Van Halen

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

Feeling old yet? Don't worry, these albums will keep you young.

Few albums reach the coveted 10-million sales mark. All of these are darn good.

That they're still enjoyable at all speaks to the quality of the songs.

Metallica guitarist Kirk Hammett named Van Halen's self-titled debut as an album that 'everyone in the world should own.'

After scoring some impressive round-one victories, 16 albums move on to even tougher battles.

Try picking only 25 rock + metal albums from each decade that you would want to ensure your kids listened to. It's a harder exercise than you might think.

Bickering musicians, fan-boy moments, previously unknown secrets .... they're all some of the instances that Howard Stern have given us radio gold.

From grunge to nu-metal, pop-punk to Brit-rock and all the alternative stuff around it, the '90s were a great period for rock music.

Going deep, but you're still listening.