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KISS is an American rock band formed in New York City in January 1973 by Paul Stanley, Gene Simmons, Peter Criss, and Ace Frehley. Well known for its members' face paint and stage outfits, the group rose to prominence in the mid-to-late 1970s with their elaborate live performances, which featured fire breathing, blood-spitting, smoking guitars, shooting rockets, levitating drum kits, and pyrotechnics. The band has gone through several lineup changes, with Stanley and Simmons the only remaining original members.

Def Leppard is an English rock band formed in 1977 in Sheffield as part of the new wave of British heavy metal movement. Since 1992, the band has consisted of Joe Elliott (lead vocals), Rick Savage (bass, backing vocals), Rick Allen (drums, backing vocals), Phil Collen (guitars, backing vocals), and Vivian Campbell (guitars, backing vocals). The band's strongest commercial success came between the early 1980s and the early 1990s. Def Leppard's fourth album Hysteria, released in 1987, topped the UK and U.S. album charts. As of 2009, it has been certified 12× platinum for sales of over 12 million in the U.S. and has gone on to sell over 25 million copies worldwide.

Poison is known for Mr. & Mrs. Smith (2005), Friday Night Lights (2004) and Rock of Ages (2012).

Mötley Crüe was an American hard rock band formed in Los Angeles, California, on January 17, 1981. The group was founded by bassist Nikki Sixx and drummer Tommy Lee, lead singer Vince Neil and lead guitarist Mick Mars. Mötley Crüe has sold more than 100 million records worldwide, including 25 million albums in the United States, making it one of the best-selling bands of all time. Its final studio album, Saints of Los Angeles, was released on June 24, 2008 and the final show took place on New Year's Eve, December 31, 2015.

"Europe" is a Swedish rock band founded by vocalist Joey Tempest and guitarist John Norum. In the first period of its existence, the group belonged to the genre of glam metal, but after the revival moved to modern hard rock and heavy metal. Group Europe was founded in 1979 in Stockholm under the name of Force; its first lineup included Joey Tempest, John Norum, Peter Olsson and Tony Reno. However, at first they could not build their career, because the record companies they sent their demos to, demanded to cut their hair and sing in Swedish instead of English. This led to the departure of Olsson, whose place was later taken by Marcel Jacob. However, after three months Olsson returned without getting along with the new group. In 1982, thanks to the Tempest's girlfriend, the band got into the Rock-SM contest, where for the first time it was called Europe and won; Joey Tempest and John Norum received separate awards for the best vocalist and best guitar player, respectively, and the band received a contract with the label Hot Records. The band took a new name from one of the albums of Deep Purple. The debut album of the same name was released in 1983. The album did not achieve much commercial success, did not receive any certification, and took only 8th position in the Swedish chart, although the single Seven Doors Hotel hit the Top 10 in Japan. A year later followed the second album Wings of Tomorrow, which, like the previous one, was not successful, although it drew the attention of Columbia Records, who offered the band an international contract. Two years later, in May 1986, the third album, The Final Countdown, was released, glorifying the band to the whole world. The album was produced by Epic Records. He took a position in the top ten in the 12 charts, received four certifications. Doug Stone from Allmusic called this album "one of the brightest and most outstanding in history." The song of the same name became an international hit. However, after its release, John Norum decided to leave the band, disappointed in the dominance of synthesizers in production. In his place was invited to Ki Marcello. One year later the album Out of This World was released, which repeated the success of its predecessor, took the position in the 12th chart, received five certifications. Prisoners in Paradise came out three years later, became gold in Sweden and hit the 6th chart. In 1992, the group disintegrated, although formally it was positioned as a break; Vocalist Joey Tempest was engaged in a solo career, and the other participants took part in other projects. The band's contract with Epic Records was dissolved.

Megadeth is an American heavy metal band from Los Angeles, California. Guitarist Dave Mustaine and bassist David Ellefson formed the band in 1983. A pioneer of the American thrash metal scene, Megadeth is credited as one of the genre's "big four," along with Metallica, Anthrax, and Slayer, responsible for thrash metal's development and popularization. Megadeth plays in a technical style, featuring complex arrangements and fast rhythm sections. Themes of death, war, politics, and religion are prominent in the song lyrics.

