Anniversaries

Their fourth album finally unlocked an often-overlooked core influence: country music.

"I should've said, 'No, I will not go on. I will not do this,'" the singer involved later admitted.

Uneven album foreshadowed the end of the duo's classic era.

Gene Simmons and Paul Stanley do their best Cousin Itt impressions while maintaining the band's mystique.

The King offered unlikely inspiration for the group's controversial 1989 hit.

Mike Portnoy, Nita Strauss and Blaze Bayley analyze Iron Maiden's massive 1984 album in an exclusive book excerpt.

The band's 1974 debut offered tantalizing glimpses of their bright future.

The singer was then known as Freddie Bulsara.

Paul Stanley laid down the law before agreeing to end Kiss' decade-long studio hiatus.

One medal-winning swimmer has already promised to "juice to the gills" in search of big prize money.