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Jon Wiederhorn
![Jon Wiederhorn](http://townsquare.media/site/366/files/2017/05/JonWpic.jpg?w=300&q=75)
![37 Years Ago: Metallica Unleash the Epic Album ‘Master of Puppets’](http://townsquare.media/site/366/files/2017/03/Metallica-Master-of-Puppets-Anniversary.jpg?w=980&q=75)
37 Years Ago: Metallica Unleash the Epic Album ‘Master of Puppets’
The legendary third album and major label debut from Metallica.
![22 Years Ago: AC/DC Bring Back the Grit on ‘Stiff Upper Lip’](http://townsquare.media/site/366/files/2017/02/ACDC-Stiff-Upper-Lip.jpg?w=980&q=75)
22 Years Ago: AC/DC Bring Back the Grit on ‘Stiff Upper Lip’
Their 14th album.
![32 Years Ago: Def Leppard Guitarist Steve Clark Dies](http://townsquare.media/site/366/files/2017/01/Steve-Clark-Def-Leppard.jpg?w=980&q=75)
32 Years Ago: Def Leppard Guitarist Steve Clark Dies
On Jan. 8, 1991, Def Leppard's Steve Clark died from an overdose.
![Seven Years Ago – Motorhead Pioneer Lemmy Kilmister Dies](http://townsquare.media/site/366/files/2018/09/Lemmy.jpg?w=980&q=75)
Seven Years Ago – Motorhead Pioneer Lemmy Kilmister Dies
On Dec. 28, 2015, we lost an all-time legend.
![21 Years Ago: Slipknot Celebrate Misery and Depravity With ‘Iowa’](http://townsquare.media/site/366/files/2017/08/Slipknot-Iowa.jpg?w=980&q=75)
21 Years Ago: Slipknot Celebrate Misery and Depravity With ‘Iowa’
Turmoil, disaffection, misanthropy and self-indulgence have always been creative tools for Slipknot.
![47 Years Ago: KISS Crank It Up With ‘Rock And Roll Over’](http://townsquare.media/site/366/files/2020/11/KISSRandRO.jpg?w=980&q=75)
47 Years Ago: KISS Crank It Up With ‘Rock And Roll Over’
KISS released 'Rock and Roll Over' on Nov. 11, 1976.
![42 Years Ago: KISS Hit Rock Bottom With ‘Music From the Elder’](http://townsquare.media/site/366/files/2016/11/KISS-Music-From-the-Elder-Anniversary.jpg?w=980&q=75)
42 Years Ago: KISS Hit Rock Bottom With ‘Music From the Elder’
One of the bigger missteps of their career.
![35 Years Ago: Metallica Unleash ‘…And Justice for All’](http://townsquare.media/site/366/files/2017/08/Metallica-And-Justice-for-All-Anniversary.jpg?w=980&q=75)
35 Years Ago: Metallica Unleash ‘…And Justice for All’
On Sept. 7, 1988, Metallica released '...And Justice For All,' their first album without Cliff Burton.
![39 Years Ago – Metallica Release ‘Ride the Lightning’](http://townsquare.media/site/366/files/2017/07/Metallica-Ride-the-Lightning-Anniversary.jpg?w=980&q=75)
39 Years Ago – Metallica Release ‘Ride the Lightning’
How would Metallica follow up 'Kill 'Em All'? On July 27, 1984, we got 'Ride the Lightning.'
![33 Years Ago: Skid Row Release ‘Slave to the Grind’](http://townsquare.media/site/366/files/2017/06/Skid-Row-Slave-to-the-Grind.jpg?w=980&q=75)
33 Years Ago: Skid Row Release ‘Slave to the Grind’
Skid Row's devastatingly heavy second album came out on June 11, 1991.