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From the Sunset Strip to the global stage, these bands helped define the year.

The hair metal era exploded in a big way while some classic rock and thrash favorites were still going strong in 1986.

These '80s bands had promising starts with critical or chart success, but their careers never quite lived up to all the initial hype.

Rock and metal songs provide a great musical foundation for events in U.S. history.

Fromage in hard rock ballad form.

A Montana archer managed to find himself standing on the winner's podium with an oversized check this weekend.

At around 145,000 square miles, that makes our state larger than a lot of countries in the world!

Nine artists in seven countries helped bring the cover to life.

Celebrate the anniversary of Black Sabbath's groundbreaking debut album that introduced a new sound to hard rock.

One of the best EPs of all time.

Plus new album news from Testament and Blink-182, additional Smashing Pumpkins tour dates and video news and Godsmack's chart numbers in Wire-to-Wire.

On March 22, 1987, Anthrax issued 'Among the Living,' an album that secured their spot in thrash metal history.