Cats released 'Rant N' Rave With the Stray Cats.'

On Aug. 12, 1968, in a small space on Gerrard Street in the west end of London, Jimmy Page, Robert Plant, John Paul Jones and John Bonham played together for the very first time.

For most of 1977, the Police's guitarist was Henry Padovani, a former Jimi Hendrix disciple from Corsica who shaved off his hippie-length hair and beard and joined the punk flock.

Led Zeppelin's Aug. 4, 1979 concert at the Knebworth Festival would mark their final U.K. appearance with John Bonham.

In August 1983, Black Sabbath released Born Again, their 11th album and the only one to feature former Deep Purple singer Ian Gillan.

Guns N' Roses' initial project didn't reach No. 1 in the U.S. until Aug. 6, 1988, more than a year after its release.

The Stooges' 1969 self-titled debut album opened the door for everything loud, hard and heavy that followed.

Given how frequently their illegal actions are reported, it's surprising that most rockers haven't served jail time. David Crosby was not one of the lucky ones.

This huge benefit concert, held today in 2003 and known unofficially as SARSstock and SARSapalooza, found more than 450,000 people crowded into Toronto's Downsview Park.

A large sum of money belonging to Led Zeppelin was taken from their New York hotel on July 29, 1973.

ZZ Top's 'Tres Hombres,' released on July 26, 1973, finally hurtled the Texas band to stardom.

In order to get there, Metallica first had to abandon their hometown of Los Angeles.