KNAC was credited with exposing or launching bands that would go on to great success: Metallica, Megadeth, Soundgarden, and ...

Metal bands had their heyday in the 80s and, believe it or not ... Besides the relationship that was always sought between rock and Satanism, in 1981, Ozzy cut off the head of a dove when he ...

Heavy music was at war with itself in 1985 — and from the conflict emerged a slew of groundbreaking albums from one of hard rock and metal's most consequential years. Our list of the Top 20 ...

Heavy Metal. Pure Rock KNAC launched on January 8, 1986. The station was designed to attract a younger audience, and it did. I recall numerous kids wearing Pure Rock T-shirts or those of bands ...

Critics coined the term "hair metal" as a shorthand dismissal of the countless copycat hard rock bands that cluttered the Sunset Strip and ruled the airwaves throughout much of the '80s.