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Jon Wiederhorn
![Jon Wiederhorn](http://townsquare.media/site/366/files/2017/05/JonWpic.jpg?w=300&q=75)
![The 25 Most Savage Rock + Metal Diss Tracks of All Time](http://townsquare.media/site/366/files/2024/05/attachment-rock_metal_diss_tracks.jpg?w=980&q=75)
The 25 Most Savage Rock + Metal Diss Tracks of All Time
Careful not to hurt yourself on all this edge.
![41 Years Ago: Metallica Entered the Studio to Record ‘Kill ‘Em All’](http://townsquare.media/site/366/files/2017/07/Metallica-Kill-Em-All.jpg?w=980&q=75)
41 Years Ago: Metallica Entered the Studio to Record ‘Kill ‘Em All’
On May 10, 1983, a metal revolution was underway.
![29 Years Ago: White Zombie Release Their Final Studio Album, ‘Astro-Creep: 2000′](http://townsquare.media/site/366/files/2017/04/White-Zombie-Astro-Creep-Anniversary.jpg?w=980&q=75)
29 Years Ago: White Zombie Release Their Final Studio Album, ‘Astro-Creep: 2000′
Get the story behind White Zombie's 'Astro-Creep 2000'.
![41 Years Ago: Dave Mustaine Fired From Metallica](http://townsquare.media/site/366/files/2015/04/Metallica-Mustaine.jpg?w=980&q=75)
41 Years Ago: Dave Mustaine Fired From Metallica
Then we wound up with two amazing thrash bands.
![36 Years Ago: Iron Maiden’s Progressive Side Shines on ‘Seventh Son of a Seventh Son’](http://townsquare.media/site/366/files/2017/04/Iron-Maiden-Seventh-Son-of-a-Seventh-Son-Anniversary.jpg?w=980&q=75)
36 Years Ago: Iron Maiden’s Progressive Side Shines on ‘Seventh Son of a Seventh Son’
A major shift toward the progressive side.
![30 Years Ago + 22 Years Ago: Nirvana’s Kurt Cobain + Alice in Chains’ Layne Staley Die on April 5](http://townsquare.media/site/366/files/2024/04/attachment-nirvana_kurt_cobain_alice_in_chains_layne_staley.jpg?w=980&q=75)
30 Years Ago + 22 Years Ago: Nirvana’s Kurt Cobain + Alice in Chains’ Layne Staley Die on April 5
Get the history behind these two tragedies.
![41 Years Ago: Kirk Hammett Invited to Audition for Metallica](http://townsquare.media/site/366/files/2015/04/Metallica-1983.jpg?w=980&q=75)
41 Years Ago: Kirk Hammett Invited to Audition for Metallica
It wasn't an April Fool's joke.
![38 Years Ago: Guns N’ Roses Sign to Geffen Records](http://townsquare.media/site/366/files/2012/07/Guns-N-Roses-1.jpg?w=980&q=75)
38 Years Ago: Guns N’ Roses Sign to Geffen Records
Here's how it happened.
![19 Years Ago: Ozzy Osbourne’s House Nearly Burned Down in Fire-Related Mishap](http://townsquare.media/site/366/files/2017/09/Ozzy.jpg?w=980&q=75)
19 Years Ago: Ozzy Osbourne’s House Nearly Burned Down in Fire-Related Mishap
Ozzy and Sharon Osbourne were sent fleeing from their Buckinghamshire estate due to a fire in 2005.
![10 Years Ago: GWAR Mastermind Dave Brockie Dies](http://townsquare.media/site/366/files/2014/03/lioo.jpg?w=980&q=75)
10 Years Ago: GWAR Mastermind Dave Brockie Dies
March 23, 2014 was a sad day as we lost GWAR front-thing Dave 'Oderus Urungus' Brockie.