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DETROIT – NOVEMBER 17: Angus Young, lead guitarist for AC/DC, wearing his iconic British schoolboy uniform and playing his red Gibson SG, performs during the Flick of the Switch/Monsters of Rock tour, on November 17, 1983, in Detroit, Michigan. (Photo by Ross Marino/Rock Negatives)
(Original Caption) : 1987- Picture shows singer, Phil Collins, holding a microphone on stage during a concert. He is wearing a white button-down with the sleeves rolled up to his elbows. He is shown from the waist up leaning back slightly. (Photo by LGI Stock/Corbis/VCG via Getty Images)
DETROIT, MI – DECEMBER 5: Aerosmith lead singer Steven Tyler and drummer Joey Kramer perform during the band's Permanent Vacation Tour on December 5, 1987, at the Joe Louis Arena in Detroit, Michigan. (Photo by Ross Marino/Getty Images)
British Pop and Rock musician Peter Gabriel performs onstage at the Rosemont Horizon, Rosemont, Illinois, June 13, 1986. (Photo by Paul Natkin/Getty Images)
British pop group The Kinks, circa May 1964. Clockwise, from left: drummer Mick Avory, bassist Pete Quaife (1934 – 2010), guitarist Dave Davies and singer Ray Davies. (Photo by Tom Hustler/Central Press/Hulton Archive/Getty Images)
UNITED STATES – DECEMBER 01: Photo of AEROSMITH; Steven Tyler and Joe Perry (playing Gibson Les Paul guitar) performing live onstage (Photo by Richard E. Aaron/Redferns)
