Kerrang! marks 1,500 milestone with special edition – in pictures

Issue 1 – June 1981 – AC/DC Photograph: Kerrang

Issue 65 – April 1984 – W.A.S.P. Photograph: Kerrang

Issue 82 – 12 December 1984 – Prince Photograph: Kerrang

Issue 83 – 13 December 1984, Metallica Photograph: Kerrang

Issue 148 – 11 June 1987 – Guns N’ Roses Photograph: Kerrang

Issue 185 – 30 April 1998 – Metallica’s Cliff Burton Photograph: Kerrang

Issue 240 – 27 May 1989 – Spinal Tap Photograph: Kerrang

Issue 436 – 27 March 1993 – Church Burnings Photograph: Kerrang

Issue 490 – 16 April 1994 – Kurt Cobain Photograph: Kerrang

Issue 665 – 13 September 1997 – Nine Inch Nails Photograph: Kerrang

Issue 743 – 27 March 1999 – Kiss Photograph: Kerrang

Issue 744 – 3 April 1999, Cradle of Filth Photograph: Kerrang

Issue 855 – 2 June 2001 – Slipknot clown Photograph: Kerrang

Issue 944 – 1 March 2003 – Marilyn Manson Photograph: Kerrang

Issue 1036 - 18 Dec2004 – Dimebag Darrell Photograph: Kerrang

Issue 1143 – 27 Januaty 2007 – Gallows Photograph: Kerrang

Issue 1351 – 19 February 2011 – Black Veil Brides Photograph: Kerrang

Issue 1,495 – 7 December 2013 – Black Sabbath Photograph: Kerrang

Issue 1449 – 19 January 2013 – Biffy Clyro Photograph: Kerrang

Issue 1,501 – 25 January 2014 – anniversary edition Photograph: Kerrang