Black Sabbath's Tony Iommi once set drummer Bill Ward on fire as a joke, but they wound up needing an ambulance. – Photo credit: Warner Bros. Records via Wikimedia Commons (crop)/ Canva (flame graphic)
Inspired by Queen's Brian May as a kid, Thom Yorke tried to build his own guitar. – Photo credit: Compadre Edua’h via Wikimedia Commons (Brian May) / Goldberg via Wikimedia Commons (Thom Yorke), Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 2.0
'The Jeffersons' star was such a prog rock fan, he danced to an obscure song on the show. – Photo credit: Wikimedia Commons (cropped publicity photo via CBS Television Network), Canva (headphones) / YouTube screenshot of ‘The Jeffersons’ clip
In 1974, John Lennon had a vivid UFO sighting that left a major impression. – Photo credit: Canva (UFO), Tony Barnard, Los Angeles Times via Wikimedia Commons / CC-BY 4.0 (John Lennon)
Nirvana's subversive 'Top of the Pops' performance belongs in a TV-music time capsule. – Photo credit: YouTube screenshots from ‘Top of the Pops’ performance
After suffering two tragic losses, Rush drummer Neil Peart grieved by hitting the open road. – Photo credit: Matt Becker via Wikimedia Commons (Neil Peart), Canva (motorcycle photo)