Rock and Culture Anniversaries

That raspy howl may have been new to some, but he'd actually been chipping away at mainstream success for years.

A murder at this show effectively brought the peace-and-love ethos of the '60s to a jarring end.

Contrary to popular belief, this wasn’t their initial American concert.

"This is not the real Woodstock. They messed up. They messed up the whole name of Woodstock."

He’d exhibited somewhat erratic behavior in prior months, but no one expected that he’d leave so soon.

Talk about breaking the law.

Loathed by critics and written off as a novelty act, they were actually a genuine rock 'n' roll band.

Comeback for the band's most commercially successful lineup was contentious from the start.

Pete Townshend wanted to capitalize on the album as a continuous art form.

By the late '80s, he wasn't interested in singing the hits. This would be the path toward reinvention.