One of the greatest hard rock bands ever, Van Halen have sold more than 50 million albums worldwide, crowning their amazing career with this year's induction into the Rock & Roll Hall Of Fame. With their 1978 eponymous debut, Van Halen simultaneously rewrote the rules of rock guitar and hard rock in general. Guitarist Eddie Van Halen redefined what electric guitar could do, developing a blindingly fast technique with a variety of self-taught two-handed tapping, hammer-ons, pull-offs, and effects that mimicked the sounds of machines and animals. It was wildly inventive and over the top, equalled only by vocalist David Lee Roth, who brought the role of a metal singer to near-performance art standards with his wild flair for showmanship. Together, they made Van Halen into the most popular American rock & roll band of the late '70s and early '80s, and in the process set the template for hard rock and heavy metal for the '80s.

Perfect Strangers is the eleventh studio album by Deep Purple, released in October 1984. It represents the first album recorded by the reformed, and most successful and popular, 'Mark II' line-up.[1] It was the first Deep Purple album in nine years, and the first with the Mk II lineup for eleven years, the last being Who Do We Think We Are in 1973. Ritchie Blackmore and Roger Glover arrived from Rainbow, Ian Gillan from Black Sabbath, Jon Lord from Whitesnake, and Ian Paice from Gary Moore band.

Mechanical Animals is Marilyn Manson's third full-length album, released on September 15, 1998. It was the #1 selling album on its first week of release, the first of Marilyn Manson's career. The album is a concept album, similar to its predecessor, Antichrist Superstar. Four singles were released off the album: "The Dope Show," "Rock is Dead," "I Don't Like the Drugs (But the Drugs Like Me)," and, only released promotionally and with a video, "Coma White." This album virtually rebuilt the band and gave it more of a Glam Rock persona.

Maiden England '88 is the 2CD soundtrack to Iron Maiden's legendary live show which took place across two sold-out nights at Birmingham N.E.C Arena, UK in November 1988 during the band s Seventh Son Of A Seventh Son World Tour .

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Includes: 70 minute Audio CD, a 2-hour DVD, 25 Collector postcards, 1 Sevendust guitar pick, 24-page booklet with tour.

Extreme is the first studio album of Boston funk-metal band Extreme, released on March 14, 1989. Despite being released on a major label, the album did not sell very well and produced two singles: "Kid Ego" and the radio-only "Play With Me". It would not be until their next album, Pornograffitti, that the band would become well known. Musically, the record is dominated by muscular metal guitar riffs, often with funky, syncopated timing, and incendiary, high-speed metal solos.