Mother is a popular song from heavy metal band Danzig’s eponymous debut album, released in 1988. Its lyrical content was acclaimed by critics and metal fans alike, being focused on the particular behaviour of protective parents trying to screen their kids from heavy metal music – which had been supposedly exposing the harsh reality of the contemporary age.

Lunatic Fringe was a single released in 1981 off the second studio album “As Far As Siam” by the Canadian rock band Red Rider. Peaking at #16 on the Canadian charts, the song is often quoted as the band’s most famous till date. Its lyrical content focuses on the disturbing rise in anti-Semtic behaviour in the 70’s, inspired by a book that guitarist Tom Cochrane had read.

Ladies and Gentlemen is the lead single off hard rock band Saliva’s fifth album named ‘Blood Stained Love Story’. The song was one of the more popular songs off the album, charting at #2 on the Billboard Mainstream Rock Tracks and doing quite well on the Modern Rock Tracks (#25) too. The video mainly features Josey Scott singing along…

The opening track of “Let It Bleed”, the 1969 album by legendary rock and roll band The Rolling Stones, Gimme Shelter had equal contributions from both Mick Jagger as well as guitarist Keith Richards. Beginning with rhythm guitars by Richards, it is led into Jagger’s swaggering vocals. A mid-tempo rocker, the song was based upon the turbulent political and social times…

Released on March 22, 1981 as the title track of Australian hard rock band AC/ DC’s “For Those About To Rock (We Salute You)”, it became famous among the fans for numerous reasons. Apart from incorporating cannon fire for the first time in any AC/ DC song, its lyrical content and title also made news as inspired from the ancient Roman Gladiator Salute!

Originally composed by Bob Seger, ‘Turn the Page’ was covered by the hard rock band Metallica as the lead single off their 1998 album, Garage Inc. The song received overwhelming critical acclaim, along with great commercial success, charting at the top of the billboard Mainstream Rock Tracks and retaining its position for 11 weeks straight.

Released in 1982, Eminence Front is the second single off the album ‘It’s Hard” from the renowned rock band of the 80s, The Who. One of the few songs that had been exclusively written and crooned to the crowd by guitarist Pete Townshend, it became one of the most influential and critically acclaimed hits of that album. The song’s lyrics concern people in a party who are basically a hypothetical bunch trying to hide behind a façade of an eminent lifestyle.

Back in the Saddle is one of the heaviest songs on the most critically acclaimed albums from hard rock band Aerosmith in 1977. The third single of the album, the song was written by the primary guitarist of the band, Joe Perry. The lyrics had meant to be tackling only the ideas of cowboy lifestyle and sex, but became the icon song of the band after their reunion tour in 1984.