Skid Row is an American heavy metal band, formed in 1986 in Toms River, New Jersey. The group achieved commercial success in the late 1980s and early 1990s, with its first two albums Skid Row (1989) and Slave to the Grind (1991) certified multi-platinum, the latter of which reached number one on the Billboard 200. The band had sold 20 million albums worldwide by the end of 1996.

Malice Mizer is a Visual Kei band that was formed in 1992 by Közi and Mana. The band started off with the lineup of Mana, Közi, Tetsu, Yu-Ki, and Gaz. In 1993 Gaz left to join Kneuklid Romance and Kneuklid Romance's drummer Kami joined Malice Mizer. A few days after they released Memoire DX their Singer, Tetsu left Malice Mizer to take a different direction in work. After almost a year of inactivity Malice Mizer recruited Gackt as their new Vocalist. When they released Uruwashiki Kamen no Shoutaijou in 1995 Malice Mizer started to differentiate themselves from other bands, when live Mana and Közi put down their guitars and they performed a dance routine. Gackt left Malice Mizer in 1999 but unfortunately a few months after Gackt left, Kami died in his sleep of a subarachnoid hemorrhage at the age of 27. Malice Mizer never replaced Kami so instead they started to only use support drums. Since Malice Mizer didn't have an official vocalist after Gackt left, in 2000 they recruited Klaha. But in 2001 Malice Mizer decided to go their own separate ways, they referred to it as a hiatus to not exclude the possibility of a reformation. Since 2010 Mana, Közi, and Yu-Ki have preformed together several times.

Jiluka is known for Jiluka: Faizh (2017), Jiluka: Divine Error (2017) and Jiluka: Lethal Affliction (2017).

Lita Ford was born on 19 September 1958 in London, England, UK. She is an actress and composer, known for Captain Marvel (2019), The Kite Runner (2007) and Highway to Hell (1991). She was previously married to Jim Gillette and Chris Holmes.

L.A. Guns are an American hard rock band from Los Angeles, California, formed in 1983. The first incarnation of the group was formed by Tracii Guns in 1983 and merged with fellow Los Angeles group the defunct Hollywood Rose to form Guns N' Roses in March 1985. Later that year, the group was reformed by Tracii Guns and singer Paul Mars Black adding Mick Cripps, Robert Stoddard, and Nickey Beat. They achieved moderate chart success in the late 1980s and early 1990s. However, the group went through numerous lineup changes and failed to regain mainstream attention.

W.A.S.P. is an American heavy metal band formed in 1982 by Blackie Lawless, who is the last remaining original member of the band. They emerged from the early 1980s Los Angeles heavy metal scene. The band's popularity peaked that decade, yet they continue to record and tour, making them one of the most enduring of the West Coast heavy metal bands. W.A.S.P. gained notoriety for their shock rock-themed image, lyrics and live performances. They have sold over 12 million copies of their albums.

Alice Cooper was born Vincent Damon Furnier, in Detroit, Michigan, the son of a minister. He moved to Phoenix, Arizona, at a young age and still lives in the state today. At age 17, he formed a rock band called the Earwigs, who changed their name to The Spiders and then The Nazz, before finally settling on Alice Cooper. The line-up included himself, Dennis Dunaway, Michael Bruce, Glen Buxton and Neal Smith. Rumors (which the band did not necessarily make efforts to deny) to the contrary, the name was not chosen from a Ouija board reading nor was it named after a woman once burned at the stake for witchcraft -- it was picked because the random name had a twisted sense of originality and misleading innocence, complementing the band's bizarre and macabre stage theatrics and lyric themes.

