Anniversaries

"Video Killed the Radio Star" was the first clip aired on the network, but that's not how some executives wanted it to go.

Plenty of controversial, memorable and influential things happened before they stopped focusing on music.

Song marked the first time James Hetfield was challenged on his lyrics.

Track "started off as just a song to sing the praises of this rock 'n' roll city" before gaining a deeper meaning.

Band launched into Jimi Hendrix cover as bonfires burned in the festival crowd.

Cash's late-career comeback reached another peak on July 24, 2003.

This wasn't Sammy Hagar's first song about aliens, but it was by far the biggest.

It may seem like one of the band's more straightforward songs, but the details make all the difference.

Trailblazing tour proved to be one of the '90s most influential events.

The followup to 'Californication.'

Their breakthrough LP would eventually sell more than a million copies in the U.S.

LP followed frontman's first solo project.