Rick Nielsen has an extensive collection of guitars. He even released a book featuring some of the wackier models, some valued upwards of 100 thousand dollars. He tours with more then 25, but really uses only four or five.

Tom Fogerty is John's older brother. He was four years older then the other members and was 18 while the rest were still 14. The band was originally called Tommy Fogerty and the Blue Velvets. They were also known as the Golliwogs before CCR.

Jeff Beck has been in three car crashes. A fractured skull in one of them prevented him from joining a band with two members of Vanilla Fudge. He was also out of commission for months when he got his thumb trapped under a car.

The Black Crowes 1994 album Amorica showed a close-up of a woman's red, white, and blue bikini bottom with exposed pubic hair. The photo was taken from the Bicentennial issue of Hustler magazine. They retouched the cover to get rid of the hair after many stores refused to display it.

Randy Bachman was a member of the Guess Who before forming B.T.O. He left at the peak of their popularity due to his religious beliefs.

Before going solo in 1981, Billy Idol was the leader of the Punk band Generation X.

In 1995, Bruce Dickinson released the solo album Accident of Birth and followed it up with, Tattooed Millionaire and Chemical Wedding.

Monster Magnet signed with independent label Caroline Records in 1992, where they recorded their first full-length album Spine of God.

C.O.C. debuted in 1983 with Eye for an Eye, featuring a lineup of Woody Weatherman, drummer Reed Mullin, vocalist Eric Eycke, and bassist Mike Dean.

Testament released their Atlantic Records debut "The Legacy" in 1987.

Testament formed in San Francisco in 1985.

Savatage formed in Florida in 1978 as Avatar, led by brothers Jon and Criss Oliva. They changed their name to Savatage in 1983.

Gary Hoey covered Red Rider's "Lunatic Fringe" on the release "American Made".

Gary Hoey released "Animal Instinct" in March 1993.

Megadeth released "Risk" on August 31, 1999.