The band got their first big break playing at the Whisky a Go Go in Los Angeles one night in 1969 when Frank Zappa discovered them and signed them to his record label. After two albums-and relocating to Detroit -- they were signed by Warner Bros., hooked up with famous producer Robert Ezrin and came out with their third album, the breakthrough "Love It to Death" in 1971. Several albums followed, including "Killer", the highly successful "School's Out", "Billion Dollar Babies" and "Muscle of Love". The band made an appearance in the movie Diary of a Mad Housewife (1970) and their own theatrically released documentary Good to See You Again, Alice Cooper (1974). Alice himself also starred in an episode of The Female Instinct (1972).

The original Alice Cooper band broke up in 1975, with the lead singer getting his name legally changed to Alice Cooper -- and performing under the name ever since -- while some of the other members formed a band called the Billion Dollar Babies. That same year saw the release of a Greatest Hits album, while Alice as a solo artist completed the album "Welcome to My Nightmare" and his incredibly theatrical tour. It was on this tour that he met his future wife Sheryl Cooper, who had been hired as a dancer.

Along with the album and tour came a television special, Alice Cooper: The Nightmare (1975), and both included dialog from horror movie legend Vincent Price. Alice made a number of other television and movie appearances in the second half of the decade, including The Muppet Show (1976), Mae West's final film Sextette (1977), Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band (1978) and several appearances on The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson (1962).

However, by the late 1970s, Alice's problems with alcohol became life-threatening, and he was checked into a clinic for rehabilitation. He told of his experiences on the semi-fictional album "From the Inside" (there was also a comic book of the same title), and explored different sounds in the early 1980s with four albums ("Flush the Fashion", "Special Forces", "Zipper Catches Skin", "DaDa"). After having a severe "falling off the wagon" to the point of almost dying, he sobered up once more -- this time for good -- and returned with the albums "Constrictor", "Raise Your Fist and Yell" and the 1989 album "Trash", which featured the hit song "Poison". The 1980s also saw Alice starring in the horror films Monster Dog (1984) and Prince of Darkness (1987), as well as having mostly new songs for the soundtracks to Roadie (1980), Class of 1984 (1982), Friday the 13th: The New Blood (1988) and Shocker (1989).

However, it was the 1990s that brought Alice's most memorable movie appearance: playing himself in Wayne's World (1992). The phrase uttered by characters Wayne and Garth in his presence, "We're not worthy!", became one of the most popular movie catchphrases of the decade. Alice also played the father of Freddy Krueger in Freddy's Dead: The Final Nightmare (1991), and himself on That '70s Show (1998) and Something Wilder (1994). The decade also saw the release of his "Hey Stoopid" and "The Last Temptation". Alice toured occasionally but took a break from releasing albums until 2000, when he released "Brutal Planet". He followed this up with "Dragon Town", "The Eyes of Alice Cooper" and "Dirty Diamonds", and continues to tour regularly, performing shows with the bizarrely dark and horror-themed theatrics that he's best known for.

Helloween are a German power metal band founded in 1984 in Hamburg, Germany. Its first line-up consisted of singer and rhythm guitarist Kai Hansen, bass guitarist Markus Grosskopf, lead guitarist Michael Weikath, and drummer Ingo Schwichtenberg. After the release of a self-titled EP and their debut album Walls of Jericho in 1985, it expanded into a quintet with the addition of singer Michael Kiske, Hansen choosing to focus on guitar instead. Under this line-up, they released the Keeper of the Seven Keys albums (1987 and 1988), which established Helloween as a notable heavy metal band and led to the creation of the power metal genre.

The Dogs D'Amour is known for The Dogs D'Amour: I Don't Want You to Go (1988), The Dogs D'Amour: The Kid from Kensington (1988) and The Dogs D'Amour: How Come It Never Rains (1989).

The Quireboys are an English hard rock band formed in 1984 in London. When the band formed they were originally known as The Queerboys and later as the London Quireboys in the United States and Canada, settling at last with their current name. The band were successful during the late 1980s and early 1990s, with their debut album A Bit of What You Fancy reaching No. 2 on the UK charts. Their highest charting single was with the song "Hey You".

