Breaking The Band

Behind the fame and fortune of Motley Crue was recrimination, rehab and bitter resentment.

Smashing Pumpkins rise to fame; a look at the complexity of personal and inter-band problems.

In 1985 Guns N' Roses rises to fame quickly, but behind the fame and success lies chaos.

These five childhood friends became a record-breaking group and sold over 80 million records.

An investigation into how the Clash's attitude and aggression brought them success.

In the late 1990s five ambitious young girls took the pop world by storm.

Throughout the 1970s, at the height of the band's powers, Led Zeppelin becomes the world's first rock supergroup, selling over 300 million albums and headlining 600 concerts worldwide.

Kiss blows glam rock out of the water when they form in 1972; their larger than life cartoon personas and pyrotechnic on-stage antics drive audiences crazy.

In the early 1980s, The Police were hailed as the biggest band in the world, selling over 50 million albums; Sting, Andy Summers and Stewart Copeland dominated the charts and filled stadiums, but they split while at the peak of their stardom.

The Mamas and The Papas is one of the most iconic groups of the Swinging Sixties; the unique vocal harmonies and timeless pop melodies catapulted the band to the top of the Billboard charts.

For more than three decades San Francisco rock band Journey has been selling out stadiums around the world; the band began in the early 1970s as a prog-rock outfit, but its biggest success came when lead singer, Steve Perry, joined the band.

Simon and Garfunkel are the most successful folk-rock duo of the 1960s selling almost 40 million albums worldwide; their distinct melodies and songs help define a decade, but at the height of their success, the duo splits up.