We see them on stage and TV, listen to them on ipods, radios and sound systems and we get intriguing glimpses of their often tangled lives on the internet and in the press. But what are the real and complete stories behind the music – how have the lives and careers of some of the greatest bands unfolded from Day One?

In this series we bring up the date the stories of some of Music’s most famous and infamous. Using interviews with band members, personal and public archive and stills, interviews with those who have known them and followed their careers and of course footage from their concerts and videos. Sex, Drugs, Rock and Roll and beyond.  

Series includes:

Meat Loaf:  Meat Loaf's dramatic comeback from alcoholism and bankruptcy.

Heart:  profile of sisters Ann and Nancy Wilson's 70s hard rock band. Despite accusations of an incestuous sexual relationship and quitting their record label, they remained together as a duo.

Motley Crue: documentary examining the rise, decline and return of the American 80s band often noted for its members' drug and alcohol addictions, escapades with women and brushes with the law.

Judas Priest:  despite a high-profile trial, centred on accusations of subliminal messages inducing a fan's suicide, and Rob Halford's departure and coming out as a homosexual, the heavy metal band rock on.

Def Leppard: guitarist Steve Clark's death and a car crash that left drummer Rick Allen with one arm took a devastating toll on the multi-platinum band whose members enjoyed very fast lifestyles.

Genesis: the rise to fame of Phil Collin's and Peter Gabriel's rock group Genesis, their chart success and various line-ups. Featuring interviews with the band members.

John Lennon: Documentary examining the final years of the former Beatles member's life, which he devoted to his new son Sean and to the quiet penning of albums Double Fantasy and Milk and Honey.

Duran Duran: Profile of the pop rock band Duran Duran. One of the biggest bands of the 80s, whose career was marred by cocaine binges, marauding teenagers and brushes with death.

Alice Cooper: The story of the theatrical rocker who thrilled fans with his wild and shocking on-stage antics and whose alcoholism landed him in a mental asylum.

Boy George: Story of the flamboyant singer and former Culture Club frontman who fought a heroin addiction after the break-up of the band.

Hall & Oates: Profile of the 1970s' pop duo who shot to fame with Sara Smile and Rich Girl. But their next seven singles flopped, forcing them to ditch their producers and go it alone.

Green Day: The story of the four-time Grammy-winning punk rock band, whose major label album debut Dookie propelled them to fame in 1994.

Leif Garrett: Story of the teen heart-throb who struggled to deal with his declining fame and slipped into a world of alcoholism, drug abuse, lawsuits and legal problems.

Lynyrd Skynyrd: A plane crash killed three members of rock band Lynyrd Skynyrd, with the conduct of the survivors in the moments following the tragedy causing huge internal conflict.

Fleetwood Mac: Profile of the legendary rock group best known for their top album Rumours, as well as their bankruptcy, drug abuse and tumultuous inter-group romances.

Michael Hutchence: Profile of the late INXS frontman, who lost his sense of taste and smell in a fight, and was found dead in a hotel room during the rock band's 1997 tour.