The Sisters of Mercy is an English gothic rock band, formed in 1980 in Leeds. After achieving early underground fame there, the band had their commercial breakthrough in the mid-1980s and sustained it until the early 1990s, when they stopped releasing new recorded output in protest against their record company WEA. The band has released three studio albums but has been a touring outfit since the release of the album "Vision Thing" in 1990.

Sweet, a '70s British rock band that was part of the "glam" movement, got its start in 1965 with the band Wainwright's Gentlemen. Among its members were Mick Tucker and Ian Gillan (later to join Deep Purple). Gillan left the band and was eventually replaced by vocalist Brian Connolly. In January of 1968 Connolly and Tucker left the band and formed their own, calling it The Sweetshop. Bass player Steve Priest joined them, as did guitarist Frank Torpey. The band developed somewhat of a following on the "pub" circuit, and was soon signed to a contract by Fontana Records. Since there was already an existing band called The Sweetshop, the band changed its name to The Sweet. They recorded a single, "Slow Motion", but it went nowhere. Fontana dropped them and Torpey left the band.

They kept playing for the next few years, building a following and going through several personnel and management changes and doing some recording, but they remained hitless. In 1971 they finally had a hit with "Funny Funny". Tensions had been building with their songwriting/management team, and the band was unhappy with the "bubble-gum" image they were being cast in and their reputation as just a lightweight pop band. In 1972 they had another hit with "Coco" and a bigger one with "Little Willy", which hit #3 on the US charts. In 1973 the band raised eyebrows with a performance at the Palace Theater in Kilmarnock, UK, during which the audience reaction was so hostile--apparently they weren't expecting the band to appear in lipstick, eye makeup and the other accouterments of the "glam" movement--that bottles were thrown at the band and they had to be rushed offstage. That incident didn't seem to adversely affect the band's record sales, though, and they soon released one of their biggest hits, "Ballroom Blitz".

In 1974 the band and their producer decided to part with the songwriting/management team that had guided the band for several years, one of the reasons being they wanted more artistic control over the band's career, which they didn't believe they were getting. They recorded several more albums after the departure, including "Desolation Boulevard", containing "Fox on the Run", which became a hit single and, unlike their other hits, was actually written by the band.

Looking for a change, the band split from its longtime label, RCA, in 1977 and signed with Polydor Records. Their first album for the label, "Level Headed" in 1978, was a major change in the band's sound, with its richer, fuller and complex orchestrations--one of its songs, "Love Is Like Oxygen", often caused listeners who heard it on the radio to mistake it for an Electric Light Orchestra song.

The band finally toured the US in 1978, but as an opening act for Bob Seger rather than on their own card. In 1979 Brian Connolly left the band, due to ill health and an increasingly severe alcohol problem. The band recorded several more albums, but none were "chartbusters", and in 1981 they disbanded. In 1985 original members Scott and Tucker reformed the band with new personnel. The new band has stayed together, with various personnel changes, ever since.

Founding member Brian Connolly died of liver failure in 1997 and Mick Tucker died in 2002 from leukemia.

T. Rex is known for Hot Fuzz (2007), Baby Driver (2017) and Scott Pilgrim vs. the World (2010).

Cinderella was an American rock band formed in 1982 from the suburbs of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. The band emerged in the mid-1980s with a series of multi-platinum albums and hit singles whose music videos received heavy MTV rotation. Cinderella initially had a heavy metal sound before shifting to a more hard rock/blues rock sound. By the mid-1990s, the band's popularity declined severely due to personal setbacks, break-ups, and changes in the music industry. After a brief hiatus, Cinderella reunited in 1996 and continued to perform live within the next 20 years, but never released any studio material after their 1994 album Still Climbing. The band has sold 15 million records worldwide. They finally disbanded in 2017.

L7 is an American rock band from Los Angeles, California, United States. They were active from 1985 to 2001, and reunited in 2014. Due to their sound and image, they are often associated with the grunge movement of the late 1980s and early 1990s. Their 1992 third album Bricks Are Heavy, produced by Butch Vig, was featured in Rolling Stone's May 1999 list of 'Essential recordings of the 1990s', and was their most successful release.