![Jon Wiederhorn](http://townsquare.media/site/366/files/2017/05/JonWpic.jpg?w=300&q=75)
Jon Wiederhorn
![Jon Wiederhorn](http://townsquare.media/site/366/files/2017/05/JonWpic.jpg?w=300&q=75)
![35 Years Ago: Megadeth Bring the Thrash With ‘Peace Sells… But Who’s Buying?’](http://townsquare.media/site/366/files/2017/09/Megadeth-Peace-Sells-Anniversary.jpg?w=980&q=75)
![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.
![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.
![44 Years Ago: Motorhead Paved the Way for Thrash With Second Album ‘Overkill’](http://townsquare.media/site/366/files/2017/03/Motorhead-Overkill1.jpg?w=980&q=75)
44 Years Ago: Motorhead Paved the Way for Thrash With Second Album ‘Overkill’
This one paved the way for thrash.
![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.
![36 Years Ago: Guns N’ Roses Release ‘Appetite for Destruction’](http://townsquare.media/site/366/files/2017/07/Guns-N-Roses-Appetite-for-Destruction-Anniversary.jpg?w=980&q=75)
36 Years Ago: Guns N’ Roses Release ‘Appetite for Destruction’
One of the biggest albums ever made.
![13 Years Ago: Type O Negative’s Peter Steele Dies](http://townsquare.media/site/366/files/2015/04/Peter-Steele.jpg?w=980&q=75)
13 Years Ago: Type O Negative’s Peter Steele Dies
RIP, Green Man.
![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.
![32 Years Ago: Def Leppard Guitarist Steve Clark Dies](http://townsquare.media/site/366/files/2017/01/Steve-Clark-Def-Leppard.jpg?w=980&q=75)
32 Years Ago: Def Leppard Guitarist Steve Clark Dies
On Jan. 8, 1991, Def Leppard's Steve Clark died from an overdose.