Michael Christopher

They'd traveled nearly 8,500 miles across the Pacific Ocean from Sydney, Australia.

As the most popular band on the Sunset Strip in the mid-'80s, Guns N’ Roses were bound to draw their share of shady characters, hangers-on and other sorts of degenerates.

Of all the songs on Appetite for Destruction, “Think About You” is either the most underrated, the album's hidden gem or just a misplaced and mediocre break from greatness.

From the outset, “Out ta Get Me” was the quintessential Guns N’ Roses song.

They needed something heavy, bombastic and uncompromising to follow “Welcome to the Jungle.”

They had planned to take a break after years of nonstop touring.

At this point, they still were trying to find their identity, sound and even a stable lineup.

They appeared to be indestructible going into the '90s, then it completely fell apart.

Noel E. Monk talks about the release of his new book on Van Halen, 'Runnin’ with the Devil,' and the false rumors that keep cropping up about the band.

The golden age of Van Halen with David Lee Roth at the helm has never really been dished on, unless you count the singer’s own somewhat scattershot 1997 autobiography, Crazy From the Heat.

Known as "King," he was one half of the band's twin attack, along with Warren DeMartini.

Strains of being Top 40 hitmakers were beginning to wear on the band.