Deep Purple

There are several connections between Dickinson's choice and his own band's career.

If you're just getting started as a vinyl collector, you'll want to make sure you've got these essentials from the 1970s in your collection.

Metallica's Lars Ulrich shares a taped testimonial praising Deep Purple's 'Made in Japan' as 'hands down the best hard rock live album ever.

All of these bands share their name with the song of another band. Some of them, though, are merely a coincidence.

The show has featured Metallica, Journey, Kiss and many more in the past.

The members of Metallica pick songs that range from classical to alternative to hard rock when asked which were the greatest songs of all time.

The best of the best, year after year. The rock world has evolved quite a bit from 1970.

Sometimes having a colorful name helps, but who have found the most success at each of the colors?

Try picking only 25 rock + metal albums from each decade that you would want to ensure your kids listened to. It's a harder exercise than you might think.

"I don't care about those guys," the bassist said, referring to Ian Gillan, Roger Glover and Ian Paice.