| Headline | Band |
| 1992: Massachusetts college student Wayne Lo goes on a shooting spree wearing a T-shirt from this Queens, New York hardcore band. | |
| 1993: Teenage members of this German black metal band are convicted of murdering a 15-year old schoolmate. | |
| 1994: The founder of this Norwegian black metal band is convicted of murdering guitarist Euronymous. | |
| 1994: At one point, three of this Norwegian black metal band's four members are simultaneously imprisoned, for murder, arson, and assault, respectively. | |
| 1997: The frontman of this Swedish death metal band is convicted as accessory to murder, begins a seven year incarceration. | |
| 2003: Pyrotechnics used on stage by this hard rock band from Los Angeles spark a nightclub fire that kills one hundred patrons and the band's guitar player. | |
| 2004: During a performance at an Ohio nightclub, a man charges the stage and shoots the guitar player for this Texas metal band. | |